October 31, 2021 - Colossians 2:4-15
October 31, 2021
Lessons Learned
Colossians 2:4-15
by Wayne Gaeddert
1. Delude-deceive by subtle reasoning.
2. Paul explains ‘walk in Him’ as:
Being rooted.
Built up in Him.
Being established in the faith.
Abounding in thanksgiving.
3. Anyone who tries to explain a relationship with God without Christ as the centerpiece, is a false teacher.
4. Jesus was fully God and also fully human.
5. Jesus, through the Holy Spirit, lives in all believers.
6. There is no higher authority than Jesus.
7. The act of baptism gives witness to a repentant sinner’s faith in and identification with Christ’s crucifixion and also is a picture of being raised to walk in newness of life.
8. For the believer, the record of their sin debt has been canceled by Jesus.
9. For the believer, all their trespasses have been forgiven which makes them acceptable to God.
10. Demonic beings were unable to prevent God from executing His plan of salvation for mankind.
11. Colossians chapter one references Christ’s authority and God’s provision through Christ:
V12 Father has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints.
V13 God has delivered us from the domain of darkness.
V13 Transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son.
V14 In whom we have redemption.
V15 He is the image of the invisible God.
V16 All things were created through Him and for Him.
V18 He is the head of the body, the church.
V19 In Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.
V20 Through Him to reconcile all things to Himself.
V27 The riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
V28 Him (Christ) we proclaim...that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
2:2 Knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ.
12. Link to “In Christ Alone” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZuIyrwSqHY
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In Christ alone, my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand
In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
'Til on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live.
There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ
No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand
13. Application:
Believers have a responsibility to become anchored in the faith. No one else can do it for them.
Study the Bible so you will not be led astray by false teachers.
Through faith in Christ alone, you have forgiveness and victory.