{"id":954,"date":"2023-04-02T22:50:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T22:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/237-james-taylor-exhortation-the-supremacy-and-sufficiency-of-christ-col-1\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:43:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:43:52","slug":"237-james-taylor-exhortation-the-supremacy-and-sufficiency-of-christ-col-1","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/237-james-taylor-exhortation-the-supremacy-and-sufficiency-of-christ-col-1\/","title":{"rendered":"237: James Taylor – Exhortation: The Supremacy and Sufficiency of Christ (Col. 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an exhortation by Brother James Taylor titled, \u201cThe Supremacy and Sufficiency of Christ\u201d that was given at the end of 2021.<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good for selfie and
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\nI’m Levi and I’m Chris and I’m
\nBrian, thank you for joining us <\/p>\n

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\nthis week.
\nOn this podcast, we select one <\/p>\n

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\ntaco week to help us get the
\nBible in our daily news feed. <\/p>\n

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\nWe post a new episode of the
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\nfor the talk.
\nYou’re about to listen to and <\/p>\n

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\nnow let’s talk more about this
\nweek’s talk <\/p>\n

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\nfor this week.
\nWe’re listening to an excitation<\/p>\n

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\nthat was sent in.
\nAs a suggestion, it was given by<\/p>\n

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\nbrother James Taylor, right?
\nAt the end of 2021, he’s basing <\/p>\n

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\nEducation on Colossians chapter
\n1. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if you’d like to read through
\nthat, that was the reading that <\/p>\n

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\nthey did before he gave this
\nexcitation and the title of his <\/p>\n

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\nexpectation is the supremacy and
\nthe sufficiency of Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what I’ve found this to be a
\nreally powerful excitation <\/p>\n

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\nbecause it was a good reminder,
\nas brother, James was looking at<\/p>\n

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\nthe Ecclesia of colossi, how the
\ndangers in the ideas that Paul <\/p>\n

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\nwas warning the Colossians about
\napply to us just as much now, <\/p>\n

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\nNow, as they did, then looking
\nat those lessons is a good <\/p>\n

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\nreminder to us and brother,
\nJames did a fantastic job. <\/p>\n

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\nHe gets really passionate about
\nit, especially by the end of the<\/p>\n

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\nexcitation, which I found to be
\nparticularly moving when I <\/p>\n

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\nlisten to it.
\nSo I thought the situation was a<\/p>\n

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\nreally powerful one.
\nIt was a good reminder of what <\/p>\n

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\nwe should be looking for.
\nAs we’re going through things <\/p>\n

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\ntoday, as well as the things
\nthat we went through, with our <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters, in the
\ncity of colossi back. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen I was writing this letter
\nso I hope that you find it to be<\/p>\n

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\nas powerful as encouraging as I
\ndid as always, please continue <\/p>\n

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\nto send in any suggestions or
\ntalks or feedback that you might<\/p>\n

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\nhave.
\nWe’re always open to those and <\/p>\n

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\njust this week we’re talking
\nabout how much we appreciate the<\/p>\n

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\nsuggestions and it makes finding
\ntalks that we can share with all<\/p>\n

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\nof you so much easier than it
\nused to be. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we greatly appreciate that.
\nSo thank you as always and with <\/p>\n

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\nthat, I will turn it.
\nIt over to brother James Taylor <\/p>\n

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\nfor his excitation the supremacy
\nand sufficiency of Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nBut why the exultation this
\nmorning you want to take some <\/p>\n

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\ntime with our brothers and
\nsisters in the colossian, a <\/p>\n

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\nclosure?
\nThere are smaller closure. <\/p>\n

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\nIn a relatively, small town,
\ntucked away in the beautiful <\/p>\n

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\nluscious like us Valley.
\nThere are two other occasions <\/p>\n

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\nclose by later to see her and
\nhire a palace both within <\/p>\n

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\nrelatively relatively easy
\nwalking distance. but as a sort <\/p>\n

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\nof small and somewhat isolated
\nachalasia, there are also new At<\/p>\n

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\nthe beginning of Paul’s, third
\nmissionary journey, they weren’t<\/p>\n

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\nyet in existence.
\nThen at some point in that <\/p>\n

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\nperiod, the faithful fellow
\nservant. <\/p>\n

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\nEpaphras returned to them,
\nbringing good news and <\/p>\n

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\nestablishing the Ecclesia there.
\nBasically, she was also somewhat<\/p>\n

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\ndivided because it was an
\noccasion of significant wealth <\/p>\n

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\ninequality.
\nWe had both slave owners and <\/p>\n

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\nslaves as part of this Ecclesia.
\nWe had people who were <\/p>\n

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\nincredibly wealthy by the day so
\nit was known as sort of it was <\/p>\n

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\nwhere all the Millionaire’s,
\nended up living of that day and <\/p>\n

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\nstrabo, the ancient geographer
\nwrites the country round blow to<\/p>\n

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\nsee if producers sheep.
\nThat are excellent. <\/p>\n

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\nNot only for the softness of
\ntheir wall in which they <\/p>\n

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\nsurpass, even the Malaysian wall
\nbut also for its raven black <\/p>\n

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\ncolor.
\nSo that the laodiceans derive <\/p>\n

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\nSplendid revenue from it.
\nAs do all as do also, the <\/p>\n

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\nneighboring polisseni.
\nSo the residents of colossae, so<\/p>\n

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\nthis was a place of great
\nwealth, but it meant that you <\/p>\n

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\nhad the rich landowners and the
\nslaves were actually did all the<\/p>\n

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\nwork out in the field and we
\nknow that we had both of these <\/p>\n

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\ngroups as members in the same
\nenclosure together meeting in <\/p>\n

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\nthe same house.
\nWe also have a long established <\/p>\n

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\nJewish community in 2005 BC,
\nAntiochus, the third sent 2,000 <\/p>\n

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\nfamilies of Jews into the
\nregion. <\/p>\n

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\nHe said, because they were, they
\nwere cooperating at the time so <\/p>\n

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\nhe sent them there to calm the
\nregion down and said I’m going <\/p>\n

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\nto set put you there and as a
\ntreat to you because I’m I’m <\/p>\n

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\nsending you there and you’re
\ndoing this. <\/p>\n

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\nGreat favor for me.
\nYou can have your own laws. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we’ve got this significant
\nJewish Community. <\/p>\n

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\nAlso, in the region who are used
\nto having things their own way. <\/p>\n

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\nDoing things according to their
\nown traditions. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd all of these people are
\ncoming together being pushed <\/p>\n

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\ninto this one smaller closure
\ntogether. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we won’t have a
\nconsideration of the challenges <\/p>\n

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\nthat that led to and what they
\nhad to face in doing that. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if we come to chapter 2, we
\nsee the reason why Paul wrote <\/p>\n

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\nthis letter.
\nChapter 2 verse 4. <\/p>\n

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\nPaul writes, I say this in order
\nthat no one may delude you with <\/p>\n

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\nplausible arguments.
\nSo, there is a need in this. <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesia to hold on to the
\ntruth. <\/p>\n

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\nThere were arguments coming in.
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\nand philosophies coming in that
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\nleading this achalasia away from
\nthe truth. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in verse 5, Paul gives us
\nthe tone that is going to go at <\/p>\n

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\nthis issue with he’d never met
\nthese brothers and sisters <\/p>\n

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\nbefore.
\nAnd so he makes sure that when <\/p>\n

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\nhe’s dealing with them he does
\nit in a positive way. <\/p>\n

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\nSo he’s going to address these
\nplausible arguments these <\/p>\n

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\nenticing words what he’s going
\nto do it. <\/p>\n

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\nAssuring them that he is not
\nwriting them off, he is there to<\/p>\n

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\nwork.
\nAlongside them for the. <\/p>\n

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\nI am absent in body yet.
\nI’m with you in spirit rejoicing<\/p>\n

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\nto see you all good order and
\nthe firmness of your faith in <\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nSo that being the case, what <\/p>\n

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\nwere the issues that Paul had to
\ndeal with in this achalasia? <\/p>\n

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\nWell first of all, there was the
\nearly Gnostic movement. <\/p>\n

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\nThe gnostics were a group of
\npeople who had the idea that <\/p>\n

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\nspecific knowledge would be.
\nWhat would save you that if you <\/p>\n

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\nhad access to a secret that
\nwould help you. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd they, these ideas came out
\nof what to the Romans was <\/p>\n

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\nEastern philosophy.
\nSo from the regions of Egypt and<\/p>\n

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\nPersia, and they would have
\nthese Colts and that’s a look. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you can find out the Bit of
\ninformation, then maybe the <\/p>\n

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\nAngels, maybe the other Spirit
\nbeings are going to help you and<\/p>\n

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\nthese ideas started coming into
\nthe Ecclesia. <\/p>\n

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\nThat old, maybe if we know a bit
\nmore, maybe if we know this set,<\/p>\n

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\nspecial secret thing, then we’ll
\nget extra help in our salvation.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd we see that idea really
\npopping up in to verse 18. <\/p>\n

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\nLet no one disqualify.
\nYou insisting on a cetus ISM and<\/p>\n

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\nworship of angels, which was a
\nkey feature of the Gnostic <\/p>\n

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\nmovement and of going in details
\nabout Visions. <\/p>\n

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\nThe receiving of secret, special
\nknowledge, and becoming puffed <\/p>\n

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\nup without Reason by his
\nsensuous mind. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so the battle this idea Paul
\nfocuses their mind on just what <\/p>\n

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\nthey’ve received in Christ.
\nAnd he sort of opens that in <\/p>\n

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\nChapter 2 is as he brings his
\nargument against all the things <\/p>\n

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\nthat were going wrong in the
\ncolossian. <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesia, he starts off with an
\nintroduction to that that really<\/p>\n

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\nemphasizes that they’ve got
\neverything they need in Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so he seemed to verse 2,
\nthat their hearts may be <\/p>\n

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\nencouraged being knit together
\nin love to reach all the riches <\/p>\n

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\nof the full Assurance of
\nunderstanding and the knowledge <\/p>\n

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\nof God’s mystery, which is
\nChrist in, whom are hidden all <\/p>\n

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\nthe treasures of wisdom and
\nknowledge and scene leading into<\/p>\n

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\nthis is saying, look the thing
\nyou need to know is Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nThe thing you need to know is
\nthe gospel message. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s not some extra secret
\nthing that you’re going to get <\/p>\n

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\ngiven just to you in a special
\nvision. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s not going to happen.
\nThat’s not going to help you. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can have the full Assurance
\nof understanding in Christ, and <\/p>\n

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\nIn Christ Alone.
\nAlongside these issues. <\/p>\n

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\nAs I’ve said there’s also Jewish
\nlegalism the long-standing <\/p>\n

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\ntraditional traditional views of
\nthe Jewish community. <\/p>\n

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\nIn particular we they we have
\nthe there them saying there was <\/p>\n

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\na need to be circumcised and we
\nsee that in verse 11, We’re <\/p>\n

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\nChrist where Paul says in him.
\nAlso, you are circumcised with <\/p>\n

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\nthe circumcision made without
\nhands by putting off the body of<\/p>\n

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\nFlesh by the circumcision of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so saying you don’t need to
\nworry about circumcision, you <\/p>\n

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\ndon’t need to worry about those
\nthings. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then down in verse 16 we
\nhave sort of a broader aspects <\/p>\n

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\nof the law.
\nTherefore let no one pass <\/p>\n

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\njudgment on you in questions of
\nfood and drink or in God to a <\/p>\n

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\nfestival or a new moon or a
\nSabbath. <\/p>\n

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\nThese are a shadow of things to
\ncome but the substance belongs <\/p>\n

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\nto Christ.
\nThis is one that I found <\/p>\n

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\ninteresting when we consider.
\nBecause if you think about <\/p>\n

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\nRomans 14, in Romans 14, Paul
\nspecifically says, if someone <\/p>\n

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\nwants to keep a day, Let them
\nkeep it, they keeping it to God,<\/p>\n

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\ndon’t stop them from doing that.
\nIf someone wants to eat certain <\/p>\n

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\nfoods or not eat certain foods,
\nlet them, don’t let them go and <\/p>\n

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\ndo their thing.
\nThey’re doing that with the <\/p>\n

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\nright answer.
\nYou, they’re doing it for their <\/p>\n

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\nmaster.
\nBut the problem in the colossian<\/p>\n

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\na closure is people were
\nbringing these things in and <\/p>\n

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\ngoing right.
\nYou know, we’re going to hold a <\/p>\n

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\nspecial effort and if you don’t
\nturn up to the special effort, <\/p>\n

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\nverse 8 and verse 16, therefore
\nlet no one pass judgment on you <\/p>\n

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\nand verse 18.
\nLet no one disqualify, you <\/p>\n

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\ninsisting on these things.
\nSo, we’ve got people in the <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesia going, right?
\nI’m going to serve God this way,<\/p>\n

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\nand if you don’t, you’re out.
\nThat was the attitude they had <\/p>\n

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\ninstead of going here is a thing
\nthat I find useful that, you <\/p>\n

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\nknow, a special effort, you
\nknow, there’s any number of <\/p>\n

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\nthings that we could think of
\nthat. <\/p>\n

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\nWe find useful in building us up
\nto the goal of establishing, <\/p>\n

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\nshout establishing ourselves in
\nour faith, in Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nThat we can’t disqualify people
\nwho go about a different way. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so that was the issue that
\nwas coming up here that that <\/p>\n

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\npeople are coming up with the
\nthings that they thought were <\/p>\n

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\nuseful.
\nThe things that they thought <\/p>\n

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\nwere helpful, I’m going nuts.
\nIf you don’t do things in the <\/p>\n

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\nway that I think is useful and
\nhelpful. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re out the door.
\nGoodbye. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd also attached with this
\nkeeping of the law. <\/p>\n

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\nWe also have that there was
\nseems to be at least some pride <\/p>\n

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\nin a Jewish identity because
\nover in chapter 3 verse 11 but <\/p>\n

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\nwe have to reiterate to them.
\nThat here there is not Greek and<\/p>\n

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\nJew circumcised and
\nuncircumcised, Barbarian <\/p>\n

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\nscythian, slave and free.
\nBut Christ is all and in all. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so the people in these
\ndifferent groups might have gone<\/p>\n

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\nall, you know, I’m a Jew.
\nI’ve got, I’ve got this Heritage<\/p>\n

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\nin the truth, obvious Heritage
\nin understanding the Bible. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m God, must be willing to work
\nwith me first before he works <\/p>\n

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\nwith you.
\nGentile uncircumcised brother. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd finally, the large other
\nlarge group is asceticism. <\/p>\n

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\nOr is the King.
\nJames has voluntary, humility? <\/p>\n

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\nMost broadly sort of spoken of
\ndown in verse 23, where it says,<\/p>\n

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\nthey’re these have indeed an
\nappearance of wisdom in <\/p>\n

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\npromoting self-made, religion
\nand a cetus ISM and severity to <\/p>\n

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\nthe body.
\nBut they are no value in <\/p>\n

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\nstopping the Indulgence to the
\nFlesh. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this whole movement was was
\ndoing things that were hard in <\/p>\n

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\norder.
\nTo praise God in there were <\/p>\n

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\nthinking about it but the
\nproblem was is that became this <\/p>\n

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\ngreat movement and as sort of As
\nyou move from this time into the<\/p>\n

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\nearly second century, they
\nbecame what was the early <\/p>\n

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\nmonastic movement?
\nThe monks now out in the desert <\/p>\n

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\nand people looked at them said,
\nathletes have God that these <\/p>\n

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\npersons, you know, sitting out
\nunder a rock in the middle of <\/p>\n

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\nthe desert, only eating bread
\nand water and people going, <\/p>\n

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\nisn’t he amazing?
\nOkay. <\/p>\n

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\nNo, he’s sitting out in the
\ndesert by himself. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s doing nothing to strengthen
\nthe Ecclesia but people looked <\/p>\n

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\nto people doing hard things to
\nthemselves and said oh isn’t <\/p>\n

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\nthis amazing?
\nAnd this has, I think like a <\/p>\n

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\nreal impact on our side that we
\ncan see people. <\/p>\n

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\nDoing difficult.
\nThings are high. <\/p>\n

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\nIsn’t that amazing?
\nBut if that difficult thing <\/p>\n

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\nisn’t towards anything.
\nIf that difficult things not <\/p>\n

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\nactually trying to achieve
\nsomething and it’s just being <\/p>\n

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\ndifficult for the sake of being
\ndifficult. <\/p>\n

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\nIt isn’t actually going to be
\ndoing anything instead that <\/p>\n

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\nperson by achieving that
\ndifficult thing that hasn’t <\/p>\n

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\nactually achieved anything.
\nThe end of verse 23, they are of<\/p>\n

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\nno value in stopping the
\nIndulgence of the Flesh. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so they’re doing these
\ndifficult things, and people are<\/p>\n

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\ngoing, isn’t that person?
\nWonderful. <\/p>\n

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\nSo all of these Different issues
\nall there in this occasion. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have the Aesthetics, we have
\nthe Jews, we have the <\/p>\n

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\ncircumcised, we have the
\nuncircumcised, we have those who<\/p>\n

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\nwant to have, feast days and
\nthose who completely disregard <\/p>\n

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\nthat.
\nAnd all of these people are <\/p>\n

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\ntrying to work out how they work
\ntogether in the truth and how <\/p>\n

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\nthey become one body and this
\ntheme of one body runs <\/p>\n

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\nthroughout the book that they
\nneed to be one body. <\/p>\n

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\nI went through. with a yellow
\npencil and now Colossians is <\/p>\n

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\nyellow because in there’s ninety
\nfive verses in Colossians and I <\/p>\n

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\nfound at least 40 different
\nplaces where it speaks about us <\/p>\n

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\nbeing in Christ with Christ
\nthrough Christ and members of <\/p>\n

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\nthe one body that this idea, is
\nthat, that we’re not in this by <\/p>\n

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\nourselves.
\nWe’re in this Ecclesia in <\/p>\n

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\nChrist, and that we are members
\nof one body. <\/p>\n

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\nIt just comes up Time and Time
\nand Time Again. <\/p>\n

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\nTake for example, do you have
\nthree verse 1? <\/p>\n

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\nIf then you have been, Raised
\nwith Christ seek those things <\/p>\n

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\nare above where Christ is
\nseated. <\/p>\n

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\nAt the right hand of God set
\nyour mind on things above, not <\/p>\n

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\nthe things of the Earth for you
\nhave died and your life is <\/p>\n

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\nhidden with Christ, in God.
\nWhen Christ, who is your life <\/p>\n

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\nappears, then you will appear
\nwith him in glory. <\/p>\n

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\nThat all that we need to be
\ndoing is Building Together. <\/p>\n

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\nThere is only one body for us to
\nbe a member of there is only one<\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nAnd so for this occasion that <\/p>\n

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\nwas a challenge that we can’t
\nhave the body going off in all <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent directions.
\nOceans. but, They’re the list of<\/p>\n

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\nrules that they had come up with
\nwere not going to help because <\/p>\n

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\nwe see their into Verse 18.
\nLet no one disqualify, you <\/p>\n

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\ninsisting on a CD season and
\nworship of angels, going in <\/p>\n

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\ndetails, about Visions.
\nPuffed up without Reason by <\/p>\n

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\nsensuous mind, and not holding
\nfast to the Head from whom the <\/p>\n

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\nwhole body nourished and knit
\ntogether through its joints and <\/p>\n

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\nligaments grows with a growth
\nthat is from God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so these External forces
\nwere only going to the only <\/p>\n

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\nthing they would do.
\nIn the end of Verse 18 is Puff <\/p>\n

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\npeople up.
\nThere’s no substance to that but<\/p>\n

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\nhe says no grow together be knit
\ntogether in one body and grow <\/p>\n

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\nwith a growth, a real growth in
\nworking together in helping and <\/p>\n

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\nencouraging each other.
\nAnd he then blades and that. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so, the overall problem with
\nthese things is that it’s <\/p>\n

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\npuffing up.
\nAnd in, in the words of verse <\/p>\n

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\n23, it has no value in stopping
\nthe Indulgence of the Flesh. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s because all of these
\nthings that these people looked <\/p>\n

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\nat were things that they could
\ndo. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can go and get your list of
\nSabbath days and you can happily<\/p>\n

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\nRock up to the upon the Ashley.
\nIt’s established a staying home,<\/p>\n

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\nnot going anywhere.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re staying home.
\nEvery Sabbath day. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re not doing.
\nYou’re not going to do that new.<\/p>\n

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\nYou can quite happily tick that
\noff every Saturday for the whole<\/p>\n

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\nyear and feel very pleased with
\nyourself. <\/p>\n

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\nBut well, all that does is leads
\nto an attitude of self-reliance <\/p>\n

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\nand the idea that you can do it
\nall yourself. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd unfortunately this was
\ntypical of the region we don’t <\/p>\n

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\nhave time to turn it up.
\nBut in Revelation 3 verse 17 <\/p>\n

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\nwhere Christ some 30 or 40 years
\nlater is writing to the <\/p>\n

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\nlaodicean, a closure the next
\nclosure over, he says to them, <\/p>\n

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\nyour problem is you think to
\nyourself Girls, I’m rich. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve got everything I need.
\nI have need of nothing and <\/p>\n

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\nthat’s what these things in
\nChapter 2 would achieve in US is<\/p>\n

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\nthat if we build up this list of
\nthings, we go, here’s a nice <\/p>\n

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\neasy things that we can do.
\nAnd that the example that I <\/p>\n

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\nthink of is, is Lent for the
\nCatholics and others is that <\/p>\n

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\npeople go over 40 days before
\nEaster. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re not going to eat any
\nchocolate, you know, great, well<\/p>\n

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\ndone, don’t eat chocolate for 40
\ndays. <\/p>\n

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\nYou haven’t done anything to
\nactually build up the Ecclesia. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’ve put this nice, easy
\nTarget in front of yourself and <\/p>\n

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\ngo on tick, done.
\nIt gold star for me an argument <\/p>\n

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\nit says, no we’re not, in
\nChrist, we’re not about that. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ve got time for this.
\nAnother example of where this <\/p>\n

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\nwas typical of the region.
\nSo Colossians, it seems was <\/p>\n

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\nwritten about 62 to 64.
\nThere’s good reason for thinking<\/p>\n

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\nthat and in the year, 60, so
\nonly a couple of years prior <\/p>\n

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\nthere was a massive earthquake
\nthat hit this region. <\/p>\n

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\nKnock down most of the buildings
\nand the Roman governors turned <\/p>\n

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\nup and said oh you know, Here’s
\nthe money. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re here to help if you need
\nand the Colossians and the <\/p>\n

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\nlaodiceans turned around and
\nsaid, don’t worry, we can <\/p>\n

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\nrebuild our cities, we can pay
\nfor all of this ourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nThey were a successful, but
\nself-confident region. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s all of that would have had
\na great effect and seems that <\/p>\n

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\nhave come into the Ecclesia.
\nSo what then do we do? <\/p>\n

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\nBecause it seems quite nice to
\ngo. <\/p>\n

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\nOkay, we’ve got rid of all of
\nthe rules. <\/p>\n

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\nWe don’t need to worry about
\nanything. <\/p>\n

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\nThat suits me quite fine.
\nNo one can tell me what to do. <\/p>\n

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\nWell is that really what it’s
\nall about? <\/p>\n

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\nbut we see if we come back to
\nchapter 1, we have a bit of a <\/p>\n

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\nproblem when we considering
\nthese sorts of things, says that<\/p>\n

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\none verse 10.
\nSo as to walk in a manner, <\/p>\n

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\nworthy of the Lord, fully
\npleasing to him bearing fruit in<\/p>\n

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\nevery good work and increasing
\nin the knowledge of God now that<\/p>\n

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\nunfortunately, but it’s the
\nreality, but doing good works <\/p>\n

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\nand increasing in knowledge.
\nSeems to be a lot about what the<\/p>\n

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\nascetics wanted, and what The
\ngnostics Wanted, increasing your<\/p>\n

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\nknowledge, right?
\nWe’re going to do that bit. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re really focusing on that
\nbit and doing good works. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:56,600 –> 00:21:00,500
\nWe’re out there slaving away as
\nan ascetic, really damaging <\/p>\n

327
\n00:21:00,500 –> 00:21:02,600
\nourselves for the benefit of the
\nEcclesia. <\/p>\n

328
\n00:21:03,100 –> 00:21:06,600
\nAnd that these ideas, that these
\nideas that come up in Chapter 2.<\/p>\n

329
\n00:21:07,800 –> 00:21:12,900
\nThere’s a lot of overlap In what
\nwe in what the reality of those <\/p>\n

330
\n00:21:12,900 –> 00:21:17,300
\nactions are but the important
\nthing is the attitude behind <\/p>\n

331
\n00:21:17,300 –> 00:21:20,700
\nthem.
\nAnd so Paul in chapter 3, then <\/p>\n

332
\n00:21:20,700 –> 00:21:27,500
\ngives them a list of tasks both
\nto not do and also to do the <\/p>\n

333
\n00:21:27,500 –> 00:21:33,600
\nthings to put off and the things
\nto put on this is the life that <\/p>\n

334
\n00:21:33,600 –> 00:21:38,400
\nhe wanted to see from them.
\nSo see their 3 verse 5, put to <\/p>\n

335
\n00:21:38,400 –> 00:21:39,900
\ndeath.
\nTherefore what is Earthly? <\/p>\n

336
\n00:21:40,100 –> 00:21:44,000
\nIn you sexual immorality
\nimpurity passion, evil, desire <\/p>\n

337
\n00:21:44,000 –> 00:21:47,100
\ncovetousness, which is idolatry
\non account of these things. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:21:47,100 –> 00:21:51,100
\nThe wrath of God is coming verse
\n8, but now you must put them all<\/p>\n

339
\n00:21:51,100 –> 00:21:55,200
\naway anger wrath.
\nMalice, slander obscene talk <\/p>\n

340
\n00:21:55,200 –> 00:21:57,300
\nfrom your mouth do not lie to
\none. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:21:57,300 –> 00:21:59,400
\nAnother scene.
\nThat seems you’ve put off the <\/p>\n

342
\n00:21:59,400 –> 00:22:02,600
\nold self with its practices.
\nNow, for those who were saying <\/p>\n

343
\n00:22:02,600 –> 00:22:05,200
\ndonate these food and don’t
\nattend these festivals or do <\/p>\n

344
\n00:22:05,200 –> 00:22:09,100
\nattend these things and don’t do
\nthat nice and easy things to do.<\/p>\n

345
\n00:22:11,100 –> 00:22:15,300
\nBut all of these things that
\nwere told to put off, there is <\/p>\n

346
\n00:22:15,300 –> 00:22:17,700
\nonly a hundred percent success
\nrate or not. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:22:19,200 –> 00:22:22,800
\nWe either like it doesn’t say,
\nyou know, only be a little bit, <\/p>\n

348
\n00:22:22,800 –> 00:22:26,800
\nangry, only speak poorly of a
\nfew of your brothers and <\/p>\n

349
\n00:22:26,800 –> 00:22:29,100
\nsisters.
\nKnow, it’s a complete thing. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:22:29,100 –> 00:22:31,500
\nThat’s and it’s something that
\nis in that way. <\/p>\n

351
\n00:22:33,100 –> 00:22:38,000
\nEssentially almost impossible
\nfor us to actually achieve that <\/p>\n

352
\n00:22:38,200 –> 00:22:39,500
\nas we try and accomplish these
\nthings. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:22:39,500 –> 00:22:42,400
\nWe’re going to go, hang on.
\nI was doing really good at not <\/p>\n

354
\n00:22:42,400 –> 00:22:45,900
\nbeing angry.
\nBut the car in front of me <\/p>\n

355
\n00:22:45,900 –> 00:22:48,600
\npulling in front of me without
\nindicating, and that’s suddenly <\/p>\n

356
\n00:22:49,000 –> 00:22:53,400
\nI’m furious.
\nHe can’t hang on, no nice tick <\/p>\n

357
\n00:22:53,400 –> 00:22:57,000
\nin the box for me this week,
\nthat that the the end goal. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:22:58,300 –> 00:23:03,500
\nIs almost impossible and in the
\nsame way down in verse 12 when <\/p>\n

359
\n00:23:03,500 –> 00:23:05,400
\nhe tells us what we do need to
\ndo. <\/p>\n

360
\n00:23:05,700 –> 00:23:09,300
\nHe says they’re put on then as
\nGod’s chosen ones holy and <\/p>\n

361
\n00:23:09,300 –> 00:23:13,500
\nbeloved compassionate, Hearts,
\nkindness, humility, meekness and<\/p>\n

362
\n00:23:13,500 –> 00:23:16,000
\npatience bearing with one
\nanother. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:23:16,200 –> 00:23:18,300
\nAnd if anyone has a complaint
\nagainst another forgiving one, <\/p>\n

364
\n00:23:18,300 –> 00:23:20,800
\nanother as the Lord has forgiven
\nyou. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:23:20,800 –> 00:23:24,800
\nSo you also must forgive and we
\ncan go and do a kind thing. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:23:25,800 –> 00:23:28,600
\nI mean and that’s a good thing
\nto do but we haven’t there’s no <\/p>\n

367
\n00:23:28,600 –> 00:23:31,700
\ntick in the Box for us because
\nwe haven’t finished kindness. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:23:31,900 –> 00:23:34,200
\nThey were at all.
\nYeah, every aspect of kindness. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:23:34,200 –> 00:23:37,100
\nWe have covered that off in our
\nlife. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:23:38,500 –> 00:23:41,400
\nBut all of these things that
\nwe’ve, it now need to aim for in<\/p>\n

371
\n00:23:41,408 –> 00:23:43,400
\nthe things that we need to put
\noff in the things that we need <\/p>\n

372
\n00:23:43,400 –> 00:23:46,200
\nto put on.
\nHow do we maintain them <\/p>\n

373
\n00:23:46,300 –> 00:23:50,000
\nmotivation?
\nAnd how do we stay focused on <\/p>\n

374
\n00:23:50,200 –> 00:23:53,900
\nactually accomplishing?
\nThose end goal things not <\/p>\n

375
\n00:23:53,900 –> 00:23:58,500
\nserving in the means to the end,
\nbut working together towards the<\/p>\n

376
\n00:23:58,500 –> 00:24:02,400
\nend in itself, working together
\ntowards the kingdom and bringing<\/p>\n

377
\n00:24:02,400 –> 00:24:05,500
\nour brothers and sisters the one
\nbody there together. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:24:07,100 –> 00:24:11,400
\nAnd that really comes to us.
\nI think in chapter 1, as Tim <\/p>\n

379
\n00:24:11,400 –> 00:24:16,400
\nread it for us, it’s a truly
\nspectacular chapter. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:24:17,200 –> 00:24:24,100
\nI there sort of Colossians 1 and
\nJohn one that really Elevate our<\/p>\n

381
\n00:24:24,100 –> 00:24:28,000
\nthinking on who Christ was and
\nwhat our relationship to him is <\/p>\n

382
\n00:24:28,900 –> 00:24:33,100
\nof just how significant he was,
\nwhat Christ is our what God has <\/p>\n

383
\n00:24:33,100 –> 00:24:40,300
\naccomplished through him.
\nSo we see in one verse 11 that <\/p>\n

384
\n00:24:40,300 –> 00:24:43,200
\nwe are called and qualified in
\nhim. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:24:43,200 –> 00:24:46,300
\nMay you be strengthened with all
\npower according to his glorious <\/p>\n

386
\n00:24:46,300 –> 00:24:49,100
\nmight for all endurance and
\npatience with joy. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:24:49,100 –> 00:24:52,700
\nGiving thanks to the father who
\nhas qualified you to share in <\/p>\n

388
\n00:24:52,700 –> 00:24:54,100
\nthe inheritance of the Saints of
\nlife. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:24:54,100 –> 00:24:57,100
\nHe has delivered us from the
\ndomain of darkness and <\/p>\n

390
\n00:24:57,100 –> 00:24:59,600
\ntransferred us into the kingdom
\nof his beloved Son. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:24:59,600 –> 00:25:03,900
\nIn whom we have Redemption, the
\nForgiveness of sins. <\/p>\n

392
\n00:25:03,900 –> 00:25:08,600
\nAnd I think this aspect of
\nChrist we Wouldn’t think about. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:25:11,100 –> 00:25:14,100
\nIt’s Christ at the level, we can
\nunderstand Christ. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:25:14,100 –> 00:25:16,500
\nThe one who has died for us and
\nredeemed us and that we have <\/p>\n

395
\n00:25:16,500 –> 00:25:18,800
\nforgiveness.
\nWe we understand all of that. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:25:20,500 –> 00:25:27,200
\nbut then, Paul really just
\nReally goes for it but in just <\/p>\n

397
\n00:25:27,200 –> 00:25:30,600
\ngoing you’d need to understand
\nthat this one body that you’ve <\/p>\n

398
\n00:25:30,600 –> 00:25:33,000
\nbeen called to be a part of
\nthat. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:25:33,000 –> 00:25:39,500
\nJust how significant the head of
\nthat body is So he starts their <\/p>\n

400
\n00:25:39,500 –> 00:25:44,300
\nverse 15, he is the image of the
\ninvisible. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:25:44,300 –> 00:25:51,800
\nGod, Hebrews 1 verse 3.
\nGet the words right for turn. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:25:51,800 –> 00:25:56,300
\nTheir Hebrews 1 verse 3.
\nSpeaking, a similar way says he <\/p>\n

403
\n00:25:56,300 –> 00:26:01,000
\nis the radiance of the glory of
\nGod and the exact imprint of his<\/p>\n

404
\n00:26:01,000 –> 00:26:04,200
\nnature and he upholds, the
\nuniverse by the word of his <\/p>\n

405
\n00:26:04,200 –> 00:26:06,800
\npower.
\nSo that croc in Christ. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:26:06,800 –> 00:26:11,600
\nWe see exactly what God wanted
\nto see in Genesis 1. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:26:11,600 –> 00:26:15,400
\nVerse 6, in Genesis, 1 verse 26
\nwhere God said, let us make man <\/p>\n

408
\n00:26:15,400 –> 00:26:19,000
\nin our image after our likeness
\nHe’s crossed. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:26:19,000 –> 00:26:21,200
\nThe one who is actually being
\nmade in that image. <\/p>\n

410
\n00:26:22,100 –> 00:26:27,100
\nAnd it’s got the idea there in
\nimages of imprint has a has in <\/p>\n

411
\n00:26:27,400 –> 00:26:32,800
\nHebrews 10 and it’s a coin where
\nyou would have the stamp and <\/p>\n

412
\n00:26:32,800 –> 00:26:35,400
\nthen you’d have your nice plug
\nof metal and you’d go and hit <\/p>\n

413
\n00:26:35,400 –> 00:26:38,800
\nthe flag of metal in the stamp
\ninto the plug of metal and then <\/p>\n

414
\n00:26:38,800 –> 00:26:40,400
\nyou would have the picture
\nthere. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:26:41,400 –> 00:26:45,000
\nAnd in Christ, we have the proof
\ncoin the one that is probably <\/p>\n

416
\n00:26:45,000 –> 00:26:48,200
\none that you look to know this
\ncoin is exactly what this coin <\/p>\n

417
\n00:26:48,200 –> 00:26:51,500
\nis meant to be.
\nBut for all the rest of us the <\/p>\n

418
\n00:26:51,500 –> 00:26:54,400
\nhammer came down on a bit of an
\nangle and things are not quite <\/p>\n

419
\n00:26:54,400 –> 00:26:59,100
\nlined up as they’re meant to be
\nbut in Christ, we see the <\/p>\n

420
\n00:26:59,100 –> 00:27:03,400
\nperfect coin.
\nHe is the firstborn of all <\/p>\n

421
\n00:27:03,400 –> 00:27:10,000
\ncreation if we just jump forward
\nto verse 18 He is the head of <\/p>\n

422
\n00:27:10,000 –> 00:27:12,200
\nthe body the Ecclesia.
\nHe is the beginning the <\/p>\n

423
\n00:27:12,200 –> 00:27:16,400
\nfirstborn from the dead.
\nGod’s purpose in creation wasn’t<\/p>\n

424
\n00:27:16,400 –> 00:27:21,900
\nto create a dying breed of
\ncreatures but to create people <\/p>\n

425
\n00:27:22,400 –> 00:27:26,200
\nwho are going to live forever in
\nhis kingdom. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:27:26,700 –> 00:27:30,300
\nAnd so Christ is the first born
\nthe first one of that creation. <\/p>\n

427
\n00:27:31,900 –> 00:27:37,900
\nAnd then this is section.
\nSo good from verse six times. <\/p>\n

428
\n00:27:37,900 –> 00:27:42,400
\nHe’s got the whole purpose of
\neverything that God’s created <\/p>\n

429
\n00:27:42,400 –> 00:27:45,500
\nfrom start to finish whether
\nit’s the physical natural world <\/p>\n

430
\n00:27:45,500 –> 00:27:48,500
\naround us, whether it’s Kings or
\nrules, whether it’s the rise and<\/p>\n

431
\n00:27:48,500 –> 00:27:51,300
\nfall of Nations.
\nAll of those things have been <\/p>\n

432
\n00:27:51,300 –> 00:27:55,100
\ndone for the purpose of what
\nChrist was to accomplish. <\/p>\n

433
\n00:27:55,600 –> 00:27:57,000
\nEverything that’s happened in
\nthe world. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:27:57,000 –> 00:27:59,500
\nEverything that’s lived and
\nmoved. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:27:59,500 –> 00:28:03,100
\nWe see therefore by him Him, all
\nthings were created in heaven <\/p>\n

436
\n00:28:03,100 –> 00:28:06,700
\nand on Earth, visible and
\ninvisible, whether Thrones, or <\/p>\n

437
\n00:28:06,700 –> 00:28:07,800
\ndominions or rulers or
\nauthorities. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:28:07,800 –> 00:28:10,800
\nAll things were created through
\nhim. <\/p>\n

439
\n00:28:10,800 –> 00:28:14,100
\nAnd for him, he is before all
\nthings. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:28:14,100 –> 00:28:17,500
\nAnd in him all things, hold
\ntogether. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:28:17,500 –> 00:28:23,000
\nSo Christ is the center point is
\nthe Hub of the rest of creation <\/p>\n

442
\n00:28:23,000 –> 00:28:25,700
\nthat that what he accomplished
\nhad to be done. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:28:25,700 –> 00:28:29,200
\nAnd then, you know, the Greeks
\ncan come and go, the Romans can <\/p>\n

444
\n00:28:29,200 –> 00:28:33,100
\ncome and go this nation.
\nAn rise and fall when as it has <\/p>\n

445
\n00:28:33,100 –> 00:28:36,300
\ntheir things visible and
\ninvisible things that we can’t <\/p>\n

446
\n00:28:36,300 –> 00:28:40,400
\neven comprehend that to happen
\nfor Christ to be there. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:28:40,400 –> 00:28:47,600
\nAnd he’s the whole reason for it
\nand he is the head of the body, <\/p>\n

448
\n00:28:48,200 –> 00:28:51,600
\nthe Ecclesia?
\nthat the one who is the head of <\/p>\n

449
\n00:28:51,600 –> 00:28:58,000
\nthis meeting is the central
\ncharacter and the central point <\/p>\n

450
\n00:28:58,400 –> 00:29:03,100
\nin all the created world, He is
\nthe beginning, the firstborn <\/p>\n

451
\n00:29:03,100 –> 00:29:07,100
\nfrom the dead that in
\neverything, he might be <\/p>\n

452
\n00:29:07,600 –> 00:29:12,100
\npreeminent, he is right at the
\ntop. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:29:13,900 –> 00:29:17,800
\nFor in him, all the fullness was
\npleased to dwell. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:29:17,800 –> 00:29:22,600
\nVerse 19 is one that all the
\ntranslators have a bit of a bit <\/p>\n

455
\n00:29:22,600 –> 00:29:25,800
\nof difficulty with, and they all
\nseem to want to add either the <\/p>\n

456
\n00:29:25,800 –> 00:29:29,800
\nfather, or God in there,
\nsomewhere, which in the Greek <\/p>\n

457
\n00:29:29,800 –> 00:29:34,300
\nisn’t there.
\nSo, the sense of that, the King <\/p>\n

458
\n00:29:34,300 –> 00:29:35,700
\nJames that she has, has it
\nquite. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:29:35,700 –> 00:29:40,600
\nWell, if you take out the
\nfather, That the it was pleasing<\/p>\n

460
\n00:29:41,200 –> 00:29:44,200
\nthat the fullness should dwell
\nin him, is the sense of that <\/p>\n

461
\n00:29:44,200 –> 00:29:47,100
\nverse and what does it mean by
\nfullness? <\/p>\n

462
\n00:29:48,500 –> 00:29:56,100
\nWell, it’s the completion and
\nthis pairs with Verse 18, where <\/p>\n

463
\n00:29:56,100 –> 00:30:00,700
\nhe is, the beginning, the
\nfirstborn from the dead. <\/p>\n

464
\n00:30:01,500 –> 00:30:04,300
\nAnd the beginning, there is the
\nGreek word. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:30:04,700 –> 00:30:09,900
\nRK, + RK in Greek thought is
\nlinked very closely with a were.<\/p>\n

466
\n00:30:09,900 –> 00:30:12,200
\nThey were much more familiar
\nwith logos. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:30:12,600 –> 00:30:16,500
\nSo logos is the plan and The RK
\nis the power. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:30:16,500 –> 00:30:20,200
\nOr the means, it’s the idea of
\nthe You’ve caused so, God had a <\/p>\n

469
\n00:30:20,200 –> 00:30:24,700
\nplan logos and that plan was
\naccomplished and brought about <\/p>\n

470
\n00:30:24,700 –> 00:30:28,100
\nthrough Christ.
\nSo he is the beginning. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:30:28,200 –> 00:30:31,200
\nHis the active Force that’s
\ngoing to that’s going to bring <\/p>\n

472
\n00:30:31,200 –> 00:30:38,400
\nall of this into being and in
\nhim that task was completed that<\/p>\n

473
\n00:30:38,400 –> 00:30:46,300
\ntask was fulfilled.
\nVerse 20 and 3 him to reconcile <\/p>\n

474
\n00:30:46,300 –> 00:30:52,900
\nto himself all things whether on
\nEarth or in heaven Making Peace <\/p>\n

475
\n00:30:52,900 –> 00:30:57,000
\nby the blood of his cross.
\nThat this perfect being this <\/p>\n

476
\n00:30:57,000 –> 00:31:02,900
\nperfect, Son of God,
\nAccomplished all of that Making <\/p>\n

477
\n00:31:02,900 –> 00:31:08,500
\nPeace by the blood of his cross.
\nAnd then we get to verse 21. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:31:09,700 –> 00:31:13,800
\nVerse 21, really packs a punch
\nthat in considering Christ at <\/p>\n

479
\n00:31:13,800 –> 00:31:22,000
\nthis supremum, exalted level, it
\nsays there and you who are <\/p>\n

480
\n00:31:22,000 –> 00:31:26,500
\nalienated and hostile in mind
\ndoing evil Deeds. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:31:27,500 –> 00:31:30,200
\nThat’s where we are.
\nHe is Christ, the beginning, the<\/p>\n

482
\n00:31:30,200 –> 00:31:32,500
\nfirstborn, the exalted, the
\npreeminent. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:31:33,100 –> 00:31:37,100
\nAnd here’s us.
\nAlienated hostile in mind doing <\/p>\n

484
\n00:31:37,100 –> 00:31:42,200
\nevil Deeds.
\nHe says well, what amount of <\/p>\n

485
\n00:31:42,400 –> 00:31:46,900
\nsabbath-keeping is going to get
\nus out of that position of <\/p>\n

486
\n00:31:46,900 –> 00:31:51,100
\nalienated hostile?
\nSeparated from God doing evil <\/p>\n

487
\n00:31:51,100 –> 00:31:57,100
\nDeeds, but Christ the preeminent
\none has done all of that. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:31:59,100 –> 00:32:02,000
\nBut then skipping forward to
\nverse 24 for the sake of time. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:32:05,400 –> 00:32:09,000
\nPaul once again takes it a whole
\nstep further. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:32:10,000 –> 00:32:14,900
\nHe says they’re now I rejoice in
\nmy suffering for your sake and <\/p>\n

491
\n00:32:14,900 –> 00:32:18,000
\nin my flesh.
\nI am filling up. <\/p>\n

492
\n00:32:18,400 –> 00:32:22,100
\nWhat is lacking in Christ’s
\nAffliction for the sake of his <\/p>\n

493
\n00:32:22,100 –> 00:32:24,900
\nbody.
\nThat is the Ecclesia. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:32:27,200 –> 00:32:30,100
\nThe King James there has that
\nwhat is behind in the sufferings<\/p>\n

495
\n00:32:30,100 –> 00:32:33,200
\nof Christ?
\nBut it’s what is lacking in <\/p>\n

496
\n00:32:33,200 –> 00:32:36,500
\nChrist’s afflictions that what
\nPaul was accomplishing in his <\/p>\n

497
\n00:32:36,500 –> 00:32:41,100
\nlife was building up the
\nEcclesia and that when we <\/p>\n

498
\n00:32:41,100 –> 00:32:43,600
\nconsider our work that we do
\ntogether in strengthening the <\/p>\n

499
\n00:32:43,600 –> 00:32:46,100
\noccasion in preaching and
\nteaching Sunday school and <\/p>\n

500
\n00:32:46,100 –> 00:32:51,400
\nwhatever it happens to be that
\nwhat we’re doing is adding to <\/p>\n

501
\n00:32:51,700 –> 00:32:54,900
\nthe work that was done in the
\nsacrifice of Christ. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:32:55,800 –> 00:33:00,800
\nGod chose to feel this Earth
\nwith people who reflect his <\/p>\n

503
\n00:33:00,800 –> 00:33:05,100
\nglory and his chosen us to be
\nthose people. <\/p>\n

504
\n00:33:05,600 –> 00:33:09,000
\nAnd his chosen asked to find
\nmore people like that to <\/p>\n

505
\n00:33:09,000 –> 00:33:12,400
\nactually go and build up the
\nbody. <\/p>\n

506
\n00:33:13,100 –> 00:33:15,000
\nAnd I don’t think we’re going
\ntoo far with that is if you just<\/p>\n

507
\n00:33:15,000 –> 00:33:17,600
\nconsider Romans 10 verse 14, it
\nsays there. <\/p>\n

508
\n00:33:17,700 –> 00:33:20,300
\nHow then will they call on him
\nin whom they have not believed <\/p>\n

509
\n00:33:20,400 –> 00:33:24,000
\nand how they too believed on him
\nof whom they have not heard and <\/p>\n

510
\n00:33:24,000 –> 00:33:26,800
\nhow they do here.
\nWithout someone preaching that <\/p>\n

511
\n00:33:26,800 –> 00:33:32,900
\nthat real work is given to us to
\ndo that, that Supreme exalted <\/p>\n

512
\n00:33:32,900 –> 00:33:37,000
\nMessiah, who you can’t put him
\non any higher pedestal, <\/p>\n

513
\n00:33:37,800 –> 00:33:40,200
\nunderstand who he is.
\nAnd Paul says, and what we do in<\/p>\n

514
\n00:33:40,200 –> 00:33:44,200
\nour work Is part of that exact
\nsame work. <\/p>\n

515
\n00:33:44,200 –> 00:33:46,500
\nIt’s not just doing something
\nnice and because we do something<\/p>\n

516
\n00:33:46,500 –> 00:33:48,700
\nnice.
\nGod’s going to reward us as we <\/p>\n

517
\n00:33:48,700 –> 00:33:52,600
\nwork in the Ecclesia.
\nWe are actually building the <\/p>\n

518
\n00:33:52,600 –> 00:33:56,200
\nbody of Christ and how was Paul
\nconfident in this. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:33:57,600 –> 00:34:01,700
\nIf we come across to Paul’s own
\nconversion. of the relationship <\/p>\n

520
\n00:34:01,700 –> 00:34:06,600
\nof Christ to the body and our
\ninvolvement in a Paul’s own <\/p>\n

521
\n00:34:06,600 –> 00:34:12,400
\nconversion in Acts chapter 9.
\nWe have soul, as he was at that <\/p>\n

522
\n00:34:12,400 –> 00:34:15,300
\nstage.
\nYou know, if you want to get the<\/p>\n

523
\n00:34:16,400 –> 00:34:19,900
\nidea from Colossians 1, you who
\nwere alienated and hostile in <\/p>\n

524
\n00:34:19,900 –> 00:34:23,900
\nmind doing evil Deeds?
\nWell, I don’t think you can get <\/p>\n

525
\n00:34:23,900 –> 00:34:29,500
\nany worse or any more hostile in
\nmind than Saul. <\/p>\n

526
\n00:34:31,400 –> 00:34:38,100
\nBut so breathing out threats and
\nmurder against the Disciples of <\/p>\n

527
\n00:34:38,100 –> 00:34:43,500
\nthe Lord.
\nWent to the high priest and <\/p>\n

528
\n00:34:43,500 –> 00:34:46,400
\nasked of him letters to the
\nsynagogue’s of Damascus. <\/p>\n

529
\n00:34:47,100 –> 00:34:49,699
\nSaid if he found anyone
\nbelonging to the way where the <\/p>\n

530
\n00:34:49,699 –> 00:34:51,500
\nmen are woman who might bring
\nthem bound. <\/p>\n

531
\n00:34:51,900 –> 00:34:54,300
\nSo saws there, he’s got all the
\nvim and vigor in the world. <\/p>\n

532
\n00:34:54,300 –> 00:35:02,000
\nHe’s going to go with murderous
\nintent to hunt down Our brothers<\/p>\n

533
\n00:35:02,000 –> 00:35:04,300
\nand sisters, that’s his
\nintention. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:35:04,800 –> 00:35:06,500
\nAnd the reason has to go all the
\nway from Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

535
\n00:35:06,500 –> 00:35:08,900
\nAll the way out to Damascus is
\nbecause he’s done such a good <\/p>\n

536
\n00:35:08,900 –> 00:35:11,700
\njob of doing it in Jerusalem in
\nJudea. <\/p>\n

537
\n00:35:11,800 –> 00:35:14,000
\nHe’s chased the Ecclesia out of
\nthat region. <\/p>\n

538
\n00:35:16,700 –> 00:35:24,400
\nHer bright light comes on him.
\nand Christ says, So, so why are <\/p>\n

539
\n00:35:24,400 –> 00:35:27,800
\nyou persecuting me?
\nWhy are you doing this to me? <\/p>\n

540
\n00:35:27,800 –> 00:35:29,200
\nSo what were you trying to
\naccomplish? <\/p>\n

541
\n00:35:29,300 –> 00:35:34,400
\nWhy are you doing this to me?
\nThis isn’t why you’re doing this<\/p>\n

542
\n00:35:34,900 –> 00:35:36,300
\nto my disciples.
\nAre you doing this to my <\/p>\n

543
\n00:35:36,300 –> 00:35:39,900
\nbrothers and sisters?
\nWhy are you doing this to me? <\/p>\n

544
\n00:35:41,500 –> 00:35:43,500
\nAnd Saul says, well who are you?
\nLord. <\/p>\n

545
\n00:35:43,500 –> 00:35:49,300
\nAnd he said, I am Jesus.
\nWhom you are persecuting Christ.<\/p>\n

546
\n00:35:49,300 –> 00:35:52,400
\nTook Paul’s persecution of the
\nEcclesia. <\/p>\n

547
\n00:35:53,300 –> 00:35:57,400
\nAbsolutely.
\nPersonally, And Paul is them <\/p>\n

548
\n00:35:57,400 –> 00:36:01,000
\nblinded and is led into the
\nCity. <\/p>\n

549
\n00:36:01,700 –> 00:36:04,500
\nAnd it says there in verse 9
\nthat he sits in this house for <\/p>\n

550
\n00:36:04,500 –> 00:36:08,900
\nthree days without sight.
\nNot eating not drinking his just<\/p>\n

551
\n00:36:08,900 –> 00:36:11,200
\nsitting there and thing that
\nhe’s got ring in his mind. <\/p>\n

552
\n00:36:12,800 –> 00:36:16,700
\nIs that one that I’ve been?
\nI’ve been going about putting <\/p>\n

553
\n00:36:16,700 –> 00:36:21,000
\ninto prison capturing killing
\nthat man’s disciples. <\/p>\n

554
\n00:36:21,800 –> 00:36:25,400
\nAnd now I’m stuck in this house.
\nI can’t see a thing and he’s <\/p>\n

555
\n00:36:25,400 –> 00:36:27,600
\njust said, go and sit in that
\nhouse and I’m going to tell you <\/p>\n

556
\n00:36:27,607 –> 00:36:30,400
\nwhat’s going to happen to you
\nand still sits there. <\/p>\n

557
\n00:36:30,600 –> 00:36:32,700
\nHe sits there.
\nHe gets a vision. <\/p>\n

558
\n00:36:32,700 –> 00:36:35,700
\nThat says, okay, someone’s going
\nto come see you and restore your<\/p>\n

559
\n00:36:35,700 –> 00:36:38,800
\nsight.
\nHe still sits there. <\/p>\n

560
\n00:36:44,900 –> 00:36:46,300
\nBut then, I don’t know that’s
\ncomes in. <\/p>\n

561
\n00:36:48,400 –> 00:36:52,100
\nIt’s great faithful, brother
\ncomes into this man who has <\/p>\n

562
\n00:36:52,100 –> 00:36:54,000
\nmurdered his brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:36:56,000 –> 00:36:58,900
\nAnd says to him.
\nBrother. <\/p>\n

564
\n00:36:59,800 –> 00:37:03,200
\nSo, like, see Santa retouching
\nrates and his brother. <\/p>\n

565
\n00:37:03,200 –> 00:37:08,800
\nSo, The Lord Jesus.
\nI can’t read any of this. <\/p>\n

566
\n00:37:12,700 –> 00:37:16,400
\nI have to go from memory.
\nThat solves that. <\/p>\n

567
\n00:37:18,500 –> 00:37:21,800
\nThe Ecclesia.
\nAnd Christ sends this man to say<\/p>\n

568
\n00:37:21,800 –> 00:37:25,400
\nto him brother School.
\nDon’t worry. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:37:26,600 –> 00:37:28,900
\nIt all has been doing is sitting
\nin his house for three days and <\/p>\n

570
\n00:37:28,900 –> 00:37:31,700
\nhe says, don’t worry, you’re now
\na brother. <\/p>\n

571
\n00:37:31,700 –> 00:37:33,400
\nYou’ve been forgiven, you’re
\ngoing to be filled with the Holy<\/p>\n

572
\n00:37:33,400 –> 00:37:36,900
\nSpirit and you’re going to do
\nthat for the purpose of going <\/p>\n

573
\n00:37:36,900 –> 00:37:41,900
\nout and spreading my name in a
\npositive way to the Gentiles. <\/p>\n

574
\n00:37:42,500 –> 00:37:44,500
\nSo we just come back to
\nColossians 1. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:37:45,500 –> 00:37:49,700
\nWe see there that the I think
\nPaul had this well and truly in <\/p>\n

576
\n00:37:49,700 –> 00:37:55,400
\nhis mind that there’s Christ the
\nexalted Messiah This pull a lie <\/p>\n

577
\n00:37:55,400 –> 00:37:59,100
\nand I didn’t hostile and mind
\nindeed, but he’s going to go out<\/p>\n

578
\n00:37:59,100 –> 00:38:01,800
\nand that body that had been in
\nthe process of destroying. <\/p>\n

579
\n00:38:02,300 –> 00:38:04,600
\nHe was now going to be in the
\nprocess of building up. <\/p>\n

580
\n00:38:05,000 –> 00:38:12,200
\nSo that Christ might be exalted.
\nVerse 26, the mystery hidden for<\/p>\n

581
\n00:38:12,200 –> 00:38:17,000
\nages and generations but is now
\nrevealed to his Saints to them, <\/p>\n

582
\n00:38:17,000 –> 00:38:21,200
\nGod chose to make known how
\ngreat among the Gentiles are the<\/p>\n

583
\n00:38:21,200 –> 00:38:24,200
\nriches of the glory of the
\nmystery, which is Christ in. <\/p>\n

584
\n00:38:24,200 –> 00:38:29,500
\nYou the hope of glory him, we
\nProclaim warning, everyone and <\/p>\n

585
\n00:38:29,500 –> 00:38:32,200
\nteaching everyone with all
\nwisdom that we may present <\/p>\n

586
\n00:38:32,200 –> 00:38:35,600
\neveryone mature in Christ for
\nthis. <\/p>\n

587
\n00:38:35,600 –> 00:38:40,700
\nI toil struggling with all his
\nenergy that he powerfully works <\/p>\n

588
\n00:38:40,700 –> 00:38:44,100
\nin me.
\nAnd so, the work that we do in <\/p>\n

589
\n00:38:44,100 –> 00:38:50,500
\nthe Ecclesia Is to build up the
\nbody of Christ not by anything <\/p>\n

590
\n00:38:50,500 –> 00:38:53,100
\nthat we have done.
\nIf it wasn’t for Christ, we <\/p>\n

591
\n00:38:53,100 –> 00:38:55,700
\nwould still be hostile in mind,
\ndoing evil Deeds. <\/p>\n

592
\n00:38:56,200 –> 00:39:01,600
\nBut now we have the opportunity
\nto share in his body and as we <\/p>\n

593
\n00:39:01,600 –> 00:39:06,400
\ndo, so to consider how to
\nprovoke one another to love and <\/p>\n

594
\n00:39:06,400 –> 00:39:09,600
\nto good works.
\nAs we see his great and Glorious<\/p>\n

595
\n00:39:09,600 –> 00:39:29,900
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