Intro:
Is your pursuit of the Gospel or ?
The transactional Gospel at Colosse…
without (v.2:18-19)
without (v.2:8-10)
without (v.2:23)
These 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. – Colossians 2:23 (ESV)
The Gospel: Christ the for (v.1)
The meaning of being “raised with Christ” (Colossians 2:11-15)
God you (v.2:11)
Your was against sin
“We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin.” – Romans 6:6-7 (ESV)
Personal transformation as I learn to the for my (v.3:1-4)
The and the of the Kingdom of God become my for
SEEK…
ζητέω To seek, in the sense of to endeavor, to try, e.g., followed by the acc. of thing, to try to gain, to strive after, with the idea of earnestness and anxiety. (WSNTDICT)
SET YOUR MIND…
φρονέω To think, have a mindset, be minded. The activity represented by this word involves the will, affections, and conscience to be mindful of, to be devoted to. (WSNTDICT)
The of Gospel transformation is experienced in my everyday and (v.3:4-17)
I am equipped to the of sin
I am equipped to life-giving