{"id":4803,"date":"2019-05-05T15:33:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T19:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=4803"},"modified":"2019-05-05T15:35:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T19:35:08","slug":"the-christ-of-colossians-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=4803","title":{"rendered":"THE CHRIST OF COLOSSIANS, Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sermon Series by Rev. Richard Jones<\/strong><\/h3>\n

rec0505-112845<\/a><\/p>\n

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THE CHRIST OF COLOSSIANS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Part 5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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“Living the New Self”<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

Colossians 2:16 – 3:11<\/strong><\/p>\n

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RELEASED FROM RULES<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Colossians 2:16-23 (ESV) <\/b>
\n16 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Therefore 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.
\n17 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
\n18 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Let 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,
\n19 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0and 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.
\n20 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0If 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\u201d\u201d
\n21 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0\u201cDo not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch\u201d
\n22 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0(referring to things that all perish as they are used)\u201d\u201daccording to human precepts and teachings?
\n23 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0These 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. <\/span><\/p>\n

Philippians 3:2-9 (ESV) <\/b>
\n2 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.
\n3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh\u201d\u201d
\n4 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more:
\n5 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
\n6 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
\n7 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
\n8 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
\n9 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n

Galatians 3:1-3 (ESV) <\/b>
\n1 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.
\n2 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?
\n3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? <\/span><\/p>\n

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FIX ON FOREVER<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Colossians 3:1-4 (ESV) <\/b>
\n1 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
\n2 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
\n3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
\n4 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. <\/span><\/p>\n

1 John 3:1 (ESV) <\/b>
\n1 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
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END THE EARTHLY<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Colossians 3:5-11 (ESV) <\/b>
\n5 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
\n6 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
\n7 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0In these you too once walked, when you were living in them.
\n8 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
\n9 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
\n10 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
\n11 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.<\/p>\n

1 Peter 1:13-16 (ESV) <\/b>
\n13 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
\n14 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,
\n15 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,
\n16 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0since it is written, \u201cYou shall be holy, for I am holy.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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