Col. 2:20-3:11 - Christ is all and is in all

All Souls 06/27/2004 - Colossians 2:20-3:11 - Michael Reeves

Christ The All Supreme - 'Christ is all and is in all'
Benedetto Giuseppe Labre gave up everything to win salvation.
Bathing, haircuts, clothes everything. (v21)
Failure of human religions.= win salvation.
Adam do not touch! Genesis.& lost.
we .do it as well
God provided his law & festivals to show they couldnt earn salvation for themselves.
Daily reminders of his grace v16
Old creation wil die to give a new creation. This is the purpose of the law, to lead us to the gospel.
Mankind twisted the gospel into a set of rules to see how He & others have performed. v16&17, 22. ref Is29:13
Basic principles v.20=demonic powers=human religion=Christless morality.
v20 - looks like true christianity, but isnt.
v23 - useless human religion slaving to an unattainable salvation.
Christianity is not a spectator-new identity * 3:1 we have a new past. the old is destroyed.
* 3:3we have new present in Christ v. 3:1 our reality on he throne with him
*3:4 we have a new future. seen with him undestructible. New creation. not death but appearing with him in glory.
We already have salvation if we trust in him. we live from & in salvation. Live your new life on the throne of heaven.
belly button gazing 14th century Greek monks style of meditation (omphaloskepsis)
battle of sin becomes a battle with ourselves & selfobsession. obsess urself with Christ - mind & body. see his purity & want to rid urself of ur impurity. fill urself with Xt & allow urself with him not ur self-desires. rid urself of all 3v8-9.
v9-10 self is renewed (Col.1:15) knowledge of Jesus &.his image.just as Jesusisthe image of the father.
Christ is your identity. Are you first & foremost a christian? A lawyer? A labourer? No! You are first and foremost a christian. all one in Christ. Not English. Not Aussie. Not scottish. Not American. Christ is all & in all. is Christ all to you?
Are you living to salvation or living from salvation?
Christ has died
Christ has risen
Christ has hidden
Christ has soon to appear again
Christ is all.

Replace rules with trust!

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