1. colossians 2
15 april 2018

4. pleromaized
ple – ro – ma – i – zied

5. we have been brought into fullness
plērōma
we have been brought into fullness

6. resurrection

7. Afterlife, switchfoot

8. pleromaized brought into fullness

9. Colossians 2:8-13

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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,

13. 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.

14. 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

15. pray
rooted & grounded

16. …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

17. gnosticism

18. 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.

19. to know the plērōma of God you need to know Jesus

20. By grace

21. 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.

22. 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.
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23. you are complete in Christ

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

25. Life is a mess

26. never invest our experience with the authority of divine truth

27. selling promises that are not true

29. don’t buy the lie

30. …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

31. 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

32. pray