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Speaker 1: You're listening to daily devotions with Pastor John. I'm John

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Speaker 1: Stogey and today's devotion is inspired by Colossians Chapter two,

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Speaker 1: verses nine to ten, which says, for in him, the

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Speaker 1: whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been

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Speaker 1: filled in Him, who is the head of all rule

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Speaker 1: and authority. There are plenty of people who still debate

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Speaker 1: who Jesus is. It's clear that there has never been

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Speaker 1: another single individual who has had as powerful an impact

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Speaker 1: on the world as him. But for some people, their

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Speaker 1: mind isn't fully made up on who Jesus really is.

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Speaker 1: Some call him a teacher, some call him a leader,

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Speaker 1: Some are willing to call him a prophet. Some dare

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Speaker 1: to call him a fraud. But who do we say

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Speaker 1: he is? Well? According to this passage, Jesus is God.

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Speaker 1: Jesus is the fullness of deity, and he graciously took

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Speaker 1: on a human body in order to live the perfect

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Speaker 1: life we couldn't live. Die the death we deserve to die,

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Speaker 1: rise from death to defeat the curse of sin. And

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Speaker 1: offer new life to all who trust in Him. The

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Speaker 1: scripture also reminds us that when we have Jesus, we

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Speaker 1: truly do have all we really need in this world.

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Speaker 1: By grace through faith, we are filled in Jesus. We

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Speaker 1: don't need another savior. We don't need another source of salvation.

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Speaker 1: We don't need a new source of revelation, we don't

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Speaker 1: need another source of power. In Christ, we find all

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Speaker 1: we truly need, and our hearts must learn to become

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Speaker 1: content in him. Let's pray, Lord, we thank you for

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Speaker 1: your word, and we thank you for this portion of

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Speaker 1: scripture from the Book of Colossians that we just had

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Speaker 1: the privilege to read together. And Lord, we're grateful for

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Speaker 1: the things that you reveal to us about yourself, and

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Speaker 1: this portion of your word you reveal to us that

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Speaker 1: you indeed are God, that when you walked among us,

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Speaker 1: the fullness of Deity was right there in front of us.

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Speaker 1: And through faith in You, we have the privilege to

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Speaker 1: be filled in You. You supply all we need. When

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Speaker 1: we have You, we truly do have all we need

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Speaker 1: in this world. Lord, we pray that our hearts would

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Speaker 1: find contentment in You. We pray that we wouldn't continue

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Speaker 1: to search this earth looking for all sorts of things

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Speaker 1: to bring us peace, because we realize that true peace

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Speaker 1: is found in you, and Lord, we pray that in

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Speaker 1: all contexts that you play in that we would accurately

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Speaker 1: testify to who you are. By nature. Some people think

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Speaker 1: you're just a teacher. Some people have even been willing

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Speaker 1: to call you a prophet. But we know that you

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Speaker 1: indeed are God, and we pray that our words and

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Speaker 1: our deeds would reflect that understanding. We pray that as

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Speaker 1: we worship you, that as we speak about you, and

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Speaker 1: that as we go about our lives, that we would

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Speaker 1: do so in such a way that we show true

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Speaker 1: honor to your name, and that we show reverence toward

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Speaker 1: you because you indeed are our Lord. Thank you for

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Speaker 1: all that you've endured on our behalf. Thank you for

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Speaker 1: being willing to take on a human body, and for

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Speaker 1: your willingness to suffer and die in our place, but

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Speaker 1: rise from death on the third day so that our

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Speaker 1: sin could ultimately be paid for and that new life

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Speaker 1: could be secured for us. We know you've done this

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Speaker 1: all on our behalf, and we're grateful for it. Again,

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Speaker 1: we thank you for this reminder from your word to

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Speaker 1: TI day, and we pray that it would stick in

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Speaker 1: our minds and permeate our hearts, and that, by your grace,

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Speaker 1: we would live it out in every context you place

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Speaker 1: us in. We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen,