1. colossians 2
6 MAY 2018

2. Colossians 2:15-23

4. pleromaized brought into fullness
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5. Colossians 2:15-23

6. Colossians 2:15
And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

7. Colossians 2:16
Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.

8. Colossians 2:17
These are a shadow of the things that were to come;  the reality, however, is found in Christ.

9. Colossians 2:18
Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind.
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10. Colossians 2:19
They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.

11. Colossians 2:21-22
Since you died with Christ  to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”?

12. Colossians 2:22
These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.

13. Colossians 2:23
Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.

14. They have a hungry heart

15. gnosticism

17. angelic hierarchy

18. imagination

19. Know
what
you believe
why
who

20. personal convictions

21. Romans 14:3
Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.

22. special insights
a better person
impress God

23. undermine the reality of what God’s done for us in Jesus Christ

24. Colossians 2:15-17
having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. Therefore do not let anyone judge you by… These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
Paul say this is why that therefore is there
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25. Jesus set us free

26. therefore

27. grow
in Christ

28. Colossians 2:19
They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.

29. all or nothing

30. Colossians 2:9-10
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought to fullness.

31. keep your eyes on Jesus

32. pray