colossians 2 15 april 2018

pleromaized ple – ro – ma – i – zied

we have been brought into fullness plērōma we have been brought into fullness

resurrection

Afterlife, switchfoot

pleromaized brought into fullness

Colossians 2:8-13

Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces  of this world rather than on Christ.

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.

Colossians 2:10-11 He is the head over every power and authority. In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self, ruled by the flesh, was put off when you were circumcised by Christ,

Colossians 2:12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Colossians 2:13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins

pray rooted & grounded

…is that we lack the awareness that we don’t lack anything The one thing we lack… …is that we lack the awareness that we don’t lack anything

gnosticism

Colossians 2:8-9 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy… For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought to fullness.

to know the plērōma of God you need to know Jesus

By grace

2 Peter 1:4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

Colossians 2:11-12 …Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. [CLICK] 2nd part of passage

you are complete in Christ

Easter, resurrection. Is not just about, a belief on something that’s going to happen way down the road someday.

Life is a mess

never invest our experience with the authority of divine truth

selling promises that are not true

don’t buy the lie

…is that we lack the awareness that we don’t lack anything The one thing we lack… …is that we lack the awareness that we don’t lack anything

We grow by… accepting that we’ve already got the completeness recognizing that we lack nothing realizing it is the lies that make us feel empty waking up to the truth of who we are understanding that the enemy tries to get us to chase after that is false

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