1. Centered on Christ
Colossians 2:6-15

2. Centered on Christ
Colossians 2:2-5 My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

3. Centered on Christ
Colossians 2:2-5 I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments. For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how orderly you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.

4. Centered on Christ
1. An Appeal for Loyalty to Christ

5. Centered on Christ
Colossians 2:6-8 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

6. Centered on Christ
Colossians 2:6-8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.

7. Centered on Christ An Appeal for Loyalty to Christ
Continue in him (6-7)

8. Centered on Christ
Colossians 1:28 We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ

9. Centered on Christ An Appeal for Loyalty to Christ
Continue in him (6-7)
Be Watchful and Avoid Captivity (8)

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

11. Centered on Christ
Colossians 1:4 I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments.

12. Centered on Christ An Appeal for Loyalty to Christ
Reasons for an Appeal to Loyalty
Christ has authority as Lord (vv.9-10)

13. Centered on Christ
Colossians 2:9-10 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.

14. Centered on Christ
Colossians 1:15-17 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.

15. Centered on Christ
Colossians 1:15-17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

16. Centered on Christ An Appeal for Loyalty to Christ
Reasons for an Appeal to Loyalty
Christ has authority as Lord
You pledged your allegiance to Christ

17. Centered on Christ
Colossians 2:11-12 In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature, not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ,

18. Centered on Christ
Colossians 2:11-12 having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.

19. Centered on Christ
Colossians 2:11-12 having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.

20. Centered on Christ An Appeal for Loyalty to Christ
Reasons for an Appeal to Loyalty
Christ has authority as Lord
You pledged your allegiance to Christ
You are indebted to Christ

21. Centered on Christ
Colossians 2:13-15 When you were dead in your sins and in the un-circumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ.

22. Centered on Christ
Colossians 2:13-15 He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross.

23. Centered on Christ
Colossians 2:13-15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

24. Centered on Christ
Colossians 3:1-3 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.