2. Colossians: It's All About Jesus Standing on Top of the World

3. Foundations

4. Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them… Rock-solid foundation Stands when the storms hit

5. Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them… Foundation of sand Fails spectacularly When the storms hit

6. Foundations: If you build expertly on A poor foundation It won't last

7. Both hear "these words of mine" One memorizes Does bible studies Knows theology But doesn't live it

8. Both hear One hears and puts into practice Relying on God Committing fully to Christ And seeking to live it out

9. Both houses look great Only one survives Foundations matter

10. Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him

11. To be a Christian is to be a Christ-follower I cannot be a Christ-follower And not follow Christ in the Specifics of our Faith

12. Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith…

13. Foundations: If you walk away from What began it You'll lose what made it

14. He pursues her She goes out on dates with him They marry

15. He pursues work and hobbies She likes to stay home

16. Hmm… I don't understand Why this marriage is in trouble

17. What if…rather than forgetting The relational foundation You enhance and grow in What you began with

18. I'm a homebody. But it's Important to you. So let's go out I have you. But I want to know You even more. So I can love you better

19. Foundations: If you walk away from What began it You'll lose what made it

20. Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith…

21. You came to Christ By grace through faith You walk by grace through faith

22. Foundations: If you walk away from What began it You'll lose what made it

23. You are rooted You will grow and be established Based on your willingness to Live walk in the Truth By grace through faith

24. Grace alone through Faith alone in Christ alone based on the Scriptures alone to the Glory of God alone

25. "Yeah, but you also need to… (Fill in the Blank) To make sure God accepts you"

26. "Yeah, but there's this new truth… Christianity stole from all these Pagan religions Like the Horus mythology!"

27. Foundations: If you walk away from What began it You lose what made it

28. Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith… Living it out by grace thru faith

29. …just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving (Bookmark this!)

30. See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit…

31. …according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ

32. Shipwrecked Faith: -Disappointment with God over something God never promised

33. Shipwrecked Faith: -Choosing lifestyle sin over Christ

34. Shipwrecked Faith: -Doing to earn

35. Shipwrecked Faith: -Following False Teaching

36. In all these things… Jesus is not enough So I leave the foundation of Walking by grace through faith

37. All heresy begins with: Jesus isn't enough

38. All heresy begins with: Jesus isn't enough All sub-faith living begins with: Jesus isn't enough

39. All shipwreck comes from: Jesus isn't enough

40. Foundations: If you walk away from What began it You'll lose what made it

41. …abounding in thanksgiving Remember the Bookmark? …abounding in thanksgiving Remember the Bookmark?

42. For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority Completed, filled to capacity

43. Living within you Is the fullness of God The One who rules over All that exists What more could you need?

44. If Jesus is enough There's nothing more You have to have And if he's not enough Nothing else will satisfy

45. In him also you were circumcised Covenant Language Sign of God's Covenant People Without it, you're not in

46. In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ…

47. …having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead

48. When God opened your eyes & You placed your faith in Jesus You died to self And were raised to walk In newness of life

49. (Christianity is not about Getting more of what you want It's about finding real life In what God wants for you)

50. God changed your heart - Circumcision – God placed his Spirit in you Made you a new creation And gave you power to live it

51. How much of this Is based on your intellect Your talent or your efforts?

52. How much of this Is based on your intellect Your talent or your efforts? 0

53. If God hadn't opened your eyes You wouldn't have Come to Faith

54. …the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ - 2 Cor. 4:4

55. …abounding in thanksgiving The Foundation is Grace through faith, lived out …abounding in thanksgiving The Foundation is Grace through faith, lived out

56. And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh…

57. Dead? “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God”

58. Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”

59. Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God

60. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again’” - John 3:3-7

61. And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh… Gentiles: Sinful and without Covenant

62. God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses…

63. Except it can't be done without Making God unrighteous

64. Righteous Judge The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty - Nahum 1:3

65. God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses…

66. …by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands

67. Jews and Converts: Old Testament Laws Gentiles: Law of Conscience All have sinned…

68. God canceled Blotted out permanently The record of debt Accumulated against us which a Righteous judge must punish

69. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross

70. The judge was innocent So he served the sentence That each of us owed For sinning against our Creator And his creation

71. And he established a New Covenant In his blood, by the cross That supersedes the Old Covenant

72. Old Covenant: Jewish Laws with Blessings and Cursings tied to Land

73. New Covenant: Laws written on our hearts Righteousness fulfilled in Christ New nature Open to all who call on his Name

74. Christ is the end of the Law that there might be righteousness for all who believe - Romans 10:4

75. For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another...

76. By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear - Heb. 8:7, 13

77. …abounding in thanksgiving Foundation: Grace through faith Because of New Covenant …abounding in thanksgiving Foundation: Grace through faith Because of New Covenant

78. Which means the Foundation Is Freedom from OT Law Or any of man's Religious Law

79. The awkward conversation: "How come you don't practice What you say you believe?"

80. The skeptic's question: "Why don't you keep the Sabbath? And why do you eat shellfish?"

81. The mocking friend: "How can you call yourself a Christian and have a tattoo?"

82. Jesus established a New Covenant In his blood, by the cross That supersedes the Old Covenant

83. Jesus is more than enough He won your freedom Canceled your debt And gave you a New Covenant Of Grace through Faith

84. …canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross

85. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him

86. What it looks like: Jesus is mocked and humiliated As he bleeds out on the cross

87. What's actually happening: Every drop of blood is bringing An end to the power of Satan Mocking him openly

88. If you know Jesus And are following by Faith Things are never as they appear

89. David… Rahab… Peter… Paul… Martin Luther…

90. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him

91. When you follow Jesus by Faith And experience hard times What it looks like is never all That's really going on God's got you. Step out

92. - You are his - You are in Covenant - He is over all - You have the Fullness of Christ living in you - He's triumphed over the Enemy

93. Foundations: If you walk away from What began it You'll lose what made it

94. Do I need to go back To the simplicity Of trusting that Jesus is enough Walking by grace through faith?

95. Have I done more than Use the Faith to enhance My life and get what I want?

96. Do I need to give up My religion In order to follow Jesus?

97. Questions, Comments Disagreements

98. Pray

99. Men's Beach Trip Postponed