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Stagione 1
Colossians - Week 7 - Final Week
Colossians - Week 6
Colossians - Week 5
Colossians - Week 4
Colossians - Week 3
Colossians - Week 2
The Time Is Now
Colossians - Week 1 - Intro
21 DOP - Week 3 - Power
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We started this chapter talking about the big implications of being united with Christ. When you belong to Him, it changes everything. When Christ becomes your life, He changes what you look at, what you live for, and how you love others.
The false teachers in Colossae said, Jesus plus something. Paul says, Jesus plus nothing equals everything. Know who Jesus is | Know what He’s done | Know who you are | Know what to do
In the first 3 verses, Paul is saying here is what I want for you. I want you to know that in Christ alone there is wisdom and knowledge. Paul is warning them of the add-on trap that Satan is setting. Let me show you some of these add-ons that may be affecting your life even today.
Where are you looking for "fullness" outside of Christ? (Career, relationships, hobbies, religious performance?). Live from your new identity...holy, blameless, loved. Stop seeing yourself as an enemy or an outsider...embrace the reconciliation Find Meaning in Your Suffering. How can your struggles, when offered to God, serve to build up others in the body of Christ? "Christ in you" is your hope. Your spiritual life is about relying on His presence and power, not your own willpower.
Unless we put Jesus first in everything, He’s not truly first at all. Making Jesus “Lord” of your life means that He must have the first and last word in all things that concern you. It means you are called to walk with Him, to prove yourself valuable to Him, to please Him and do what He wants, when He wants it, and in the way He wants it done. When you truly...once and for all surrender and make Him Lord over it all. It’s the most freeing experience in life.
Paul is saying...I want you to know the will of God and the reason I want you to know the will of God is... Colossians 2:10 - so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience, joyfully 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light. The question that jumps out is...How do I discern Gods Will?
By default we are Children of Darkness – by choice we become Children of Light. Jesus said in John 8.12 | I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.
Even though the letters weren’t written to us, they are still written for us. We can learn about Paul’s heart (his passion, his struggles, his priorities). We can learn about God’s character (His grace, holiness, mission, love for the church). We can see timeless theological truths that do apply broadly (like the gospel, salvation, unity, humility). Colossians 2
Church—this is what prayer does. Prayer breaks chains. Prayer opens doors. Prayer changes lives. “Prayer isn’t just powerful when you do it alone, it’s explosive when we do it together.” There is life changing power we have there waiting for us.
Posture isn’t only about how we stand or kneel, but about an attitude of submission and reverence before God. Proper posture provides strength...stability, support, and freedom.