Focusing on Christ .. Col1

Several misconceptions about Christ that Paul directly refuted ;
1) Believing that matter is evil, false teacher argued that God would not have come to earth as a true human being in bodily form. Paul state that Christ is the image_the exact likeness_of God & is Himself God, & yet He died on the cross as a human being.
2) they believed that God Did not create the world because He would not have created evil. Paul proclaimed that Jesus Christ, who was also God in the flesh , is the Creator of both heaven & earth.
3) they said that Christ was not the unique son of God but rather one of many intermediaries between God & people. Paul explained that Christ existed before anything else & is the firstborn of those resurrected.
4) they refused to see Christ as the source of salvation, insisting that people could find God only through special & secret knowledge. In the contrast, Paul openly proclaimed the way of salvation to be through Christ alone. Paul continued to bring the argument back to Christ. When we share the Good news, we, too, must keep the focus on Christ.