Colossians 2:6-15 Nailed to the Cross - Revision history

Wakefien: /* Christ's victory was complete on the cross */

2023-07-31T18:46:00Z

‎Christ's victory was complete on the cross

Wakefien: /* our "legal indebtedness" is a reference to a certificate of debt in commerce law, and IOU. */

2023-07-31T18:45:22Z

‎our "legal indebtedness" is a reference to a certificate of debt in commerce law, and IOU.

Wakefien: /* Image: Who is your best friend? */

2023-07-31T18:44:48Z

‎Image: Who is your best friend?

Wakefien: /* Image: Confidence based on a uniform */

2023-07-31T18:43:50Z

‎Image: Confidence based on a uniform

Wakefien: /* The Christian is brought to fullness in the resurrected Christ. (2:9-12) */

2023-07-31T18:42:28Z

‎The Christian is brought to fullness in the resurrected Christ. (2:9-12)

Wakefien: /* The Christian is brought to fullness in the resurrected Christ. (2:9-12) */

2023-07-31T18:41:54Z

‎The Christian is brought to fullness in the resurrected Christ. (2:9-12)

Wakefien: /* Image: The Aviation Safety Reporting System. */

2023-07-31T18:41:09Z

‎Image: The Aviation Safety Reporting System.

Wakefien: /* The idea of someone taking a Christian captive with empty deceit is a dramatic picture of someone who is trapped in empty philosophy (the "and" in "philosophy and empty deceit" is probably epexegetical). */

2023-07-31T18:40:09Z

‎The idea of someone taking a Christian captive with empty deceit is a dramatic picture of someone who is trapped in empty philosophy (the "and" in "philosophy and empty deceit" is probably epexegetical).

Wakefien: /* Introduction: */

2023-07-31T18:37:24Z

‎Introduction:

Wakefien: /* The debt of sin has been canceled never again to be counted against us having been nailed to the cross. (2:13-15) */

2023-07-24T15:38:39Z

‎The debt of sin has been canceled never again to be counted against us having been nailed to the cross. (2:13-15)

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 ===The cross, an object of scorn and shame, has become the greatest victory imaginable.===
 ====Christ's victory was complete on the cross====
-=====On the cross Christ was stripped of His body but in so doing he stripped his enemies of their power!=====
+=====On the cross, Christ was stripped of His body but in so doing he stripped his enemies of their power!=====
 =====Literally, the power of sin was broken.=====
 ====We should see this as victory over not just sin, but over all spiritual enemies.====
 =====The Greek word θριαμβεύσας (triumphing) refers to a triumphal procession. i.e. a traditional Roman victory parade in which captors are marched through the streets.=====

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 =====The picture here in my mind is of someone who has placed far too many fireworks into something, lights the fuse, and makes that something cease to exist.=====
 =====Our debt for sin is not just paid, it is obliterated.=====
-====our "legal indebtedness" is a reference to a certificate of debt in commerce law, and IOU.====
+====our "legal indebtedness" is a reference to a certificate of debt in commerce law, an IOU.====
 The picture we have is of humans owing God a debt for sin in the form of an IOU. This IOU was figuratively nailed to the cross when Jesus was crucified obliterating the debt.
 ====A little deeper:====
 =====The Mosaic law stood against us, we could never measure up (Romans 3:20; 4:15).=====

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 ======Made alive is thus a reference to having a relationship with God.======
 Each of us here was at one point completely without a relationship with God. But now, through Christ, we have a relationship with God. Where once we were dead, now we are alive.
-======Image: Who is your best friend?======
+======Image: Who is your best friend? I told Adelyn that my best friend was Jesus.======
 A month ago Adelyn asked me a very good question. "Who is your best friend?" I responded "don't just dismiss my answer because it is not me just giving an answer I really mean what I am about to say, Jesus is my best friend." The one who has accepted Jesus as Savior has a relationship with God and that matters!
 =====uncircumcised in the flesh vs. forgiven.=====
 ======The gentiles to whom Paul was writing were uncircumcised, excluded from "God's people"======

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 ===Image: Confidence based on a uniform===
-There is something about a uniform that commands respect. My youngest brother and I have always been close and so as he worked his way through the air-force I was able to experience the changes that occur with a uniform. I dropped my brother off at Basic Training in July and then on Memorial Day I had the opportunity to bring him home for the weekend. When he stepped out of his room in his full uniform I hardly recognized him. My little brother who always got hurt playing football in the backyard was now a full grown adult who commanded respect! What changed, mostly his clothes. Gym shorts and a t-shirt were replaced with air-force blues.
+There is something about a uniform that commands respect. My youngest brother and I have always been close and so as he worked his way through the air-force I was able to experience the changes that occur with a uniform. I dropped my brother off at Basic Training in July and then on Memorial Day I had the opportunity to bring him home for the weekend. When he stepped out of his room in his full uniform I hardly recognized him. My little brother who always got hurt playing football in the backyard was now a full grown adult who commanded respect! What changed? Mostly his clothes. Gym shorts and a t-shirt were replaced with air-force blues.
 Teaching at the university I would often have young instructors complain about classroom discipline issues. The first thing I always asked was, "what are you wearing when you teach?" How we are clothed often determines our confidence and how our confidence is received.

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-==The Christian is brought to fullness in the resurrected Christ. (2:9-12)==
+==The Christian is brought to fullness in the ''resurrected'' ''Christ''. (2:9-12)==
 Let me ask you a question, "what does a full life look like?" Money, possessions, travel, family? The reality is that non of these things will completely satisfy you. None of these things will give you a full life. A full life comes from something more. Really a full life requires something bigger than life. A full life is only possible if it is granted by God. Depending on anything less than God himself is futile. The good news is that in Jesus we have God himself.
 ===Christ is fully God and has full divine authority.===

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 ====To this Paul reminds the church, don't be fooled, don't be taken captive, all you need is Christ!====
 ===Image: The Aviation Safety Reporting System.===
-Aviation Safety Reporting System, or ASRS, is a program that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) implemented with the help of NASA to allow voluntary confidential reporting of rule violations in the interest of improving aviation safety. The FAA offers limited immunity to an individual who reports safety events that do not result in an accident. What this means is that if someone violates a rule and files an ASRS report then they have a great deal of protection from enforcement action. In college, I took an aviation law class from a lawyer and what he told us was that if we ever had anything questionable then we should file the report. If the FAA came knocking then simply show them the report and they would move on. Now woeful intentional acts were different but in general a pilot who wisely uses the ASRS system is a pilot who will avoid being judged by the FAA.
+Aviation Safety Reporting System, or ASRS, is a program that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) implemented with the help of NASA to allow voluntary confidential reporting of rule violations in the interest of improving aviation safety. The FAA offers limited immunity to an individual who reports safety events that do not result in an accident. What this means is that if someone violates a rule and files an ASRS report then they have a great deal of protection from enforcement action. In college, I took an aviation law class from a lawyer and what he told us was that if we ever had anything questionable then we should file the report. If the FAA came knocking then simply show them the report and they would move on. Now willful, or intentional, acts were different but in general a pilot who wisely uses the ASRS system is a pilot who will avoid being judged by the FAA.
 There is a sense in which this is a picture of what Christ has done for us. The truth of the Gospel is that Christ's payment is sufficient for our sin. We should preach the gospel to ourselves, and remind ourselves of the Gospel.
 ===Image: Nailed to the Cross by Rend Collective - Verse 1 and 2===
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 ===The danger: Never forget that Christ is sufficient.===
 ====In verse 8 Paul moves from a call to remain firm in the faith to a warning against those who might forget that Christ is sufficient.====
-=====The idea of someone taking a Christian captive with empty deceit is a dramatic picture of someone who is trapped in empty philosophy (the "and" in "philosophy and empty deceit" is probably epexegetical).=====
+=====The idea of someone taking a Christian captive with empty deceit is a dramatic picture of someone who is trapped in empty philosophy (the "and" in "philosophy and empty deceit" is probably epexegetical - that is it adds clarification).=====
 ====Gnosticism, which was in its early stages here denied the sufficiency of Christ instead suggesting that in addition to Christ one needed special knowledge to be saved from sin.====
 ====To this Paul reminds the church, don't be fooled, don't be taken captive, all you need is Christ!====

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 '''Homiletical Proposition/Application: We need to remind ourselves of the fundamental truth of the Gospel, our debt has been canceled!'''
 =Introduction:=
+==Memory Verse: Colossians 2:6==
 ==Image: Memory tricks - putting items to music==
 I don't know about you but one of the best ways I know to memorize something is to put it to music. Music is a powerful tool. Certainly, there are plenty of songs out there that have meaningless lyrics, but there are also some songs with deep truths embedded, truths worth memorizing.
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 ==Setting the Stage:==
 The book of Colossians was written to Christians living in the small city of Colossae around 62 BC. At this point Paul was in prison in Rome and the church in Colossae was dealing with what we might call proto-gnosticism. A budding heresy that undermined Christ's supremacy and sufficiency. The church was in danger of losing it's focus and Paul writes what might be the most Christ-centered letter of all. Colossians 2 is all about the fullness that we have in Christ's sufficiency.
 =Body Read all of Colossians 2:6-15=

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 ==The debt of sin has been ''canceled'' never again to be counted against us having been ''nailed'' ''to'' ''the'' ''cross''. (2:13-15)==
 ===Though once dead in sins, the Christian is made alive in Christ.===
 ===All the debt accrued through sins has been canceled.===
 ===The cross, an object of scorn and shame, has become the greatest victory imaginable.===
 ===Image: Nailed to the Cross by Rend Collective - Verse Chorus and Bridge===
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