1. Living by the world’s rules or the law gives an outward appearance of wisdom but living by the Spirit in union with Christ is acknowledging Christ’s work on the cross that snatches us from death in our sins and brings us to life eternal in Christ. Jack Wellman

3. #1. Paul’s Ministry in Church: Colossians 2.1-5

4. Colossians 1:29 “…struggling will all His energy that He powerfully works…”

5. #1. Paul’s Ministry in Church: Colossians 2.1-5 Colossians 1:29 “…struggling will all His energy that He powerfully works…” Colossians 2:2-3 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; [3] In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

6. #1. Paul’s Ministry in Church: Colossians 2.1-5 Colossians 1:29 “…struggling will all His energy that He powerfully works…” Colossians 2:2-3 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; [3] In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. ‘struggle’ - Gk. ‘agon’:‘an effort or anxiety’

7. #1. Paul’s Ministry in Church: Colossians 2.1-5 Colossians 1:29 “…struggling will all His energy that He powerfully works…” Colossians 2:2-3 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; [3] In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. ‘struggle’ - Gk. ‘agon’:‘an effort or anxiety’ Kjv=‘conflict’

8. #1. Paul’s Ministry in Church: Colossians 2.1-5 Colossians 1:29 “…struggling will all His energy that He powerfully works…” Colossians 2:2-3 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; [3] In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. ‘struggle’ - Gk. ‘agon’:‘an effort or anxiety’ Kjv=‘conflict’Niv=‘contending’

9. #1. Paul’s Ministry in Church: Colossians 2.1-5 Colossians 1:29 “…struggling will all His energy that He powerfully works…” Colossians 2:2-3 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; [3] In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. ‘struggle’ - Gk. ‘agon’:‘an effort or anxiety’ Kjv=‘conflict’Niv=‘contending’ Nlt=‘agonizing’

10. #1. Paul’s Ministry in Church: Colossians 2.1-5 Colossians 1:29 “…struggling will all His energy that He powerfully works…” Colossians 2:2-3 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; [3] In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. ‘struggle’ - Gk. ‘agon’:‘an effort or anxiety’ Kjv=‘conflict’Niv=‘contending’ Nlt=‘agonizing’ Amplified=‘solicitude’

11. #1. Paul’s Ministry in Church: Colossians 2.1-5 Colossians 2.4-5 I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. [5] For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ..

12. #1. Paul’s Ministry in Church: Colossians 2.1-5 Colossians 2.4-5 I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. [5] For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ..

13. #2. New Life in Christ: Colossians 2.6-15.

14. A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7.

15. #2. New Life in Christ: Colossians 2.6-15 A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, [7] rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving..

16. #2. New Life in Christ: Colossians 2.6-15 A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7 A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8.

17. #2. New Life in Christ: Colossians 2.6-15 A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7 A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8 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..

18. #2. New Life in Christ: Colossians 2.6-15 A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7 A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8 A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10.

19. #2. New Life in Christ: Colossians 2.6-15 A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7 A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8 A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10 For in Him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, [10] and you have been filled in Him, who is the head of all rule and authority.

20. #2. New Life in Christ: Colossians 2.6-15 A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7 A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8 A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10 For in Him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, [10] and you have been filled in Him, who is the head of all rule and authority. you KNOW… the FULLNESS of LOVE in His Sacrificethe FULLNESS of MERCY in His Forgiveness John 3.161 John 1.9 the FULLNESS of FORGIVENESS in His Acceptance the FULLNESS of POWER in our Regeneration Ephesians 1.7Titus 3.5 the FULLNESS of COMPASSION in His invitation the FULLNESS of SOVEREIGNTY in His Rule and Authority. Matthew 11.28Colossians 1:15-16

21. #2. New Life in Christ: Colossians 2.6-15 A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7 A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8 A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10 A MAKE OVER of the OLD – vs.11-12.

22. #2. New Life in Christ: Colossians 2.6-15 A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7 A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8 A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10 A MAKE OVER of the OLD – vs.11-12 In Him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, [12] having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised with Him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised Him from the dead..

23. #2. New Life in Christ: Colossians 2.6-15 Romans 7:23-8.4… But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. [24] O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? [25] I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. [8.1] There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. [2] For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. [3] For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: [4] That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit..

24. #2. New Life in Christ: Colossians 2.6-15 A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7 A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8 A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10 A MAKE OVER of the Old – vs.11-12 A MESSIAH to Worship – vs.13-15.

25. #2. New Life in Christ: Colossians 2.6-15 A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7 A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8 A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10 A MAKE OVER of the Old – vs.11-12 A MESSIAH to Worship – vs.13-15 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, [14] by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. [15] He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in Him..

26. #2. New Life in Christ: Colossians 2.6-15 A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7 A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8 A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10 A MAKE OVER of the Old – vs.11-12 A MESSIAH to Worship – vs.13-15 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, [14] by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. [15] He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in Him. #1. Forgiven ALL Trespasses

27. #2. New Life in Christ: Colossians 2.6-15 A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7 A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8 A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10 A MAKE OVER of the Old – vs.11-12 A MESSIAH to Worship – vs.13-15 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, [14] by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. [15] He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in Him. #1. Forgiven ALL Trespasses#2. Cancelled the RECORD of Debt

28. #2. New Life in Christ: Colossians 2.6-15 A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7 A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8 A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10 A MAKE OVER of the Old – vs.11-12 A MESSIAH to Worship – vs.13-15 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, [14] by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This He set aside, nailing it to the cross. [15] He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in Him. #1. Forgiven ALL Trespasses#2. Cancelled the RECORD of Debt #.3 SET ASIDE in the Cross

29. #2. New Life in Christ: Colossians 2.6-15 A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7 A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8 A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10 A MAKE OVER of the Old – vs.11-12 A MESSIAH to Worship – vs.13-15 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, [14] by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. [15] He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in Him. #1. Forgiven ALL Trespasses#2. Cancelled the RECORD of Debt #.3 SET ASIDE in the Cross#4. DISARMED the Rulers & Authorities

30. #2. New Life in Christ: Colossians 2.6-15 A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7 A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8 A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10 A MAKE OVER of the Old – vs.11-12 A MESSIAH to Worship – vs.13-15 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, [14] by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. [15] He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in Him. #1. Forgiven ALL Trespasses#2. Cancelled the RECORD of Debt #.3 SET ASIDE in the Cross#4. DISARMED the Rulers & Authorities #5. SHAMED them in TRIUMPH

31. #2. New Life in Christ: Colossians 2.6-15 A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7 A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8 A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10 A MAKE OVER of the Old – vs.11-12 A MESSIAH to Worship – vs.13-15.

32. #3. Let No One Disqualify You: Colossians 2.16-23.

33. [16] Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath..

34. #3. Let No One Disqualify You: Colossians 2.16-23 [16] Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. [17] These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ..

35. #3. Let No One Disqualify You: Colossians 2.16-23 [16] Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. [17] These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. John 5:39 You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me, Luke 24:27 Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures.

36. #3. Let No One Disqualify You: Colossians 2.16-23 [18] Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,.

37. #3. Let No One Disqualify You: Colossians 2.16-23 [19]…and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God..

38. #3. Let No One Disqualify You: Colossians 2.16-23 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— [21] “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” [22] (referring to things that all perish as they are used)— according to human precepts and teachings?.

39. #3. Let No One Disqualify You: Colossians 2.16-23 [23]…have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self- made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh..

40. Colossians Two:

41. # NOT on - Paul’s Ministry in the Church…

42. Colossians Two: # NOT on - Paul’s Ministry in the Church… # NOT to - Let No One Disqualify You…

43. Colossians Two: # NOT on - Paul’s Ministry in the Church… # NOT to - Let No One Disqualify You… # New Life IN Christ…

44. Colossians Two: # NOT on - Paul’s Ministry in the Church… # NOT to - Let No One Disqualify You… # New Life IN Christ… A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7-

45. Colossians Two: # NOT on - Paul’s Ministry in the Church… # NOT to - Let No One Disqualify You… # New Life IN Christ… A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7-faith in Christ

46. Colossians Two: # NOT on - Paul’s Ministry in the Church… # NOT to - Let No One Disqualify You… # New Life IN Christ… A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7-faith in Christ A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8-

47. Colossians Two: # NOT on - Paul’s Ministry in the Church… # NOT to - Let No One Disqualify You… # New Life IN Christ… A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7-faith in Christ A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8-drawing to Christ

48. Colossians Two: # NOT on - Paul’s Ministry in the Church… # NOT to - Let No One Disqualify You… # New Life IN Christ… A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7-faith in Christ A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8-drawing to Christ A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10-

49. Colossians Two: # NOT on - Paul’s Ministry in the Church… # NOT to - Let No One Disqualify You… # New Life IN Christ… A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7-faith in Christ A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8-drawing to Christ A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10-intimacy with Christ

50. Colossians Two: # NOT on - Paul’s Ministry in the Church… # NOT to - Let No One Disqualify You… # New Life IN Christ… A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7-faith in Christ A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8-drawing to Christ A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10-intimacy with Christ A MAKE OVER of the Old – vs.11-12-

51. Colossians Two: # NOT on - Paul’s Ministry in the Church… # NOT to - Let No One Disqualify You… # New Life IN Christ… A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7-faith in Christ A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8-drawing to Christ A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10-intimacy with Christ A MAKE OVER of the Old – vs.11-12-transformed by Christ

52. Colossians Two: # NOT on - Paul’s Ministry in the Church… # NOT to - Let No One Disqualify You… # New Life IN Christ… A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7-faith in Christ A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8-drawing to Christ A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10-intimacy with Christ A MAKE OVER of the Old – vs.11-12-transformed by Christ A MESSIAH to Worship – vs.13-15-

53. Colossians Two: # NOT on - Paul’s Ministry in the Church… # NOT to - Let No One Disqualify You… # New Life IN Christ… A MEANS to Live – vs.6-7-faith in Christ A MISTAKE to Avoid – vs.8-drawing to Christ A MASTER to Know – vs.9-10-intimacy with Christ A MAKE OVER of the Old – vs.11-12-transformed by Christ A MESSIAH to Worship – vs.13-15-adoration of Christ

54. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are COMPLETE in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. Colossians 2:9-10 (nkjv)