plus nothing week one
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From whatever angle we choose to view the age we live in today, the letter that Paul wrote to the Colossians 2,000 years ago is still amazingly relevant. This message focuses on how Paul encouraged the believers at Colossae to keep their faith pure.TRANSCRIPT
PLUS NothingHe is the head of the church, he
is the beginning and the firstborn — so that in everything he might
have the supremacy.--- Colossians 1:18
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PLUS NothingPaul took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of
Asia heard the word of the Lord.--- Acts 19:9-10
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THREE Main Issues--- Gnosticism
- The material world was inherently evil and therefore in
opposition to God. - God is unapproachable by
anything in the material world. - Only a few people could acquire
special knowledge.
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SCRIPTURE Teaches--- God came near us in Christ.- For in Christ all the fullness of
deity lives in bodily form, and youhave been given fullness in Christ
--- Colossians 2:9
God made everything good – although things can be used for evilChrist has completely delivered us
from the power of darkness – Christ was all sufficient/all they neededCol 3:11 Christ is all and is in all.
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SCRIPTURE Teaches--- God made everything good —
- Although things can be used for evil.
- Christ has completely delivered us from the power of darkness —
Christ was all sufficient.Col 3:11 Christ is all and is in all.
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SCRIPTURE Teaches--- Christ has completely delivered
us from the power of darkness.
- Christ is all sufficient.
- Christ is all and is in all.--- Colossians 3:11
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PLUS NothingFor this reason, since the day we
heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge
of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding.
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And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way:
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PLUS Nothingbearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power
according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,
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and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.
--- Colossians 1:9-12
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PLUS Nothing--- Spiritual Intelligence
- SQ (defined): Growing in the will of God, by knowing the Word of God.
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PLUS NothingChrist is all and in all.
(--- Colossians 3:11) In Him are hidden all the treasures
of wisdom and knowledge.(--- Colossians 2:3)
In Him we have been made complete. (--- Colossians 2:9)
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