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 If you would open up your Bibles to Colossians chapter 1, in your pew Bibles on page 1168.

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 You know, it's always good to know where you're going.

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 This past summer, you all so graciously gave me a seven-week sabbatical.

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 It was awesome.

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 And the first four weeks of that was an epic road trip.

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 So my wife Jenny, our youngest Mary, we all got in our little CRV, and we did this epic road trip west.

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 But I got to tell you something.

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 It was all kind of vague until just a couple months beforehand.

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 And it wasn't until a couple months beforehand that we actually got the itinerary in place where we knew where we were going.

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 We'd know we were going to go see the mountains in Crested Butte.

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 And then we were going to go see Zion National Park in Utah.

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 Then we were going to hit LA and San Diego, Yosemite.

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 Then we're going to go to the Ruby Mountains in Nevada.

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 And then show up in the Tetons.

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 Hit Mount Rushmore.

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 Badlands.

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 Waldrug.

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 And come back home.

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 Oh man, when we saw this trip laid out on a map and the majesty of the American West laid out before us.

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 Man, we were ready to go.

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 It stirred our anticipation.

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 It's always good to know where you're going.

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 This morning, my goal is to stir your anticipation.

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 To let you know where we're going in the book of Colossians.

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 So that you can see the majesty of Christ Central laid out in this book again and again.

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 We've got an epic five and a half month journey as a church through this book.

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 And we're going to see the glories of Christ again and again and again.

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 So this morning, you may have not heard a sermon like this before.

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 It's an overview sermon.

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 What I'm going to do is briefly give you a little background on the book of Colossians.

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 And then I'm actually going to walk you through the book of Colossians.

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 There's like seven pearls strung together with one common theme.

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 I'm going to walk you through it to build your anticipation for what God has for us.

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 And then I'm going to show you what the argument is.

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 What the Holy Spirit is wanting to convince us of over the next five and a half months.

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 And do you know what I'm going to do then?

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 I'm going to take Colossians 4.16 to heart.

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 And I'm going to read you the book.

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 It takes about 11 minutes.

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 And so we got our work cut out for us.

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 But let's start with me giving you some background.

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 First thing to know is who wrote this letter.

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 By the way, if you're taking notes, don't write anything yet.

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 Don't waste your note taking space on the background stuff.

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 When we get to the structure of the book, the itinerary, that's when you start to need to take notes.

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 So background, who wrote this letter?

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 Well, we see in chapter 1, verse 1, Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God.

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 That's the guy who wrote the book.

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 Now, if you don't know who an apostle is or have never heard that word before,

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 an apostle is a man who was commissioned by Christ himself and given authority to preach Christ

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 and to establish the church around the nations.

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 A unique authority.

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 There are no more apostles like that anymore.

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 But that authority continues on today in the writings of the apostles.

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 So when we read a book like Colossians, we're putting ourselves under the apostolic authority of Paul.

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 Paul was the small A author of the book of Colossians.

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 The capital A author is the Holy Spirit.

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 And the Holy Spirit authored every word, inspired every word of this,

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 so that Paul wrote down everything that God wanted him to write down for those Colossians and for us, Kenosians.

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 The thing that you need to know about this book, though, that makes it even more interesting is where Paul wrote it from.

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 He wrote it from a Roman prison cell.

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 And so when you see the centrality of Christ throughout this book,

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 in the midst of all that kind of suffering, it's incredible.

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 So who wrote the letter?

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 Well, Paul, an apostle.

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 Who were the recipients of the letter?

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 Well, we see that in verse 2.

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 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae.

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 Now, Colossae was a town in what is now modern-day Turkey.

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 It was Asia Minor, and it was primarily a Gentile town, a non-Jewish town.

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 Anybody familiar with the seven churches of Revelation chapter 2 and 3?

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 Those churches were in Asia Minor, and Colossae was really close to them.

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 So it's kind of the northern Mediterranean basin, southwestern Turkey today.

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 And these men and women had been flipped by God's grace in Christ.

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 They had never met Paul.

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 They had never seen him face to face.

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 You'll see that in chapter 2, verse 1.

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 But what did happen is a guy named Epaphras.

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 You see this in chapter 1, verse 7.

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 Just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved servant.

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 Epaphras was a Colossian, and somehow he had become a Christian.

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 And he went back to Colossae and started making Christ known among his fellow Colossians.

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 And they started to believe.

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 They had faith in Jesus Christ, and their eternities changed.

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 And there was such a response that they were able to gather a church there.

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 Paul hears about it.

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 So he writes this letter to them.

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 Now, Paul, remember, is the small a author of Colossians.

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 And the Holy Spirit is the capital A author.

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 That's why this book is not only good for that first century church in Colossae.

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 It's really good for a 21st century church in Kenosha.

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 So why was this letter written?

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 There was a problem.

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 The church was being influenced by thinking, maybe even better said, a way of being,

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 that was minimizing Jesus and decentralizing Jesus.

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 And something else had come into the controlling center of this church.

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 And so what Paul is going to argue throughout this letter is that Jesus is the controlling center of all things.

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 Jesus is enough.

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 You don't need to add to him.

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 And so what we see here happening in the book of Colossians is Paul correcting a decentralizing of Jesus by recentralizing Jesus.

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 Anybody benefit from hearing that day in and day out?

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 We all have a tendency to decentralize Jesus.

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 This is going to be good news for us.

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 You're going to see a glorious Christ worthy of your life again and again and again.

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 So now, that's the background.

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 Let's get to where the action is.

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 The structure of the book.

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 The unfolding of the book.

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 There are ten pearls here.

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 No, no.

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 Seven pearls in Colossians.

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 And they're all strung together by one central argument.

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 Now, if you're taking notes, here's what I'd like you to do on the left side of that kind of note-taking space on the back of your bulletin or on a piece of paper.

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 Just write one, two, three, four, five, six, seven on the left side.

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 And then I want you to write words next to them.

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 Number one, intro.

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 Number two, purpose.

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 Number three, threat.

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 Number four.

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 I know I'm going quick here.

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 Number four, who with an arrow that points to how.

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 Number five.

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 Let me show if I got my facts right.

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 Household.

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 Number six, outsiders.

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 Number seven, network.

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 Okay, my goal here is to prime the pump of your heart to build into you some kind of anticipation for the goodness that God has for us.

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 So I'm going to walk you through these seven pearls.

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 I'm going to walk you through this itinerary.

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 And I want you to be coming out of this saying, oh, man, this is going to be good for the next five and a half months.

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 So let me walk you through, starting with number one, intro.

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 The introduction of Colossians takes up the most space in Colossians.

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 Believe it or not, it starts in chapter one, verse one, and goes all the way to chapter two, verse five.

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 So it's a really big introduction.

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 Paul kind of introduces himself, says hi to the Colossian church.

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 And then in verses three through eight, he starts giving thanksgiving for what God has started in this church.

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 They were loving one another.

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 They had hope.

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 They had faith in Christ.

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 So he's like grateful, thankful for what God had done in this Colossian church.

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 And then in verses nine through 14, he starts praying for the church.

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 There's an apostolic prayer in your Bible.

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 There are multiple of them.

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 One of them is in Colossians chapter one, verses nine through 14.

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 And he prays something very specific for this church that gets us on what his burden is for this church.

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 Look at verse nine.

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 Asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will and all spiritual wisdom and understanding.

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 Verse 10, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him.

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 What Paul is writing for, what he's getting at in this prayer,

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 is he's praying something for this church that they would walk in a manner worthy of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Christ central.

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 Fully pleasing to him.

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 Christ central.

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 It's a beautiful passage.

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 But then he gets into verses 15 through 23, which is kind of like Christological fireworks.

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 It is believably unbelievable.

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 And so what the apostle Paul does here is he sets forth this glorious vision for who Jesus is and what he's done.

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 So in verses 15 through 17, he points to Jesus as being the Lord over all creation.

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 And then in verses 18 through 20, he points to Jesus as being Lord over all redemption.

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 He's Lord over all.

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 He is preeminent over all things and his reign is comprehensive through everything.

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 Christ central.

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 There's a reason why this is in the introduction of this book.

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 The apostle Paul is already centralizing Jesus for this church.

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 We're going to see this passage played out, echo through the rest of the book.

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 In chapter 1, verse 24 through 25, again, part of the introduction, the apostle Paul is kind of saying,

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 okay, this is my labor for you.

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 This is, this is, this Christ is who I am serving and suffering for so that you would be, verse 28,

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 so I could present you mature in Christ.

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 That Christ would be central to your lives.

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 He starts talking about a mystery in this section.

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 A mystery revealed.

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 And that mystery revealed is Christ.

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 So that's the intro to the book of Colossians.

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 That's the first pearl.

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 That's where he starts.

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 Big Jesus.

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 And now he moves on in verses 2, 6, and 7 to the purpose.

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 It's a purpose statement for the book.

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 Look, you can read it in verse 2, 6.

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 Therefore, as you receive Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him.

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 Here, I'm going to read that again.

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 I'm going to read, therefore, as you receive Christ Jesus the Lord.

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 And I want you all to say back to me, so walk in him.

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 Ready?

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 Therefore, as you receive Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him.

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 Just as you received Christ Jesus as the Lord over all creation and the Lord over the new creation,

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 so walk in him.

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 Central, functional to all that you are.

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 This is the purpose statement of the book.

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 Paul is impressing upon this church.

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 Jesus is enough, and he's central to all that you are and all that you do.

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 Christ central walking.

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 That word walk, so walk in him.

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 You might think kind of like walk.

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 What he's talking about is like living your life.

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 Living your life in every detail of your life.

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 Wherever you find yourself living, that is where you're walking.

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 And what he's arguing here for is Christ is be the controlling center of all that you do.

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 So that's the purpose.

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 Let's move on to the third pearl.

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 The third pearl is threat.

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 In verses, chapter 2, verses 8 through 23, Paul identifies the threat to the church in Colossae.

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 And there is a corresponding threat to the church in Kenosha.

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 There's this, back in the day, there's this dangerous teaching, a dangerous way of being that was toxic to the church.

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 Now, this threat came in a particular form.

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 And it's what's called syncretism.

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 And what syncretism is, is when a Christian starts adding things that are not necessary or essential,

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 and adding them to the Christian faith and making them necessary and essential.

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 Even making them central.

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 And so instead of this beautiful body of Jesus, the church,

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 what can happen with syncretism is a Frankenstein beast that stops being Christianity.

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 And so when you read through verses like 8 through 23,

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 you see a number of these things that are coming up.

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 There was this secular influence.

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 Look at verse 8.

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 See that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit according to human tradition,

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 according to the elemental spirits of the world.

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 And notice that, next phrase, and not according to Christ.

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 They were buying into some kind of philosophy that had nothing to do with Jesus.

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 And they were making it important to following Jesus.

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 And then there's all these kind of religious, Jewish kind of religious references.

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 There's a phrase talking about verse 11.

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 In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands.

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 By the circumcision of Christ.

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 Apparently circumcision was an issue.

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 Look at verse 16.

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 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink,

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 or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.

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 So somebody was influencing the church by saying,

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 you know what, it really matters what you eat and drink

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 in order to walking and living for Jesus.

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 Or it really matters that you keep this religious calendar.

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 That's really important.

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 And look what Paul says in verse 17.

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 These are a shadow of the things to come,

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 but the substance, the centrality of all things, belongs to Christ.

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 He goes on to talking about asceticism,

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 about the worship of angels,

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 about getting caught up with visions.

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 And then in verse 20,

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 he starts talking about 2021.

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 These things that were being said in the church.

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 Do not handle.

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 Do not taste.

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 Do not touch.

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 No, no.

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 No, no.

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 No.

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 Don't do that.

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 No.

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 No.

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 And Paul wraps up by saying in verse 23,

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 hey, these have an appearance of wisdom

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 in promoting self-made religion,

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 self-made religion,

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 Frankenstein religion,

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 and asceticism and severity to the body,

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 but they are of no value

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 in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.

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 They are no value to your godliness.

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 They are no value to living for Christ.

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 These things are a shadow.

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 These things can be toxic.

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 Guess what, gang?

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 As it was true back in the first century,

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 it's true in the 21st century.

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 There are toxins in American culture

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 that we're breathing in.

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 And we've got to point them out and say,

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 no, no, that's not healthy for us.

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 No, that's not central to our walking with Jesus.

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 That's at best on the outside.

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 So there's a real threat going on

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 to this Colossian church.

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 The threat of syncretism.

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 It's still a threat today.

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 The fourth pearl

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 is in chapter 3, verses 1 through 17,

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 and it's actually Paul's response

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 to this Frankenstein Christianity

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 that has no value for stopping

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 the indulgence of the flesh.

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 It is the who to how

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 of Christian living.

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 This is what it means

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 to truly walk in a manner

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 worthy of Christ,

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 walking in a manner that pleases Him.

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 He says that's not the way

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 in chapter 2,

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 and then lays out for us

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 in chapter 3,

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 this is the way

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 to live for Christ.

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 And what I want you to see

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 is a very important relationship.

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 In chapter 3, 1 through 4,

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 Paul is going to say,

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 this is who you are in Christ.

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 And then in chapter 3,

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 verses 5 through 17,

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 he says,

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 and this is how you live for Christ.

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 Who you are in Christ

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 determines how you live for Christ.

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 Who Christ is

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 and what Christ has done

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 defines and determines

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 who we are

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 and how we live.

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 This is a very important passage for us

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 because he's going to get into

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 the nitty-gritty of some things.

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 It's going to help us

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 recognize that Jesus is enough

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 and Jesus is central

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 to our daily living.

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 And so he hits,

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 in this part of chapter 3,

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 he hits on Jesus

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 kind of like general godliness.

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 It's what progressive sanctification,

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 becoming more and more like Jesus,

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 looks like day in and day out.

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 The fifth pearl

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 is he now moves

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 from these general kind of principles

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 of godly living for Christ

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 to now living godly lives

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 in real relationships

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 with one another.

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 Household relationships.

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 And this is chapter 3, verse 18

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 through chapter 4, verse 1.

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 If you look at it,

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 it's really interesting.

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 He identifies three sets of relationships.

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 He talks about marriage, 18 and 19.

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 He talks about the family,

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 children in verse 20,

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 parents in verse 21.

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 And then he talks about the workplace.

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 Bond servants and masters.

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 We're going to think about that

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 in terms of

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 if you are playing some kind of

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 what's the word?

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 If you're playing,

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 I want to say a subservient world,

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 but that's not it.

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 The word I'm looking for,

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 where did I write this word?

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 Subordinate world.

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 Sorry about that.

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 What he's going to address is

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 how to live as a subordinate

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 in the workplace

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 and then how to live

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 if you're a supervisor

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 in the workplace.

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 So it's really interesting

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 how he lays all this stuff out.

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 And what I want you to notice

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 is that Christ is central to it all.

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 Wives,

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 you should look at

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 verse 18.

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 Wives,

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 submit to your husbands

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 as is fitting

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 in the Lord.

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 Children,

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 obey your parents in everything

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 for this pleases the Lord.

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 Christ central.

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 Bond servants,

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 obey in everything

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 those who are your earthly masters

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 fearing the Lord.

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 Work hardly for the Lord.

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 You are serving the Lord Christ.

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 Christ central.

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 Masters,

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 supervisors,

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 treat your subordinates

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 justly and fairly

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 knowing that you also have

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 a supervisor,

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 Christ central,

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 in heaven.

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 Christ central

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 all the way through.

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 The next stop

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 is in chapter 4

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 verses 2 through 6

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 and then Paul makes

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 a very quick move

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 to those outside the faith.

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 In verse 2,

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 he calls this church,

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 God is calling us

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 to be praying

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 watchfully,

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 evangelistically.

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 And then in verses 3 and 4,

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 Paul asks this church

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 to pray for

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 his gospel work.

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 And then in verses 5

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 through 6,

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 he moves to the Colossians

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 themselves

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 and says,

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 okay,

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 this is,

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 here's some instructions

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 in order,

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 how to engage

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 those outsiders

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 that you're living among,

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 those who are not

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 in Christ

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 but outside of Christ.

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 And so,

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 in verses 2 through 6

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 of chapter 4,

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 he's helping us

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 think evangelistically.

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 And then finally,

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 in chapter 4,

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 verses 7 through 18,

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 is the close

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 of the book,

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 seventh pearl.

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 And you might

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 see that

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 and start thinking,

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 oh man,

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 there's a lot of names.

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 Isn't that interesting?

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 That's wonderful.

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 You can dismiss it.

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 Let's not dismiss it.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 has this here

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 for a reason.

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 In this passage,

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:21.240
 in 7 through 18,

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 Paul name drops

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 10 people.

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 And if you include himself,

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.759
 it's 18.

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 No, verse 18.

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 Including himself,

00:23:32.419 --> 00:23:32.839
 it's 11.

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 But interwoven

00:23:36.179 --> 00:23:37.240
 throughout these names

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 are greetings.

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 Christians from all over

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 the Mediterranean basin

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:44.299
 greeting one another.

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 There's a network here.

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 And intermingled

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 with all these greetings,

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:53.500
 Paul is making reference

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 to this gospel labor

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 of people who are

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:04.400
 seeking to make Christ known

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:06.180
 in these cities

00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:08.000
 around the Mediterranean Sea.

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 And so what you have here

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:11.060
 at the end

00:24:11.060 --> 00:24:12.259
 of the book of Colossians

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:14.560
 is a Christ central

00:24:14.560 --> 00:24:16.660
 missional network.

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.660
 The book ends

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:20.000
 with this sense

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 that the Colossian church

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.840
 is not alone

00:24:21.840 --> 00:24:23.259
 in what God is doing

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.360
 around the world.

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:28.400
 They have a part to play.

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:30.539
 So these are the seven pearls.

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 This is the itinerary

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.600
 of the book of Colossians.

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.779
 There is a lot here.

00:24:37.219 --> 00:24:39.599
 But there is a cord

00:24:40.219 --> 00:24:42.539
 holding all these pearls together.

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:46.439
 All these seven distinct moves.

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.919
 They unfold

00:24:47.919 --> 00:24:49.599
 with one common theme.

00:24:51.399 --> 00:24:52.599
 Christ central.

00:24:54.399 --> 00:24:56.259
 Christ preeminent over all.

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:58.879
 Christ comprehensively reigning

00:24:58.879 --> 00:25:00.299
 through all.

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:03.799
 The main argument of the book

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:05.639
 is not just that Christ

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.299
 is central.

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.700
 The main argument

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.480
 of the book

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:10.059
 is that Christ

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:11.919
 is the functional

00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:14.240
 center of our lives.

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:16.099
 He controls

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:17.099
 and determines everything.

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.639
 You can say it this way.

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.799
 Because of who Christ is

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.899
 and what Christ has done,

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:23.240
 what Christ is doing,

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:25.759
 He must

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:28.000
 be the controlling center

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.279
 of who we are

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:31.559
 and what we do.

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:34.819
 Christ

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:36.000
 central.

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:37.880
 Jesus is enough.

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 I hope it's kind of

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.819
 stirring some anticipation

00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:43.279
 in you.

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:46.259
 We've got some

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:48.599
 majesty of Jesus

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.539
 coming our way

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.180
 through the book

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 of Colossians.

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 So now what I'd like

00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:53.480
 to do is

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:55.300
 read the book

00:25:55.300 --> 00:25:56.480
 of Colossians to you.

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:59.380
 In chapter 4,

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.160
 verse 16,

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:00.880
 Paul says,

00:26:01.040 --> 00:26:01.860
 and when this letter

00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:03.080
 has been read among you,

00:26:03.820 --> 00:26:04.560
 have it also read

00:26:04.560 --> 00:26:05.060
 in the church

00:26:05.060 --> 00:26:06.220
 of the Laodiceans.

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.560
 This letter

00:26:07.560 --> 00:26:08.980
 was meant to be read.

00:26:09.800 --> 00:26:10.920
 This letter was meant

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.720
 to be heard

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.420
 by Christians.

00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:14.340
 So I'm going to read it

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:16.240
 and I'm going to ask you

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.900
 right now,

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:18.300
 ask the Lord,

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.740
 Lord instruct me

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.839
 as I listen.

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 Paul,

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 an apostle of Christ Jesus

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.680
 by the will of God

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.200
 and Timothy,

00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:28.779
 our brother,

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.039
 to the saints

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:31.380
 and faithful brothers

00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:32.400
 in Christ

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:33.759
 at Colossae,

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.339
 grace to you

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:35.779
 and peace

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.759
 from God our Father.

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.400
 We always thank God

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:38.759
 the Father

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.839
 of our Lord Jesus Christ

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.839
 when we pray for you

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.480
 since we heard

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:41.960
 of your faith

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.660
 in Christ Jesus

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.359
 and of the love

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:43.900
 that you have

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.839
 for all the saints

00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:46.299
 because of the hope

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:47.120
 laid up for you

00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:47.480
 in heaven.

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.779
 Of this you have heard

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.240
 before

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.339
 in the word of truth,

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:50.900
 the gospel,

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:52.099
 which has come to you

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:53.220
 as indeed in the whole world

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:54.099
 it is bearing fruit

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:54.940
 and increasing

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:56.400
 as it also does

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:56.859
 among you

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:58.039
 since the day you heard it

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:59.220
 and understood the grace

00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:00.059
 of God in truth

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:01.559
 just as you learned it

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.220
 from Epaphras,

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:03.559
 our beloved fellow servant.

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:05.279
 He is a faithful minister

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:06.660
 of Christ on your behalf

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:08.620
 and has made known to us

00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:09.640
 your love in the Spirit.

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.779
 And so from the day we heard,

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.500
 we have not ceased

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.160
 to pray for you

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:14.599
 asking that you may be filled

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.200
 with the knowledge

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:15.799
 of his will

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:17.539
 in all spiritual wisdom

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.259
 and understanding

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:19.779
 so as to walk

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.899
 in a manner worthy

00:27:20.899 --> 00:27:21.519
 of the Lord,

00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:22.659
 fully pleasing to him,

00:27:23.659 --> 00:27:24.220
 bearing fruit

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:25.039
 in every good work

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:26.220
 and in increasing

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:27.159
 in knowledge of God,

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.299
 being strengthened

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:29.099
 with all power

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:30.500
 according to his glorious might

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.420
 for all endurance

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:32.059
 and patience

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:33.279
 with joy,

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.839
 giving thanks to the Father

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.859
 who has qualified you

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.819
 to share in the inheritance

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.740
 of the saints in light.

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:39.159
 He has delivered us

00:27:39.159 --> 00:27:40.079
 from the domain of darkness

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:40.960
 and transferred us

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.460
 to the kingdom

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:42.440
 of his beloved Son

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.779
 in whom we have redemption,

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:45.359
 the forgiveness of sins.

00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:47.159
 And then he starts

00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:48.039
 talking about Jesus.

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:51.299
 He is the image

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:52.399
 of the invisible God,

00:27:52.479 --> 00:27:53.799
 the firstborn of all creation.

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:55.079
 For by him,

00:27:55.459 --> 00:27:56.439
 all things were created

00:27:56.439 --> 00:27:57.559
 in heaven and on earth,

00:27:57.939 --> 00:27:59.019
 visible and invisible,

00:27:59.199 --> 00:27:59.759
 whether thrones

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.279
 or dominions

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:01.359
 or rulers or authorities,

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.619
 all things were created

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.219
 through him

00:28:03.219 --> 00:28:04.839
 and for him.

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:07.000
 And he is before all things

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.919
 and in him,

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:09.139
 all things hold together.

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.379
 And he is the head

00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:10.799
 of the body,

00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:11.319
 the church.

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:12.199
 He's the beginning,

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:13.399
 the firstborn from the dead,

00:28:13.479 --> 00:28:14.379
 that in everything

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:15.880
 he might be preeminent.

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:17.300
 For in him,

00:28:17.340 --> 00:28:18.100
 all the fullness of God

00:28:18.100 --> 00:28:19.020
 was pleased to dwell

00:28:19.020 --> 00:28:19.740
 and through him

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.820
 to reconcile to himself

00:28:20.820 --> 00:28:21.620
 all things,

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.760
 whether on earth

00:28:22.760 --> 00:28:23.500
 or in heaven,

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.320
 making peace

00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:25.700
 by the blood of his cross.

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:27.080
 And you,

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.780
 who once were alienated

00:28:28.780 --> 00:28:29.820
 and hostile in mind,

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.840
 doing evil things,

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:33.360
 he has now reconciled

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:34.340
 in his body of flesh

00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:35.080
 by his death

00:28:35.080 --> 00:28:36.360
 in order to present you

00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:37.240
 holy and blameless

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.000
 and above reproach

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.700
 before him,

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:40.100
 if indeed you continue

00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:40.600
 in the faith,

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.760
 stable and steadfast,

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:43.580
 not shifting from the hope

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.099
 of the gospel

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.819
 that you have heard,

00:28:44.939 --> 00:28:46.419
 which has been proclaimed

00:28:46.419 --> 00:28:47.359
 in all creation

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:48.039
 under heaven

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.819
 and of which I,

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.099
 Paul,

00:28:49.159 --> 00:28:49.839
 became a minister,

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.919
 now I rejoice

00:28:51.919 --> 00:28:52.899
 in my sufferings

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:53.759
 for your sake.

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.500
 And in my flesh

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.319
 I am filling up

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:57.379
 what is lacking

00:28:57.379 --> 00:28:58.519
 in Christ's affliction

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:59.240
 for the sake

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.839
 of his body,

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.819
 that is the church,

00:29:01.159 --> 00:29:01.859
 of which I became

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.259
 a minister

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:03.299
 according to the stewardship

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.819
 from God

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.799
 that was given to me

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.720
 for you

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.460
 to make the word

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.359
 of God fully known.

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.779
 The mystery,

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.220
 hidden for ages

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.939
 and generations,

00:29:11.179 --> 00:29:11.939
 but now revealed

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.740
 to his saints,

00:29:13.080 --> 00:29:13.620
 to them God

00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:14.799
 chose to make known

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.820
 how great among

00:29:15.820 --> 00:29:16.480
 the Gentiles

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.100
 are the riches

00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:17.759
 of the glory

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.840
 of this mystery

00:29:18.840 --> 00:29:20.960
 which is Christ

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:22.200
 in you,

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.640
 the hope of glory.

00:29:24.620 --> 00:29:25.480
 Him we proclaim,

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.360
 warning everyone

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:27.480
 and teaching everyone

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:28.640
 with all wisdom

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.660
 that we may present

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:30.160
 to everyone

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:31.080
 mature in Christ.

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:32.000
 For this I toil,

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.259
 struggling with all

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.740
 his energy

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.539
 that he powerfully

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.340
 works within me.

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:37.180
 For I want you to know

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:38.160
 how great a struggle

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:39.340
 I have for you

00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:39.820
 and for those

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.559
 that Laodicea

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.059
 and for all

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.839
 who have not seen

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.859
 me face to face,

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.279
 that their hearts

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:45.059
 may be encouraged

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.819
 being knit together

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.240
 in love

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.339
 to reach all the riches

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:48.179
 of the fullness

00:29:48.179 --> 00:29:49.679
 of assurance

00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:50.740
 of understanding

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.399
 and the knowledge

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:52.379
 of God's mystery

00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:53.339
 which is Christ

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:54.980
 in whom are hidden

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.740
 all treasures

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.379
 of wisdom

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:57.000
 and knowledge.

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.659
 I say this

00:29:57.659 --> 00:29:58.220
 in order that

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:59.679
 no one may delude you

00:29:59.679 --> 00:30:00.799
 with plausible arguments

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.759
 for though I am

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.720
 absent in the body

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:04.019
 yet I am with you

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.460
 in spirit

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.419
 rejoicing to see

00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:06.460
 your good order

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.259
 in the firmness

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.000
 of your faith

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.639
 in Christ.

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:09.440
 Therefore,

00:30:10.060 --> 00:30:10.840
 as you receive

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:12.180
 Christ Jesus the Lord,

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:14.420
 so walk in him.

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:17.140
 Rooted and built up

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:17.480
 in him

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.080
 and established

00:30:18.080 --> 00:30:18.740
 in the faith

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.920
 just as you were taught

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:21.280
 abounding in thanksgiving.

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.440
 See to it

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:22.920
 that no one

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.620
 takes you captive

00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:24.420
 by philosophy

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:25.440
 and empty conceit

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.960
 according to human tradition,

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:28.100
 according to the elemental

00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:29.080
 spirits of the world

00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:30.600
 and not according

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:31.280
 to Christ.

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.520
 For in him

00:30:32.520 --> 00:30:33.400
 the whole fullness

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:34.980
 of deity dwells bodily

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:36.000
 and you have been

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.960
 filled in him

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.740
 who is the head

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.460
 of all rule

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:39.120
 and authority.

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.480
 In him also

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.579
 you were circumcised

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.340
 with a circumcision

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:43.380
 made without hands

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:44.360
 by putting off

00:30:44.360 --> 00:30:45.299
 the body of the flesh

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:46.160
 by the circumcision

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:46.880
 of Christ

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:48.319
 having been buried

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:49.160
 with him in baptism

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:50.360
 in which you were also

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.220
 raised with him

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.799
 through faith

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.400
 in the powerful

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:53.200
 working of God

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:54.140
 who raised him

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.840
 from the dead.

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.039
 And you

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:57.100
 who were dead

00:30:57.100 --> 00:30:57.940
 in your trespasses

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.940
 in the uncircumcision

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.640
 of your flesh

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.880
 God made alive

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.860
 together with him

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:03.259
 having forgiven us

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:04.340
 all our trespasses

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:05.139
 by canceling

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:06.000
 the record of debt

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:07.379
 that stood against us

00:31:07.379 --> 00:31:08.519
 with its legal demands

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:10.319
 this he set aside

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:11.539
 nailing it to the cross

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:13.159
 he disarmed the rulers

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:14.299
 and the authorities

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:15.159
 and put them

00:31:15.159 --> 00:31:16.059
 to open shame

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:17.619
 by triumphing over them

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.759
 in him.

00:31:20.199 --> 00:31:20.480
 Therefore

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.699
 let no one

00:31:21.699 --> 00:31:22.720
 pass judgment on you

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.839
 in questions of food

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.359
 and drink

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:25.579
 or with regard

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.399
 to a festival

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:27.399
 or a new moon

00:31:27.399 --> 00:31:28.099
 or a Sabbath

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:29.939
 these are a shadow

00:31:29.939 --> 00:31:30.759
 of the things to come

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.599
 but the substance

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:32.720
 belongs to Christ.

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:34.480
 Let no one

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.279
 disqualify you

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:36.500
 insisting on asceticism

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:36.940
 and the worship

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.420
 of angels

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:38.319
 going on in detail

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:39.019
 about visions

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:40.120
 puffed up without reason

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:42.220
 by a sensuous mind

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:43.660
 and not holding fast

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.200
 to the head

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:45.440
 from whom the whole body

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.839
 nourished and knit together

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:48.079
 through its joints

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.640
 and ligaments

00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:49.960
 grows with the growth

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.839
 that is from God.

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.880
 If with Christ

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.299
 you die

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:54.420
 to the elemental spirits

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:55.019
 of the world

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.940
 why

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:57.559
 as if you were still

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.500
 alive in the world

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:59.200
 do you submit

00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:00.279
 to regulations

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:01.500
 do not handle

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.140
 do not taste

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:02.840
 do not touch

00:32:02.840 --> 00:32:04.060
 referring to things

00:32:04.060 --> 00:32:05.780
 that all perish

00:32:05.780 --> 00:32:07.000
 as they are used

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:08.140
 according to human

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:09.240
 precepts and teachings.

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.540
 These have indeed

00:32:10.540 --> 00:32:11.540
 an appearance of wisdom

00:32:11.540 --> 00:32:12.220
 in promoting

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:13.160
 self-made religion

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:14.080
 and asceticism

00:32:14.080 --> 00:32:14.620
 in severity

00:32:14.620 --> 00:32:15.280
 to the body

00:32:15.280 --> 00:32:16.120
 but they

00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:17.640
 are of no value

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.560
 in stopping

00:32:18.560 --> 00:32:19.259
 the indulgence

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.940
 of the flesh.

00:32:21.580 --> 00:32:22.340
 If then

00:32:22.340 --> 00:32:23.100
 you've been raised

00:32:23.100 --> 00:32:24.020
 with Christ

00:32:24.020 --> 00:32:25.980
 seek the things

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.640
 that are above

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:28.040
 where Christ is

00:32:28.040 --> 00:32:28.640
 seated

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.440
 at the right hand

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:29.900
 of God.

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:32.480
 set your minds

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.480
 on things

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.140
 that are above

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:35.200
 not on things

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.000
 that are on earth

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:37.640
 for you have died

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.300
 and your life

00:32:38.300 --> 00:32:38.780
 is hidden

00:32:38.780 --> 00:32:39.380
 with Christ

00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:39.900
 in God

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.900
 when Christ

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:41.880
 who is

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.920
 your life

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.640
 appears

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:45.400
 then you also

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.900
 will appear

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:46.980
 with him

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.480
 in glory.

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.660
 Put to death

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.120
 therefore

00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:51.420
 what is earthly

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.940
 in you

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:53.560
 sexual immorality

00:32:53.560 --> 00:32:54.880
 impurity

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:56.000
 passion

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.960
 evil desire

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.980
 and covetousness

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:59.079
 which is

00:32:59.079 --> 00:32:59.819
 idolatry

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:01.019
 on account

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.380
 of these

00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:02.559
 the wrath

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.100
 of God

00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:03.720
 is coming

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.420
 in these

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.200
 you too

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:06.079
 once walked

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.680
 when you were

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.460
 living in them

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.579
 but now

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.299
 you must put

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:09.880
 them all away

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.720
 anger

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:12.079
 wrath

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:13.340
 malice

00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:14.400
 slander

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:15.779
 and obscene

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.880
 talk from your mouth

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:18.019
 do not lie

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.579
 to one another

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.240
 seeing that you

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.840
 have put off

00:33:19.840 --> 00:33:20.460
 the old self

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.319
 with its practices

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:22.160
 and put

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:23.000
 have put on

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.740
 the new self

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.319
 which is being

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:24.980
 renewed in the

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.680
 knowledge after

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.259
 the image

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:27.360
 of its creator

00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:28.500
 a reference

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.099
 to Jesus

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:31.240
 here there is

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:31.940
 not Greek

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.500
 and Jew

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.220
 circumcised

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:34.200
 and uncircumcised

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.900
 barbarian

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.360
 Scythian

00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:35.900
 slave

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.299
 free

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:37.160
 but Christ

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:38.220
 is all

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:39.920
 and in all

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:42.120
 put on then

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:43.039
 as God's chosen

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.440
 ones

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:44.440
 holy and beloved

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.099
 compassionate

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:45.880
 hearts

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:46.480
 kindness

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:46.980
 humility

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.539
 meekness

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.099
 and patience

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:48.960
 bearing with one

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.220
 another

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.620
 and if

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:50.500
 one has a

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.200
 complaint against

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.740
 another

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.680
 forgiving each

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:52.920
 other

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.640
 as the Lord

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.799
 has forgiven

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.019
 you

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.379
 so you

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:55.700
 also

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.059
 must

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.500
 forgive

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:57.559
 and above

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:57.940
 all these

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.319
 put on

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.539
 love

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.240
 which binds

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.759
 everything

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.200
 together

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.819
 in perfect

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:01.259
 harmony

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:02.299
 and let

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.720
 the peace

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.220
 of Christ

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.700
 rule in

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.279
 your hearts

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:05.119
 to which

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:05.399
 indeed

00:34:05.399 --> 00:34:05.700
 you were

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.059
 called

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:06.579
 in one

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:06.960
 body

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.579
 and be

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:07.980
 thankful

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.480
 let the

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.779
 word of

00:34:08.779 --> 00:34:09.119
 Christ

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.460
 dwell

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:09.719
 in you

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:10.199
 richly

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:11.019
 teaching

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.820
 and admonishing

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.360
 one another

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:13.119
 in all wisdom

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.440
 singing songs

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.099
 and hymns

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.619
 and spiritual

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.199
 songs

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:17.420
 with thankfulness

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.679
 in your

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:17.960
 hearts

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.400
 to God

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:18.880
 and whatever

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.840
 you do

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:21.300
 in word

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:22.340
 or deed

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:23.300
 do

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:24.440
 everything

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:26.099
 in the name

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:27.119
 of the Lord

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.559
 Jesus

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:29.200
 giving thanks

00:34:29.200 --> 00:34:29.519
 to God

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:29.960
 the Father

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.880
 through him

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.619
 wives

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.500
 submit to your

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:32.800
 husbands

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.420
 as is fitting

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:33.840
 in the Lord

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.200
 husbands

00:34:34.200 --> 00:34:34.700
 love your

00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:35.019
 wives

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:35.400
 and do not

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:35.760
 be harsh

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.139
 with them

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:36.900
 children

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.460
 obey your

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.780
 parents

00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:38.260
 in everything

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:38.760
 for this

00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:39.200
 pleases

00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:39.740
 the Lord

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:40.460
 fathers

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.860
 do not

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.240
 provoke

00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:41.860
 your children

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:42.639
 lest they

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:42.960
 become

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.619
 discouraged

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.400
 bond

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:44.900
 servants

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.740
 subordinates

00:34:45.740 --> 00:34:46.539
 obey in

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:47.019
 everything

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:48.659
 those who

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:48.960
 are your

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.300
 earthly

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:49.860
 masters

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.720
 not by way

00:34:50.720 --> 00:34:51.139
 of eye

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.519
 service

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.000
 as people

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.460
 pleasers

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:52.900
 but with

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.380
 sincerity

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:53.860
 of heart

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.720
 fearing

00:34:54.720 --> 00:34:55.340
 the Lord

00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:56.559
 whatever

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.159
 you do

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:57.539
 bond

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:57.960
 servant

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:59.360
 subordinate

00:34:59.360 --> 00:34:59.720
 work

00:34:59.720 --> 00:35:00.260
 heartily

00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:00.720
 as for

00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:01.099
 the Lord

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.559
 and not

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:01.900
 for men

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.460
 knowing that

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:02.760
 from the

00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:02.920
 Lord

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.199
 you will

00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:03.480
 receive

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:03.659
 the

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.099
 inheritance

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.539
 as your

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:04.900
 reward

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.900
 you are

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.400
 serving

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:06.980
 the Lord

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.480
 Christ

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:07.840
 for the

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:08.260
 wrongdoer

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:09.340
 will be

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:10.119
 paid

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:10.639
 back

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.260
 for the

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:11.480
 wrong

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:11.820
 he has

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.099
 done

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:12.659
 and there

00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:12.980
 is no

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.800
 partiality

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.539
 masters

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.159
 treat

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.639
 your

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:16.099
 bond

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.500
 servants

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.320
 supervisors

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:17.940
 treat

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.139
 your

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:19.099
 subordinates

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.720
 justly

00:35:19.720 --> 00:35:20.220
 and fairly

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:21.300
 knowing

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:21.700
 that you

00:35:21.700 --> 00:35:22.080
 also

00:35:22.080 --> 00:35:22.360
 have

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:22.580
 the

00:35:22.580 --> 00:35:23.060
 ultimate

00:35:23.060 --> 00:35:23.840
 supervisor

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:24.539
 in heaven

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:26.320
 continue

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:27.080
 steadfastly

00:35:27.080 --> 00:35:27.500
 in prayer

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.460
 being watchful

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:28.980
 in it

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.740
 with thanksgiving

00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:30.740
 at the same

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:30.980
 time

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.440
 pray also

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.840
 for us

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.220
 that God

00:35:32.220 --> 00:35:32.440
 may

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:33.260
 open to

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:33.539
 us

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:33.940
 a door

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.340
 for the

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:34.660
 word

00:35:34.660 --> 00:35:35.360
 to declare

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.920
 the mystery

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.519
 of Christ

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.080
 on account

00:35:37.080 --> 00:35:37.420
 of which

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.720
 I am

00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:38.140
 in prison

00:35:38.140 --> 00:35:39.080
 that I

00:35:39.080 --> 00:35:39.420
 make it

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:39.840
 clear

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.800
 which is

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.100
 how I

00:35:41.100 --> 00:35:41.440
 ought to

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:41.800
 speak

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:43.220
 walk in

00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:43.560
 wisdom

00:35:43.560 --> 00:35:43.900
 toward

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.460
 outsiders

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:45.300
 making

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:45.680
 the best

00:35:45.680 --> 00:35:45.960
 use

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.200
 of the

00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:46.620
 time

00:35:46.620 --> 00:35:47.420
 let your

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:48.019
 speech

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.780
 always be

00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:49.120
 gracious

00:35:49.120 --> 00:35:49.600
 seasoned

00:35:49.600 --> 00:35:50.140
 with salt

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.859
 so that

00:35:50.859 --> 00:35:51.159
 you may

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.339
 know

00:35:51.339 --> 00:35:51.739
 how you

00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:52.099
 ought

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.279
 to

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:52.659
 answer

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.059
 each

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.719
 person

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:55.579
 Tychicus

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:56.940
 will tell

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.339
 you all

00:35:57.339 --> 00:35:57.799
 about my

00:35:57.799 --> 00:35:58.299
 activities

00:35:58.299 --> 00:35:59.239
 he is a

00:35:59.239 --> 00:35:59.859
 beloved brother

00:35:59.859 --> 00:36:00.400
 and faithful

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:00.799
 minister

00:36:00.799 --> 00:36:01.299
 and fellow

00:36:01.299 --> 00:36:01.659
 servant

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:01.940
 of the

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.179
 Lord

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:03.019
 I have

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.719
 sent him

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:04.139
 to you

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:04.480
 for this

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:04.739
 very

00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:05.159
 purpose

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:05.859
 that you

00:36:05.859 --> 00:36:06.359
 may know

00:36:06.359 --> 00:36:06.839
 how we

00:36:06.839 --> 00:36:07.099
 are

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:07.500
 that he

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:07.659
 may

00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:08.019
 encourage

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.179
 your

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:08.440
 hearts

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:09.079
 and with

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.239
 him

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:09.799
 Onesimus

00:36:09.799 --> 00:36:10.179
 our

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:10.539
 faithful

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:11.039
 and beloved

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.359
 brother

00:36:11.359 --> 00:36:11.799
 who is

00:36:11.799 --> 00:36:12.179
 one of

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.339
 you

00:36:12.339 --> 00:36:13.099
 they will

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.400
 tell you

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:14.019
 of everything

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.440
 that has

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:14.659
 taken

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.000
 place

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.319
 here

00:36:15.319 --> 00:36:16.639
 Aristarchus

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:16.859
 my

00:36:16.859 --> 00:36:17.119
 fellow

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:17.519
 prisoner

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.940
 greets

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.099
 you

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.519
 and Mark

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:18.880
 the cousin

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.559
 of Barnabas

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:20.300
 concerning

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:20.679
 whom you

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:21.079
 have received

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.659
 instructions

00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:22.500
 if he

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:22.880
 comes to

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.000
 you

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.300
 welcome

00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:23.579
 him

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.599
 and

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.039
 Jesus

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.360
 who is

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:25.559
 called

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:26.000
 Justice

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.719
 these

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.159
 are the

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:27.400
 only

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:27.599
 men

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:27.840
 of the

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:28.300
 circumcision

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:28.599
 among

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:28.820
 my

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:29.039
 fellow

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:29.380
 workers

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:29.719
 for the

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:29.880
 kingdom

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:30.320
 of God

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:30.860
 and they

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.139
 have been

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:31.519
 a comfort

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:31.880
 to me

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.739
 Epaphras

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:33.079
 who is

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:33.480
 one of

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:33.719
 you

00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:34.360
 a servant

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:34.759
 of Christ

00:36:34.759 --> 00:36:35.079
 Jesus

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.539
 greets

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:35.820
 you

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.900
 always

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.340
 struggling

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:37.699
 on your

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:38.119
 behalf

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:38.380
 in his

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:38.719
 prayers

00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:39.380
 that you

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:39.940
 may stand

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.500
 mature

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:41.099
 and fully

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:41.619
 assured

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:42.800
 in all

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:43.139
 the will

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:43.599
 of God

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:44.400
 for I

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:44.759
 bear him

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:45.259
 witness

00:36:45.259 --> 00:36:46.420
 that he

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:47.259
 has worked

00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:48.180
 hard for you

00:36:48.180 --> 00:36:48.720
 and for

00:36:48.720 --> 00:36:49.120
 those in

00:36:49.120 --> 00:36:49.840
 Laodicea

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:51.240
 in Hierapolis

00:36:51.240 --> 00:36:52.540
 Luke the

00:36:52.540 --> 00:36:52.820
 beloved

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:53.240
 physician

00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:54.540
 greets you

00:36:54.540 --> 00:36:55.220
 as does

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.740
 Demas

00:36:55.740 --> 00:36:56.340
 give my

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:56.780
 greetings

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:57.200
 to the

00:36:57.200 --> 00:36:57.480
 brothers

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:58.420
 at Laodicea

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:59.320
 and to

00:36:59.320 --> 00:36:59.800
 Nympha

00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:00.280
 and the

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:00.580
 church

00:37:00.580 --> 00:37:01.140
 in her

00:37:01.140 --> 00:37:01.660
 house

00:37:01.660 --> 00:37:02.700
 and when

00:37:02.700 --> 00:37:03.080
 this letter

00:37:03.080 --> 00:37:03.440
 has been

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:03.840
 read among

00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:04.200
 you

00:37:04.200 --> 00:37:04.720
 have it

00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:05.300
 also read

00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:05.540
 in the

00:37:05.540 --> 00:37:05.800
 church

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.060
 of the

00:37:06.060 --> 00:37:07.140
 Laodiceans

00:37:07.140 --> 00:37:07.880
 and see

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.180
 that you

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 also read

00:37:08.720 --> 00:37:09.060
 the letter

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 from the

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:10.340
 Laodicea

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 and say

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:12.160
 to Archippus

00:37:12.160 --> 00:37:13.480
 see that

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:14.460
 you fulfill

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:15.160
 the ministry

00:37:15.160 --> 00:37:15.720
 that you

00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:16.320
 have received

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:16.920
 in the Lord

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:18.240
 I

00:37:18.240 --> 00:37:18.820
 Paul

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:19.659
 write this

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.039
 greeting

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.599
 with my

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:21.260
 own hand

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 remember

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:23.079
 my

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:23.680
 chains

00:37:23.680 --> 00:37:25.700
 grace

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 be with

00:37:27.200 --> 00:37:27.579
 you

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:29.260
 brothers

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:29.720
 and sisters

00:37:29.720 --> 00:37:30.059
 we

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:31.200
 we have

00:37:31.200 --> 00:37:31.579
 an epic

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:31.880
 journey

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 in front

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:32.460
 of us

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 over the

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 next five

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 and a half

00:37:33.240 --> 00:37:33.559
 months

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 we are

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:35.639
 going to

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.000
 see the

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.460
 majesty

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:37.420
 of Christ

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.880
 lifted up

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.840
 and worked

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.380
 through our

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:40.980
 lives

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:42.340
 would you

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:42.840
 join with

00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:43.240
 me now

00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:44.619
 as we

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:45.119
 ask God

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.399
 to do

00:37:45.399 --> 00:37:45.919
 a work

00:37:45.919 --> 00:37:46.779
 a lasting

00:37:46.779 --> 00:37:47.559
 work

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:47.979
 in our

00:37:47.979 --> 00:37:48.399
 lives

00:37:48.399 --> 00:37:50.879
 father

00:37:50.879 --> 00:37:51.059
 god

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.399
 we thank

00:37:51.399 --> 00:37:51.879
 you for

00:37:51.879 --> 00:37:52.539
 every book

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:53.039
 of this

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.559
 bible

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:55.299
 we thank

00:37:55.299 --> 00:37:55.559
 you for

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:56.079
 every word

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.539
 that has

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:56.959
 originated

00:37:56.959 --> 00:37:57.479
 in your

00:37:57.479 --> 00:37:57.859
 mind

00:37:57.859 --> 00:37:58.259
 and is

00:37:58.259 --> 00:37:58.599
 now

00:37:58.599 --> 00:37:59.439
 available

00:37:59.439 --> 00:37:59.959
 to us

00:37:59.959 --> 00:38:00.179
 in our

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:00.339
 own

00:38:00.339 --> 00:38:00.759
 language

00:38:00.759 --> 00:38:02.019
 we thank

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.239
 you for

00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:02.519
 the book

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:02.659
 of

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.259
 colossians

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:03.719
 and its

00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:04.199
 unique

00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:04.819
 contribution

00:38:04.819 --> 00:38:05.839
 to our

00:38:05.839 --> 00:38:06.479
 lives

00:38:06.479 --> 00:38:07.739
 the centrality

00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:08.279
 of Christ

00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:08.620
 in all

00:38:08.620 --> 00:38:09.120
 things

00:38:09.120 --> 00:38:11.480
 father

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:11.800
 would you

00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:12.120
 pour out

00:38:12.120 --> 00:38:12.820
 your spirit

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:13.920
 upon us

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:15.180
 week after

00:38:15.180 --> 00:38:15.720
 week over

00:38:15.720 --> 00:38:16.040
 the next

00:38:16.040 --> 00:38:16.480
 five and a

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:17.060
 half months

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 and that

00:38:18.660 --> 00:38:19.880
 you would

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:21.160
 capture us

00:38:21.160 --> 00:38:22.260
 with this

00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:23.420
 glorious vision

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:24.440
 of Christ

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:25.320
 central

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:26.740
 preeminent

00:38:26.740 --> 00:38:28.340
 comprehensive

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:29.760
 in all

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:30.260
 things

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 it's your

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:31.700
 name we

00:38:31.700 --> 00:38:32.019
 pray

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:33.320
 amen