Category: Colossians
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Worldly Religion
Colossians 2:20-23 “If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— ’Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch’ (referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings? These have indeed…
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The Record
Revelation 20:12 “And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.” Colossians 2:13-14 “And you, who were dead in…
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Spiritual Death – and Life
Colossians 3:3 ”For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” Everyone has two natures. It’s just a fact of how God created us. There is a physical nature and a spiritual nature. At the creation, both of these natures were consistent in that they were both alive. God breathed life into Adam…
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“Christ in You” and Vice Versa
Ephesians 1:7 “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace” Colossians 1:27 “. . . Christ in you, the hope of glory.” Two of the phrases used in the Bible to describe the wonderful unity of the believer with Christ is to say that we are “in Him”…
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Fullness
Colossians 2:9-10 “ For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him . . .” Do you have enough? “Enough what?” – you might say. Well, do you have enough money to buy everything you ever needed or wanted, enough skill to accomplish anything you’ve ever needed…
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A Word to Husbands
Colossians 3:19 “Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.” One of the confirmations that the Bible is God’s Word is the economy of words that it uses to say the things it does. An example is seen in the verse above. Here, in Chapter 3 of Colossians, Paul gives some commands regarding…
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Philosophies
Colossians 2:8-9 “See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. 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.” Do you realize that there is a…
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From Death to Life
Colossians 2:13-14 “And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands.” Have you ever been brought back from the dead? What a strange question, you might ask. Who…
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Rooted and Built Up
Colossians 2:6-7 “Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith.” The Christian life has two aspects, one seen and the other unseen, that are equally vital to its growth and maturation. The verses above are written to Christians, i.e., those who have…
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“With You in Spirit”
Colossians 2:5 “For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit . . .” The words above were written by the apostle Paul as he languished in a Roman prison. The sad fact was that he longed to spend time with the Colossian church, a church whom he had never met…
To Encourage You 