WEBVTT - Billy Lambert - Oct 12 - 10:00 am

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<v Speaker 1>This is Getting to Know Your Bible, a program dedicated

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<v Speaker 1>to the proclaiming of the good news of Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's Billy Lambert.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back to Getting to Know Your Bible. I am

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<v Speaker 2>Ray Reynolds. I'm the marketing director and I work here

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<v Speaker 2>share with the world and talk a little bit more

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<v Speaker 2>about Jesus and talk more about God's holy word. I

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<v Speaker 2>want to encourage you as we start to get your

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<v Speaker 2>Bible and turn to Colossians chapter 2. That's where we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to be today in our series on the supremacy

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<v Speaker 2>of Christ. We focused last time in chapter 1 about

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<v Speaker 2>the supreme Christ. Today we'll talk about the supreme Son. gospel.

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<v Speaker 2>As we begin, I also want to encourage you to

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<v Speaker 2>We continue our thoughts today in the book of Colossians.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're there in chapter two, I want to share

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<v Speaker 2>with you some thoughts about the supreme gospel. Now, last

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<v Speaker 2>time we talked about the supremacy of Jesus Christ and

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<v Speaker 2>how he was present in creation and Colossians chapter one

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<v Speaker 2>does a great job of describing for us the importance

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<v Speaker 2>of not only knowing who Jesus is and the New

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<v Speaker 2>Testament church, what it's about, but also that we see

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<v Speaker 2>ourselves as we're reading it as individuals who should take

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<v Speaker 2>it and share it with someone else. Begin here reading

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<v Speaker 2>with me as we talk about being united in the

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<v Speaker 2>gospel in these first five verses. It says, beginning at

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<v Speaker 2>chapter 2 and verse 1, For I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>know what a great conflict I have for you and

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<v Speaker 2>those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not

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<v Speaker 2>seen my face in the flesh, that their hearts may

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<v Speaker 2>be encouraged, being knit together in love and attaining to

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<v Speaker 2>all the riches of the full assurance of understanding to

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<v Speaker 2>the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the

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<v Speaker 2>Father and of the Son, in whom are hidden all

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<v Speaker 2>the treasures of Now this I say, lest anyone should

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<v Speaker 2>deceive you with persuasive words. For though I am absent

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<v Speaker 2>in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit,

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<v Speaker 2>rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of

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<v Speaker 2>your faith in Christ. Last time we were together, I

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<v Speaker 2>mentioned Matthew 28 and also Mark chapter 16, where Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>gives what we call the Great Commission. He, in fact,

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<v Speaker 2>tells his apostles there in chapter 28, beginning at verse 18,

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<v Speaker 2>that all authority, he says, has been given to me

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven and earth. He says, therefore, go and make

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<v Speaker 2>disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name

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<v Speaker 2>of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. And then

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<v Speaker 2>he goes on and says, I need you to teach this,

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<v Speaker 2>teach this to other people, teaching them to observe all

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<v Speaker 2>the things that I've commanded you and lo, I'm with

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<v Speaker 2>you always, even to the end. of the age. Jesus says,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to be with you, but I need you

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<v Speaker 2>to take my teachings. I need you to take my

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<v Speaker 2>word and I need you to spread it throughout the world.

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<v Speaker 2>We are united in the fact that we are brought

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<v Speaker 2>together by the message of the gospel. Throughout his teachings,

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<v Speaker 2>Paul has advocated for the church to see the reconciliation

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<v Speaker 2>that is only provided in Christ Jesus. There is a

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<v Speaker 2>blessing in the It's interesting to some cultures that we

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<v Speaker 2>use the cross as a symbol of faith because actually

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<v Speaker 2>it's a symbol of capital punishment. In their day, it

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<v Speaker 2>would be the equivalent of lethal injection or the electric chair.

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<v Speaker 2>And so why would you hang something like that around

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<v Speaker 2>your neck? And people will mark their body with those symbols.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll put them on our cars. We'll put them on

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<v Speaker 2>the front of our Bibles. And we look at the

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<v Speaker 2>cross as symbol of hope. But to them in that day,

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<v Speaker 2>they saw it as a a symbol of condemnation, of death.

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<v Speaker 2>But we find that in Christ there's no condemnation, Romans

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<v Speaker 2>8 and verse 1. We also understand that in Christ

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<v Speaker 2>we have forgiveness of sins, the remission of sins, a

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<v Speaker 2>promise made in Acts chapter 2 to those who obeyed

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<v Speaker 2>the gospel in verses 38 and 39. You and I

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<v Speaker 2>can be brought near to God. We can be brought

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<v Speaker 2>near to Christ because we of his sacrifice. And he

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<v Speaker 2>talks again about these mysteries. Going back to the last chapter,

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<v Speaker 2>remember man is divided into chapters and verses to help

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<v Speaker 2>us memorize, but this is written as one letter from

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<v Speaker 2>front to back. And he's telling these brethren in chapter one,

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<v Speaker 2>and again here in chapter two, to think about all

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<v Speaker 2>the mysteries, you know, for centuries, for several hundred centuries,

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<v Speaker 2>people began to look forward to Christ's coming. Go back

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<v Speaker 2>to the garden. Genesis 3 and verse 15, a promise

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<v Speaker 2>is made that through the seed of that woman, one

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<v Speaker 2>would come to crush the head of the serpent, that

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<v Speaker 2>is of Satan, the devil. And so then the seed

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<v Speaker 2>promise that is given to her and to Adam, even

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<v Speaker 2>Adam in Genesis chapter 3, is played out through the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of scripture. He will preserve that seed through Noah

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<v Speaker 2>on the ark, and then to calling Abraham out into

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<v Speaker 2>the wilderness to get away from everything, to go to

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<v Speaker 2>a land he would show him. That seed promise continues

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<v Speaker 2>not only through Abraham, but through Isaac, his son, and

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<v Speaker 2>through Jacob, his son, and then on through the line

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<v Speaker 2>of Judah. throughout the book of Genesis. And then as

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<v Speaker 2>we move to the book of Exodus, we see God

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<v Speaker 2>continuing to take care of those families to preserve the

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<v Speaker 2>seed that would eventually lead us to King David. And

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<v Speaker 2>then from King David all the way up into the

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<v Speaker 2>time of the New Testament. For 4,000 plus years, God

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<v Speaker 2>had preserved those families to ensure that Jesus would be born. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the interesting part about all of this is God shows

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<v Speaker 2>us throughout prophecy that There's two parts really to the

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<v Speaker 2>old law. That is the teachings and commandments, which we

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<v Speaker 2>call the law of Moses. But there's also the prophets

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<v Speaker 2>of God. We call them minor prophets and major prophets.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not that they're minor or major in significance, but

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<v Speaker 2>just in size. And so the prophets foresee the coming

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<v Speaker 2>of Jesus and they lay forth prophecy after prophecy. And

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<v Speaker 2>these Paul calls mysteries that people could read the prophecies.

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<v Speaker 2>They'd know he was going to be born in Bethlehem.

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<v Speaker 2>They could read from Isaiah and know that he would

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<v Speaker 2>be born of a virgin. They could also read and

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<v Speaker 2>see some of the situations and some of the consequences

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<v Speaker 2>of his birth. On the earth, as we read, there's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be a crying of mothers for the death

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<v Speaker 2>of children like there was at the time of Moses' birth.

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<v Speaker 2>And Moses says, there'll be one raised up like me,

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<v Speaker 2>a prophet like me. And so when Jesus comes into

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<v Speaker 2>the world and the wise men come to Herod asking

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<v Speaker 2>for where he was, they then go to try to

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<v Speaker 2>find him. And Herod has all the babies killed from

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<v Speaker 2>two and under, all those boys. He was afraid that

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<v Speaker 2>this Christ child would try to take his throne away

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<v Speaker 2>from him. But all those mysteries and all those teachings

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<v Speaker 2>and prophecies from the Old Testament have come now to fruition.

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<v Speaker 2>So he says, these are things that God is making

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<v Speaker 2>known to us. And so literally, Paul is walking into

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<v Speaker 2>churches and saying, or to synagogues in this case, and saying,

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<v Speaker 2>you've read the prophecies. You know what Micah said. You

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<v Speaker 2>know he's going to be born in Bethlehem. You've read Isaiah.

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<v Speaker 2>You know he was to be born of a virgin.

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<v Speaker 2>You know he was to be called a Nazarene. You

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<v Speaker 2>know that he would flee to Egypt for a portion

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<v Speaker 2>of his life in fear of the death of the king.

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<v Speaker 2>In Moses' day, it was Pharaoh. And of course, in Jesus' day,

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<v Speaker 2>it was Herod. But these prophecies, the audacity to think

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<v Speaker 2>these could happen by accident, 300 plus prophecies. Some have

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<v Speaker 2>said 333 prophecies of Jesus in the Old Testament all

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<v Speaker 2>come true. How is that possible that all of those

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<v Speaker 2>things only by one who could see and rise above

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<v Speaker 2>it and see all things. And so Jesus fulfills all

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<v Speaker 2>those prophecies. Paul says, it's my job to go and

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<v Speaker 2>declare that these mysteries now can be known. And also

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to see, he says that no one

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<v Speaker 2>should deceive you. He's going to advocate that his words

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<v Speaker 2>are from God and that there are other voices that

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<v Speaker 2>that they may be hearing that are not from God.

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<v Speaker 2>This is something he'll talk more about in other letters,

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<v Speaker 2>specifically to Timothy and Titus, when he warns about people

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<v Speaker 2>teaching things that are false. And he'll encourage them, even

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<v Speaker 2>in the book of Galatians, to not accept any message

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<v Speaker 2>unless it came, even if an angel comes and gives

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<v Speaker 2>you any message like this. He says, don't believe it.

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<v Speaker 2>What I'm giving you is the truth. As we say

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<v Speaker 2>now today, it's the gospel truth. And we're united in

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<v Speaker 2>that gospel. Now, I want you to also notice that

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<v Speaker 2>we need to be watchful in the gospel beginning at

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<v Speaker 2>verse six through nine. It says, as you therefore have

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<v Speaker 2>received Christ Jesus, the Lord, so walk in him rooted

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<v Speaker 2>and built up in him and established in the faith

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<v Speaker 2>as you have been taught abounding in it with thanksgiving,

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<v Speaker 2>but where lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit,

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<v Speaker 2>according to the tradition of men, according to the basic

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<v Speaker 2>principles of the world, and not according to Christ, for

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<v Speaker 2>in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a lot of meat in these verses. Boy, we

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<v Speaker 2>could spend an entire program just on certain sections of Colossians.

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<v Speaker 2>But I want you to remember what was taught in

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<v Speaker 2>chapter 1, that Christ is supreme, that he is the

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<v Speaker 2>head of his church. There's no need for any earthly

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<v Speaker 2>institution to tell the church what to teach or what

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<v Speaker 2>to do, There's no need to put in place any

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<v Speaker 2>traditions that are supposed to tell us exactly what we

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<v Speaker 2>need to say and how we need to act because

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<v Speaker 2>we are given God's holy word and the scriptures are

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<v Speaker 2>all we really need. In fact, many times people will

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<v Speaker 2>go to mission fields and we'll find people who've become

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<v Speaker 2>Christians and say, who came to teach you? Who came

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<v Speaker 2>to this village? Who came to this city and proclaimed

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<v Speaker 2>the gospel message? Who was it? Was it a missionary?

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<v Speaker 2>Was it a local person that that had been trained

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<v Speaker 2>by a missionary or someone else outside of this country.

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<v Speaker 2>And what we'll find is all you have to do

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<v Speaker 2>is read your Bible. And if they have a copy

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<v Speaker 2>of the Holy Scriptures, they too can learn the counsel

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<v Speaker 2>of God. They can learn the commandments of the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>and grow in that faith. They can become a New

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<v Speaker 2>Testament Christian by just simply following the plan that is

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<v Speaker 2>laid out here in the Bible. And so Paul says,

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<v Speaker 2>you've been rooted in this, you've been built up in this,

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<v Speaker 2>and that ought to teach you that you ought to

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<v Speaker 2>see the differences between what is true and what is false.

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<v Speaker 2>For just a moment, let me emphasize this fact. There

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<v Speaker 2>are many who teach the Bible. In fact, many who

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<v Speaker 2>teach the But it is our responsibility as someone teaches

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<v Speaker 2>or preaches to follow along in the word of God

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<v Speaker 2>to see if what they're teaching is true, to ensure

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<v Speaker 2>that it is the whole counsel of God. to ensure

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<v Speaker 2>that it is the words of the Lord that are spoken.

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<v Speaker 2>I've heard some preachers say, well, you know, the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>is important, but there are other things that are more important.

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<v Speaker 2>There are other books that could be stacked next to

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible that are of equal value and maybe even

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<v Speaker 2>more so because they're updated. And I want to tell you,

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<v Speaker 2>that's simply not true. We do not need to add

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<v Speaker 2>to or take away from the word of God. What

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<v Speaker 2>we have is everything we need that pertains to life

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<v Speaker 2>and godliness. There is no other book that can even

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<v Speaker 2>hold a candle in standard, in authority, in teaching, instruction.

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<v Speaker 2>We remember Paul's words in 2 Timothy 3, 16 and

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<v Speaker 2>17 is that all scripture is inspired of God. It's

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<v Speaker 2>profitable for many things and we don't need anything more

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<v Speaker 2>than our Bible to know how to follow God. the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord Jesus Christ. And so he's saying, be rooted in that,

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<v Speaker 2>built upon it, but also recognize that if your Bible's open,

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to see people who are straying. Now, I

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<v Speaker 2>know sometimes as preachers, we get worked up in a sermon.

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<v Speaker 2>We may misquote something. We may actually give an illustration

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<v Speaker 2>that is not understood. And those things happen. From time

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<v Speaker 2>to time, I have had people come to me after

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<v Speaker 2>services and say, hey, Did you know there was a

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<v Speaker 2>typo on your outline or on your PowerPoint? Or you

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<v Speaker 2>put chapter two instead of chapter three or second Timothy

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<v Speaker 2>instead of first Timothy. Those things happen. That is part of,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, trying to put together four and five and

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<v Speaker 2>six lessons a week as most preachers do. But if

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<v Speaker 2>someone is consistently teaching something that is not founded in

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<v Speaker 2>the word of God, it must be confronted. Somebody's got

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<v Speaker 2>to step up and say what is being taught is false. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's important when people come to me and

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<v Speaker 2>they say, I disagree with something you said, or I

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<v Speaker 2>disagree with something you teach, that we sit down with

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<v Speaker 2>an open Bible and determine if what I have said

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<v Speaker 2>is consistent with the Word of God. And to be

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<v Speaker 2>quite frank about it, if someone comes to me and

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<v Speaker 2>shows me something in the Scriptures that I have said

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<v Speaker 2>or I have taught that is wrong, I have to

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<v Speaker 2>change because the Bible is not going to change. And

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<v Speaker 2>many times when we've sat down over an open Bible

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<v Speaker 2>with someone, one or both of us may be convicted

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<v Speaker 2>to change our thoughts because the Word of God is consistent.

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<v Speaker 2>And it is obviously a living and breathing book. It

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<v Speaker 2>breathes life into us every time that we read it.

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<v Speaker 2>And then I want you to notice here also verse

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<v Speaker 2>9 when he talks about the Godhead bodily. Boy, that's

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<v Speaker 2>a question. That's a thought that we have for many

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<v Speaker 2>generations tried to understand the concept of the Trinity. how

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<v Speaker 2>is it that there can be three persons in one

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<v Speaker 2>god the father god the son and god the holy

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<v Speaker 2>spirit they are they're united together as one god one

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<v Speaker 2>great god one awesome god but each of those parts

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<v Speaker 2>create the godhead and then he talks about it bodily

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<v Speaker 2>and he's talking about the effectiveness of the church representing

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<v Speaker 2>the godhead in the world We are called children of God.

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<v Speaker 2>We're called part of the church of God or the

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<v Speaker 2>church of Christ. We're all united in fellowship. And so therefore,

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<v Speaker 2>he says, be watchful to ensure that we're all doing

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<v Speaker 2>things consistent with the will of God. Now, I'll remind

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<v Speaker 2>you also, if you want to study a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>more about the unity of the Godhead, to go to

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<v Speaker 2>John chapter 17, where Jesus prays that prayer. about the

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<v Speaker 2>Spirit being filled inside of his disciples and saying, my

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<v Speaker 2>goal is that they might be one in us. In

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<v Speaker 2>other words, he's speaking to the Father, he, Christ, the Son,

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<v Speaker 2>and the flesh. And he says, they're going to receive

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<v Speaker 2>the gift of the Holy Spirit. And I want us

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<v Speaker 2>to all be united in this great fellowship. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>the way it should be in the New Testament church.

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<v Speaker 2>Not just united in God, but united together in the

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<v Speaker 2>church of our Lord. We work together, we minister together,

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<v Speaker 2>we teach together, we serve together. We do all that

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<v Speaker 2>we can to bear fruit of the spirit together in

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<v Speaker 2>the world that we live in. So he says, be watchful.

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<v Speaker 2>Now notice also beginning at verse 10, I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to see how we're free in the gospel. It says,

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<v Speaker 2>and you are complete in him who is the head

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<v Speaker 2>of all principality and powers. In him, you were also

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<v Speaker 2>circumcised with the circumcision made without hands by putting off

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<v Speaker 2>the body of the sin of the flesh and by

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<v Speaker 2>the circumcision of Christ, buried with him in baptism, in

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<v Speaker 2>which you were also raised with him through faith in

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<v Speaker 2>the working of God, who raised him from the dead,

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<v Speaker 2>and you being dead in your trespasses and in the

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<v Speaker 2>uncircumcision of your flesh, he has made alive together with him,

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<v Speaker 2>having forsaken you all, or having forsaken you all trespasses. Having,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is great, verse 14, having wiped out the

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<v Speaker 2>handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary

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<v Speaker 2>to us, And he has taken it out of the way,

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<v Speaker 2>having nailed it to the cross. Keep reading. Having disarmed

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<v Speaker 2>principalities and powers, he made a public spectacle of them

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<v Speaker 2>triumphing over them in it. So let no one judge

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<v Speaker 2>you in food or in drink or in regards of

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<v Speaker 2>festival or new moon or in Sabbaths, which are a

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<v Speaker 2>shadow of things to come. but the substance is of Christ. Wow,

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<v Speaker 2>this is a loaded text. There's a lot of information here,

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<v Speaker 2>but he's talking about how they need to avoid this

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<v Speaker 2>legalistic perspective of saying that we have to follow the

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<v Speaker 2>old law to become a New Testament Christian. And he

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<v Speaker 2>does a beautiful job of showing the significance of the cross.

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<v Speaker 2>You see, the time of the cross is a turning

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<v Speaker 2>point in human history. Under the old law, they were

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<v Speaker 2>to offer sacrifices, and there's bulls and goats and sheep

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<v Speaker 2>and even birds and incense and drink offerings and food

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<v Speaker 2>offerings that were offered before the Lord. And all of

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<v Speaker 2>those things were meant to be symbolic until the one

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<v Speaker 2>sacrifice of the Messiah. Prophecy confirms this. The old law

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<v Speaker 2>consistently teaches it. And we know now, as we read

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<v Speaker 2>through the Old Testament, they were constantly longing for the

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<v Speaker 2>Messiah who was to come. And as they're waiting and

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<v Speaker 2>they're praying and they're offering sacrifices, those sins, though were

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<v Speaker 2>commanded by God, were only temporary. They were meant to

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<v Speaker 2>be rolled forward until the time that one, Jesus, the Messiah,

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<v Speaker 2>could die for all. Now, in human history, all of

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<v Speaker 2>our sins are rolled backward. They're rolled back towards the

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<v Speaker 2>cross because it is in Christ alone that we have

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<v Speaker 2>forgiveness today. of sin. His death covered all those who

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<v Speaker 2>had lived before him and his death also covered all

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<v Speaker 2>those who would live after him. I love how he

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<v Speaker 2>uses this illustration of disarming principalities and powers, that embarrassing them,

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<v Speaker 2>making a spectacle of them, that all of those principalities

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<v Speaker 2>and powers and all of the powers of hell, which

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<v Speaker 2>he says his church will not have to, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>in Matthew chapter 16, that the devil and the powers

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<v Speaker 2>of Hades cannot prevail against the church. He made a

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<v Speaker 2>spectacle of them on the cross. Jesus's death there hanging

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<v Speaker 2>on that cruel cross, that Roman cross was a symbol

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<v Speaker 2>of the worst kind of sinner. And Jesus was perfect.

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<v Speaker 2>He had never sinned. And so he made a mockery

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<v Speaker 2>of that. He showed the world that that he, as

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<v Speaker 2>a perfect, spotless, sinless lamb, the Passover lamb, could die

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<v Speaker 2>once for all because he had lived the perfect life.

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<v Speaker 2>And Paul says it's because of that that he has

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<v Speaker 2>wiped away all of the handwriting of the Bible. of requirements,

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<v Speaker 2>all the old teachings and laws that were going to

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<v Speaker 2>be bound to an individual. They've all been removed. All

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<v Speaker 2>of your sin, all of your mistakes, all of the

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<v Speaker 2>things you have done have been taken away Now don't

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<v Speaker 2>miss this. Here in the text, and you might want

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<v Speaker 2>to mark this and study it a little bit more

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<v Speaker 2>if you have the time to do so. Here he

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<v Speaker 2>talks about being made alive together with him, having forgotten

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<v Speaker 2>all the trespasses. You see that in verse 13? And

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<v Speaker 2>that's what I want. I want all my trespasses removed.

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<v Speaker 2>I want all of my sins taken away. How is

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<v Speaker 2>that possible? We'll roll back one more verse. He says

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<v Speaker 2>that we're buried with him in baptism. and raised, he says,

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<v Speaker 2>raised with him through faith. We, as individual Christians, hopefully

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<v Speaker 2>we've gone through this experience where we've learned the Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>we've read of all these conversion cases in the book

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<v Speaker 2>of Acts, and we've made the decision to become a

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<v Speaker 2>New Testament Christian. For the sake of time, let me

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<v Speaker 2>just for a brief moment emphasize that in the book

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<v Speaker 2>of Acts, every single story of conversion includes baptism. In

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<v Speaker 2>Acts chapter 2, we have the conversion of the nearly

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<v Speaker 2>or around 3,000 on Pentecost who were told to repent

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<v Speaker 2>and be baptized for mission of their sins. We move

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<v Speaker 2>then to the next conversion story in Acts chapter 8

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<v Speaker 2>of the Samaritans and of this man named Simon the

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<v Speaker 2>sorcerer who were all baptized by Philip. And then Philip,

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<v Speaker 2>who's led away, caught away by the spirit into the wilderness,

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<v Speaker 2>comes across a man on a chariot we call the

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<v Speaker 2>Ethiopian eunuch. And this man who was from Africa seems

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<v Speaker 2>to be a treasurer. To the queen, Candace. And in

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<v Speaker 2>his life, he had tried to live his faith according

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<v Speaker 2>to the Jewish law, the writing of requirements. He's actually

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<v Speaker 2>reading from the book of Isaiah as Philip approaches him.

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<v Speaker 2>And when they begin, he begins to teach unto him

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus as they come upon this water. And he says, see,

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<v Speaker 2>here's water. What hinders me from being baptized? So somewhere

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<v Speaker 2>in the preaching and teaching of Jesus, baptism obviously came

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<v Speaker 2>up because he knew what he needed to do to

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<v Speaker 2>be saved. But as if those three examples are not enough,

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<v Speaker 2>we continue through the book of Acts to find stories of,

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<v Speaker 2>for instance, Saul of Tarsus in Acts chapter 9, when

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<v Speaker 2>he's told by Jesus on the road, go into town

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<v Speaker 2>and it'll be told you what you must do. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>what did Ananias tell him when he got there he

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<v Speaker 2>needed to do? Well, according to Acts 22, verse 16,

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<v Speaker 2>arise and be baptized, wash away your sins, calling on

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<v Speaker 2>the name of the Lord. And then we have Acts

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<v Speaker 2>chapter 10, where Peter is at the house of Simon

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<v Speaker 2>the Tanner. He's basically spending a little time in rest

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<v Speaker 2>on this beautiful seacoast. And God gives him this vision

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<v Speaker 2>and tells him that he's going to be going to

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<v Speaker 2>teach a man named Cornelius, who was a Gentile. And

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<v Speaker 2>in his teaching of Cornelius, it says that he says,

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<v Speaker 2>who can forbid them water? And he takes them and

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<v Speaker 2>he baptizes them. And then, of course, it's described again

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<v Speaker 2>in chapter 11. But then we're not done yet. Continue

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<v Speaker 2>in Acts chapter 16. And we see the story of

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<v Speaker 2>Paul being given that Macedonian call. And he goes into Philippi.

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<v Speaker 2>He tries to teach him. One of the places he

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<v Speaker 2>goes is to this women's prayer meeting, apparently where Lydia

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<v Speaker 2>is observing and praying and leading this little group. And

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<v Speaker 2>he converts her to Christ. He baptizes her into Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>Then he's imprisoned. He goes to the Philippian jail and

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<v Speaker 2>he's in there singing. It's about midnight and the earth shakes.

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<v Speaker 2>The shackles fall off their arms. The doors are opened

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<v Speaker 2>and And he begins to teach the Philippian jailer what

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<v Speaker 2>he needs to do to be saved. And he is

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<v Speaker 2>also baptized. We can go to Acts chapter 18. We

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<v Speaker 2>can go to chapter 19. We can study about the

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<v Speaker 2>Corinthians and we can study about the Ephesians who they

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<v Speaker 2>also were told to be baptized. And he says you

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<v Speaker 2>can be buried with Christ in baptism and you can

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<v Speaker 2>be raised to walk in a new life, taking care

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<v Speaker 2>of all the handwriting of requirement, taking care of all

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<v Speaker 2>the sins and the mistakes that you've made. They're all

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<v Speaker 2>washed away and you're completely free of them because of

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<v Speaker 2>the precious blood of Jesus. Now keep reading with me

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll see also, not only are we free in

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<v Speaker 2>the gospel, but we're supposed to be steadfast in the gospel.

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<v Speaker 2>As he says that we're disarming those principalities, but which

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<v Speaker 2>I love, look back at verse 18, this last little section,

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<v Speaker 2>let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight

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<v Speaker 2>in the false humility and worship of angels, including the

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<v Speaker 2>into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed

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<v Speaker 2>up by his fleshly mind and not holding fast to

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<v Speaker 2>the head from whom all the body nourished and knit

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<v Speaker 2>together by joints and ligaments grows in the increase that

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<v Speaker 2>is from God. Therefore, if you died with Christ from

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<v Speaker 2>the basic principles of the world, why as though living

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<v Speaker 2>in the world do you subject yourselves to regulations? Do

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<v Speaker 2>not touch, do not taste, do not handle, which all

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<v Speaker 2>concerns perish with the using according to the commandments and

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<v Speaker 2>doctrines of men. These things indeed have an appearance of

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<v Speaker 2>wisdom and self-imposed religion, false humility, and neglect of the body,

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<v Speaker 2>but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

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<v Speaker 2>What is he saying? He's saying, going back to the

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<v Speaker 2>previous section, you've been brought up You've been born into

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<v Speaker 2>a new, if you will, new spirit, new flesh. You

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<v Speaker 2>are now walking in Christ Jesus. He'll identify a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit more about this in chapter three, where he identifies

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<v Speaker 2>the things we need to put off and the things

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<v Speaker 2>that we need to put on. if we're in Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>But one of the things he identifies is all these

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<v Speaker 2>rules and regulations, all these legalistic terms and traditions of

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<v Speaker 2>the Jews. And he says, those are not required of

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<v Speaker 2>you anymore. He's already identified circumcision is no longer required.

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<v Speaker 2>But he says, don't let somebody tell you you can't

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<v Speaker 2>eat something or can't drink something. Don't let someone tell

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<v Speaker 2>you what you have to do in order to follow

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<v Speaker 2>some tradition of men. Those things are no longer necessary.

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<v Speaker 2>They have been completely wiped out. There's no need to

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<v Speaker 2>listen to such nonsense, Paul might say. And then he

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<v Speaker 2>talks about how, again, we're knit together. Don't you see

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<v Speaker 2>this beautiful picture of the body and the ligaments and

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<v Speaker 2>the muscles and everything together helps this body to function properly.

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<v Speaker 2>You ever had surgery before on a knee or a

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<v Speaker 2>shoulder or an elbow? I've had a part of one

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<v Speaker 2>of my fingers once that was was cut off. I

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<v Speaker 2>know how little parts of the body can make the

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<v Speaker 2>whole body hurt. And so he says, we're joint together.

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<v Speaker 2>We're knit together in the same body. He does a

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<v Speaker 2>great job of explaining this again later in Romans, when

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<v Speaker 2>he says that we, if we, if we weep, weep,

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<v Speaker 2>one weeps, we all weep together. If one has joy,

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<v Speaker 2>we all rejoice together because in Christ we're knit together.

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<v Speaker 2>We're sewn together in Have you ever had a part

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<v Speaker 2>of a garment, maybe a shirt or a coat or

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<v Speaker 2>a pair of shorts or something like that, and you

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<v Speaker 2>see a little string on it and you start pulling?

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<v Speaker 2>I have a tendency to pull on it, and I

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<v Speaker 2>know you may do the same thing. My mom would

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<v Speaker 2>always say, just cut it there. Don't pull on it.

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<v Speaker 2>Because when you do, you might unravel the whole thing. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>that's the same thing in the New Testament church. We're

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<v Speaker 2>knit together. We're joined together. And so when one part

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<v Speaker 2>of the body begins unraveling, it affects all of us.

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<v Speaker 2>If one person hurts, we all hurt with them. If

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<v Speaker 2>one person is excited and joyful and have a spirit

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<v Speaker 2>of energy and zeal, it also affects us. We all

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<v Speaker 2>want to do and experience the same things. I hope

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<v Speaker 2>that you'll join us again next time as we study

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<v Speaker 2>this third chapter in the book of Colossians and focus

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit more about the supremacy of Christ. But

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<v Speaker 2>before we leave the show, I want to encourage you

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<v Speaker 2>you to learn more about the word of God. Again,

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