New Testament
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Series on Colossians I The Mystery of Christ C The Regulation of False Teachers 4 Works Text: 2:20-23 Introduction The great divide in religious thought is between two ways of salvation. One is characterized by works, legalism, bondage, man’s righteousness and human invention. The other way is characterized by faith, grace, freedom, God’s righteousness, and
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Series on Colossians I The Mystery of Christ C The Regulation of False Teachers 3 Weakness Text: 2:16-19 Introduction The two great unexplored areas in these times are the shadowy depths of the oceans and the bright and shining stars in space. People are exploring both by manned and unmanned missions. This is a wonderful
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Series on Colossians I The Mystery of Christ C The Regulation of False Teachers 2 Words Text: 2:8-15 Introduction In Christian circles there has always been a tension between tradition and Scripture. In some circles tradition has won the day, but like the award winning musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” traditions are perilously perched on
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Series on Colossians I The Mystery of Christ C The Regulation of False Teachers 1 Warning Text: 2:6,7 Introduction The central theme to this text is “in Christ.” Kistemaker comments, “With the verbs accepted and continue to live respectively at beginning and end; and the references to Christ, namely, Christ Jesus the Lord and in
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Series on Colossians I The Mystery of Christ B The Role of Paul 2 The Commission Text: 1:28, 2:2-5 Introduction There is a lot of preaching nowadays that has been described as “The Prosperity Gospel.” Basically it says that every child of God ought to be rich because God blesses them. The most obvious argument
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Series on Colossians I The Mystery of Christ B The Role of Paul 1 The Contest Text: 1:24-25, 29, 2:1 Introduction Recently talent shows have become very popular, “America’ Got Talent,” “Britain’s Got Talent,” “American Idol,” and in a totally different vein the “Survivor” series where groups of contestants are stranded in various remote locations
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Series on Colossians I The Mystery of Christ A The Revelation of God 2 Prayers c Purpose Text: 1:21-23 Introduction If there is anything that rankles the natural man is it being told that he is God’s enemy. A really vocal atheist might acknowledge that he is an enemy of the idea of God, but
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Series on Colossians I The Mystery of Christ A The Revelation of God 2 Prayers b Possibilities Text: 1:12-20 Introduction It would be difficult to find a more dazzling and majestic description of the preeminence of Jesus Christ than this passage. As believers we, of course, are thrilled with this description of our Lord’s ascendency
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Series on Colossians I The Mystery of Christ A The Revelation of God 2 Prayers, a Petitions Text: 1:9-11 Introduction Over 60 years ago Frank Sinatra introduced a song entitled “Love and Marriage.” They were different times. The lyrics said, Love and marriage, love and marriage, Go together like a horse and carriage This I
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Series on Colossians I The Mystery of Christ A The Revelation of God 1 Particulars Text: 1:1-8 Introduction This letter is full of encouragement and instruction, but it is also a polemic against a particular form of false teaching. That false teaching is known as Gnosticism and was prevalent in Paul’s day and later. Gnosis
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Outline of Colossians I The Mystery of Christ A The Revelation of God-1:1-231 Particulars-1:1-82 Prayers-1:9-23a Petitions 1:9-11b Possibilities-1:12-20c Purpose-1:21-23 B The Role of Paul-1:24-2:51 The Contest-1:24-25,29,2:12 The Commission-1:25-28,2:2-5 C The Regulation of False Teachers-2:6-231 Warning-2:6,72 Words-2:8-153 Weakness-2:16-194 Works-2:20-23 II The Man in Christ A Challenge-3:1-11 B Conduct-3:12-4:11 Fellowship-3:12-172 Family-3:18-213 Function-3:22-4:1 C Concerns-4:2-6 III Miscellaneous Matters-4:7-18
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Series on Galatians III The Apostolic Applications G The Yea and Amen Text: 6:11-18 Introduction Every November 11 we have a national holiday called Veteran’s Day. The purpose is to remember the sacrifice made by of those who fought and died in the defense of our freedom and way of life. At the end of
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Series on Galatians III The Apostolic Applications F The Yield of Righteousness Text: 6:7-10 Introduction There is no doubt that multitudes are deceived by false religions, false philosophies, and false ideas of their own goodness. The deception here is connected to the Judaizers in the Galatian churches who were committed to establishing their own righteousness
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Series on Galatians III The Apostolic Applications E The Yardstick of Law Text: 6:1-6 Introduction Sometimes I hear Christian brothers talking about opportunities for “fellowship.” What they mean is they want to do social activities together and get to know one another better. This is a worthwhile thing to do. We should strive to spend
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Series on Galatians III The Apostolic Applications D The Yen of the Spirit Text: 5:16-26 Introduction For some people life in the Spirit means entering a spirit world that exists in a higher rate of vibration than does our three-dimensional Earth plane. Allegedly mediums have trained themselves to catch glimpses of this amazing world, somewhat
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