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II. Holy Living: The People (3:18–25; 4:1): Paul addresses six types of individuals.A. Wives (3:18): Submit to your husbands.B. Husbands (3:19): Love your wives, and never treat them harshly.C. Children (3:20): Obey your parents.D. Fathers (3:21): Don’t aggravate your children.E. Servants (3:22–25): Serve your master as you would serve the Lord.
Holy Living: The Principles (3:1–17)A. In regard to the believer’s affection (3:1–4)1. The place of our affection (3:1–3): We must transfer our affection from earth to heaven.2. The person of our affection (3:4): We must direct our affection toward Jesus.B. In regard to the believer’s spiritual apparel (3:5–17)1. What to put off (3:5–9): God’s anger comes on those who practice:a. Immorality and idolatry (3:5)b. Anger, malice, slander, and filthy language (3:8)c. Lying (3:9)2. What to put on (3:10–17)a. A new nature (3:10–11)b. Compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience (3:12)c. Forgiveness and love (3:13–14)d. God’s peace and thankfulness (3:15)e. The words of Christ (3:16–17)
Paul’s Wishes for These Two Churches (2:1–7)A. That both be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love (2:1–2a)B. That both understand God’s secret plan (2:2b–3)C. That both guard against theological deception (2:4–5)D. That both continue growing in Christ (2:6–7a)E. That both rejoice and be thankful (2:7b)Paul’s Warnings to These Two Churches (2:8–23): The apostle warns against four dangerous and destructive philosophies.A. Gnosticism (2:8–10)1. The fiction (2:8): The Gnostics diminish Christ to an angel.2. The facts (2:9–10): Paul says Christ was God incarnate in bodily form.B. Legalism (2:11–17)1. Paul describes the love of Christ (2:11–15).a. We have been crucified and raised to new life with him (2:11–12).b. He has forgiven our sins (2:13).c. He has blotted out the charges against us (2:14–15).2. Paul describes the liberty in Christ (2:16–17): Because of this, believers should not criticize each other.a. In matters of diet (2:16a): No one should condemn another believer for what he or she eats or drinks.b. In matters of days (2:16b–17): No one should condemn another believer for not celebrating certain holy days, for these old rules were only shadows.C. Mysticism (2:18–19)1. The fiction (2:18): Mysticism teaches that God can be known through two methods:a. Through the worship of angels (2:18a)b. Through the seeing of visions (2:18b)2. The facts (2:19): One can only know God through Christ, who is the head of the body, the church.D. Asceticism (2:20–23)1. The fiction (2:21–22): Asceticism teaches that one can purify the spirit by punishing the body.2. The facts (2:20, 23)a. The spirit cannot be purified by punishing the body (2:23).b. The believer’s body and spirit have been crucified with Christ (2:20).
churchperiod.com Christ and the Church at Colosse (1:15–23)A.Who Christ is (1:15): He is the visible image of the invisible God.B.What Christ has done (1:16–23)1.In regard to creation (1:16–17, 20)a.He created all things (1:16).b.He sustains all things (1:17).c.He will reconcile all things (1:20).2.In regard to the church (1:18–19, 21–23): He has been appointed head of the church.
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