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0:00So, we're starting the book of
0:01Colossians. And this [music] was written
0:03in about 60 AD, likely in Paul's first
0:06imprisonment while in Rome. And
0:10apparently while he was in [music]
0:12Ephesus, a gentleman became a believer
0:15[clears throat] whose name was [music]
0:17Apapaff.
0:19And Apapus then took the gospel message
0:21[music]
0:22to the region of Colass. And that's
0:25where a small church rose up. And that
0:29church would have likely been uh
0:33affected by perhaps even derived from
0:37uh procelite Jewish communities. So even
0:42though the the church is in a pagan
0:45gentile region in a lot of instances
0:49they would have gone to the synagogue
0:52[music]
0:53to people who had converted to Judaism
0:55and they would have started bringing the
0:57gospel message to those people. Uh not
1:01universally but there was always going
1:03to be a blend. And so it can kind of be
1:05strange to Americans to say, "Why is
1:07Paul fighting the Jews, but they're not
1:10in Judea? They're not in Israel. They're
1:13they're all over the Gentile Empire and
1:16Gentile cities." Well, because the
1:19churches were starting from Paul's
1:22ministry to Jewish converts from a
1:26gentile background. So sometimes
1:28comprising actual Jews who were part of
1:31the diaspora who were exiled from their
1:34homeland and so they're meeting in a
1:35synagogue but then they would also
1:37convert the Gentiles. So Judaism was a
1:41widespread [music]
1:42faith even among the Gentiles. And so
1:45he's establishing churches there and
1:48there's a church that rises up in Colass
1:51and uh and then a heresy starts taking
1:54root and it's the Colossian heresy. It's
1:57called the Colossian heresy. [music] And
2:00in effect, the Colossian heresy is kind
2:04of three things. It's legalism.
2:07It's the idea that you don't have to
2:09have an ongoing relationship with the
2:12living God through his spirit through
2:15the covenant of the cross, the blood of
2:17Jesus at the cross. [music]
2:18Instead, you can broker a secure
2:21eternity through what you do and don't
2:24eat, how you do and don't wash your
2:26hands, how you observe days and months
2:29and weeks and years and and the old
2:31Levitical system. The legalism is much
2:35more attractive because you don't have
2:38to have a walk with God. It's something
2:40you can take pride in. You can just go
2:42through the rituals and it's like most
2:44of the religions of the world today. you
2:46you go through the rituals and you're
2:47good. So the legalism is attractive for
2:50that. Um part of the legalism was
2:52aseticism
2:54and aseticism is the idea of harsh
2:57treatment of the body that we choose for
2:59ourself. It's not taking up your cross
3:01and following Jesus which in its essence
3:05is disobeying our willful
3:09uh rebellion against God. Our cross is
3:11the surrender of our will to God. That's
3:13what was seen in Gethsemane. Not my will
3:16but your will be done. That's the
3:18legitimate cross of Christ that we are
3:20each called to bear. But as aceticism is
3:23instead this extreme or harsh treatment
3:26of the body. It's like I'm going to sit
3:28in a painful position for this many
3:30hours and that's going to make me more
3:32righteous. So it's self-made
3:34self-imposed religion. It's where the
3:36idea of beating yourself comes from.
3:38Self flagagulation. Um, and then there's
3:42also a form of mysticism that they're
3:44falling into. And that was the uh
3:48claiming that they could disobey the
3:51gospel and go beyond the teachings of
3:53the apostles because they'd had visions
3:55and they'd heard from God directly and
3:58now they saw so much more probably in a
4:00drug induced state had some super
4:03revelation that amounted to a hill of
4:05beans. And those three things, legalism,
4:08aeticism, mysticism in varying degrees
4:11comprise the Colossian heresy. And Paul
4:15writes this letter to debunk the
4:17Colossian heresy.
4:22Colossians 1:1 Paul an apostle of Jesus
4:26Christ by the will of God and Timothy
4:29our brother to the saints and faithful
4:32brethren in Christ who are at Colass.
4:36Grace to you and peace from God our
4:38father.
4:40We give thanks to God the Father of our
4:43Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for
4:46you since we heard of your faith in
4:49Christ Jesus and the love which you have
4:53for all the saints.
4:56Faith always produces love. The only
4:58thing that matters, remember, is faith
5:00expressing itself through love.
5:03We give thanks to God, the Father of our
5:05Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for
5:08you, since we heard of your faith in
5:10Christ Jesus, and the love which you
5:13have for all the saints, because of the
5:16hope laid up for you in heaven, of which
5:19you previously heard in the word of
5:21truth, the gospel, which has come to
5:25you, just as in all the world also, it
5:29is constantly bearing fruit and
5:31increasing.
5:32even as it has been doing since the day
5:36you heard of it and understood the grace
5:39of God in truth,
5:42just as you learned it from Apapus, our
5:46beloved fellow bondervant who is a
5:49faithful servant of Christ on our
5:51behalf. And he also informed us of your
5:55love in the spirit.
5:58So right here we got Paul setting the
6:01stage. Paul and Timothy are together
6:03writing this letter and he's happy for
6:06the faith that they have in Jesus that
6:08has resulted in a love for the brethren.
6:11And he's happy that the gospel is
6:14working that it's increasing all over
6:16the world. And in this he's sending them
6:18a subtle hint that we don't need to be
6:20going on to create something new because
6:23it's bearing fruit as it is. And he says
6:26that he also informed us that Apaparus
6:30informed them of the brethren's love in
6:34the spirit. That's an encouragement to
6:36Paul. That's an evidence of something
6:38worth praise.
6:40For this reason also, since the day we
6:42heard of it, the love they have for each
6:44other, we have not ceased to pray for
6:46you and to ask that you may be filled
6:49with the knowledge of his will in all
6:52spiritual wisdom and understanding.
6:55so that you will walk in a manner worthy
6:59of the Lord. Colossians, I'm going to
7:01tell you, is very similar to Ephesians.
7:05A lot of the ideas, walking worthy of
7:07the calling and a lot of other themes
7:10Paul is going to use identically. I
7:12think he probably wrote them around the
7:14same time and probably with the same
7:16burden in mind. so that you will walk in
7:19a manner worthy of the Lord to please
7:22him in all respects, bearing fruit in
7:25every good work and increasing in the
7:28knowledge of God. So he says, "In short,
7:32we heard that you love each other. We're
7:33very happy, but we have not stopped
7:36praying because that's not enough. We
7:38want you to increase. We have not ceased
7:42to pray that you would increase in the
7:44knowledge of his will in all spiritual
7:46wisdom and understanding so that you'll
7:49walk worthy of the Lord. You love each
7:51other. Good. You have faith in Jesus.
7:53Good. But you need to actually walk this
7:55out. And what does that look like?
7:58Bearing fruit in every good work,
8:01increasing in the knowledge of God. The
8:04knowledge of God is great, but it's a
8:06relationship. It's not a knowledge about
8:08God. its relationship with God. And as
8:11it increases, it bears fruit. Verse 11,
8:15strengthened with all power. You can't
8:18bear fruit by your willpower. You can't
8:20bear fruit by your good works that
8:23you've chosen for yourself. You've got
8:25to be strengthened with all power. That
8:28means with all dunamies, with all
8:30supernatural grace, strengthened with
8:33all power according to his glorious
8:36might for the attaining of all
8:39steadfastness and patience joyously.
8:43How do we remain steadfast?
8:46We just say, "Oh, God does it all for
8:48us." No, we pray and we don't stop
8:51praying that the church will be
8:53strengthened with power for the
8:56attaining of steadfastness. Paul was not
8:59complacent. He was not Calvinistic. He
9:02did not think, oh, you know,
9:03perseverance of the saints once they got
9:05it, they can't lose it. He said,
9:08Timothy, we got to pray for this church.
9:10They need to increase. What they have is
9:13good, but it's not enough.
9:16So that they will walk worthy of the
9:18Lord to please him in all respects,
9:20bearing fruit in every good work,
9:22increasing in the knowledge of God,
9:24strengthened with all power according to
9:27his glorious might.
9:29This is not an intellectual faith. This
9:31is not a logic faith. This is power and
9:35might.
9:37And why do we get power and might? for
9:39the attaining of all steadfastness
9:43and patience joyously giving thanks to
9:46the Father who has qualified us to share
9:51in the inheritance of the saints in the
9:54light. The Father has qualified us, but
9:57we're praying that we will increase. If
10:00these things are yours, Peter would say,
10:02in increasing measure, you will never be
10:05barren or unfruitful. That's a great
10:07parallel chapter and verse to this first
10:10section of chapter 1.
10:13Verse 13. For he rescued us from the
10:17domain of darkness
10:21and transferred us to the kingdom of his
10:24beloved son. Now those who think the
10:27kingdom isn't for heaven, you miss this
10:30one because he's using two kingdom
10:32terms. He's saying the father rescued us
10:37from the domain.
10:40Domain is king dominion. That is a
10:44kingdom term. He took us out of the
10:46kingdom of darkness. One power is
10:49darkness. One power is light. Took us
10:51out of the kingdom of darkness and
10:53transferred us to the kingdom of his
10:56beloved son.
10:59He doesn't say he will one day transfer
11:01us. He doesn't say after the great
11:04tribulation and the rapture we will come
11:06back. It says he has transferred us into
11:09the kingdom of his beloved son. What
11:12does that mean? That means Paul is using
11:15language father and son a lot. And he's
11:19telling us that the reign of God is
11:22through the relationship of father and
11:24sunship. He's tying the very idea of
11:28kingdom to the relationship of sunship.
11:32Okay. If we don't have sunship, if we
11:35don't have fatherhood, we don't have
11:37kingdom. Now, what does that make you
11:39think of except the Lord's kingdom
11:40prayer? Our dad who art in heaven, our
11:43father, hallowed be your name and
11:46authority. Your kingdom come. He doesn't
11:49say our king who art in heaven because
11:52fatherhood, the ability to hear from the
11:54father is the start of the kingdom.
11:57Remember when Jesus said to Peter, "Who
11:59do men say that I am?" And then Peter
12:02said that he was the Christ. And what
12:03did Jesus say? Blessed are you because
12:06flesh and blood did not reveal this to
12:08you, but my father who is in heaven and
12:10upon this rock I'll build my church. I
12:12give you the keys to the kingdom. When
12:15the father manifests his will on earth
12:18through the sons, we have a kingdom. And
12:20of course, this is echoing the last
12:23verse of the Old Testament that to avoid
12:26the curse of damnation, God's going to
12:28turn the hearts of fathers to sons and
12:30sons to fathers. So he has delivered us
12:34to the kingdom of his beloved son in
12:38whom we have redemption, the forgiveness
12:40of sins. Where do we have redemption?
12:45In Jesus. Jesus is a place that we've
12:50got to get into. He's not just a formula
12:53that we got to accept happened.
12:56He's a space that we've got to dwell in.
12:58He's a body. He's a temple. He's a
13:01tabernacle. And everything good is in
13:04him. Positional salvation.
13:07And now he's going to talk about Jesus.
13:10And this is going to be his the launch
13:12of his attack on the Judaizers who are
13:16introducing the Colossian heresy of
13:18legalism, aestheticism and mysticism.
13:21All which is undermining the
13:23[clears throat] centrality of Jesus.
13:26Okay?
13:28In whom we have redemption, the
13:30forgiveness of sins. He Jesus is the
13:33image of the invisible God, the
13:38firstborn of all creation.
13:41Okay?
13:43So listen, look, look at this. Paul
13:45tells us right here that God is
13:47invisible.
13:49Why? Because Jesus told the woman at the
13:50well, God is spirit. You can't see a
13:53spirit.
13:55Amen. So John tells us that no one has
13:58seen God. tells us that in his gospel
14:00and his epistle. This is one of the
14:03insights that we can say when Steven saw
14:05his vision looking up into heaven, he
14:07did not see an old man and a young man
14:09because you cannot see God.
14:12The only image of God that you will ever
14:16see is Jesus.
14:19He is the lamb upon the throne. Jesus is
14:22the tabernacle that Yahweh God has taken
14:26up full residence in. He is the image of
14:30the invisible God. That's the big
14:33mystery of the incarnation that the God
14:35who could not be seen put on flesh. And
14:38that flesh is a human being. But inside
14:41that flesh, animating that flesh,
14:43filling that flesh is the almighty God.
14:46So it is the father that is in me that
14:48does the works. Jesus would say he is
14:52the image of the invisible God, the
14:53firstborn of all creation.
14:57For by him all things were created, both
15:00in the heavens and on earth, visible and
15:04invisible, whether thrones or dominions
15:06or rulers or authorities, all things
15:08have been created through him and for
15:11him.
15:13Who is it talking about? Jesus.
15:16Because God created the heavens and the
15:18earth by his word. In the beginning was
15:22the word and the word was with God and
15:25the word was God and the word became
15:28flesh and dwelt among us. So the aspect
15:32of God that became flesh was his word
15:36and that aspect was how God created
15:38everything that has been created. That
15:40doesn't mean that there were two people
15:42at the beginning. The Lord was by
15:45himself when he stretched out the
15:46heavens. One being has multiple
15:50manifestations. Just like I am one
15:52person and to grandmama I am son and to
15:57you I am father. To the Lord I am
16:01believer. I am child. Do you understand?
16:04To Judah I am brother. This does not
16:07require a multiplicity of persons, but a
16:10multiplicity of offices or aspects,
16:14manifestations of who I am as one being.
16:18For by him all things were created, both
16:21in the heavens and on earth, visible and
16:23invisible, whether thrones or dominions
16:25or rulers or authorities. All things
16:27have been created through him and for
16:29him. And he is before all things, and in
16:32him all things hold together.
16:36In Christ, everything holds together.
16:39This is the same image of upon this
16:41rock, I will build my church and the
16:43gates of hell will not prevail against
16:46it. Amen. Everything holds together that
16:49is truly in Christ. Everything that is
16:53falling apart, everything that is
16:55driving apart by centrifugal force
16:57testifies that it is not in Christ.
17:01Where there are divisions, they are not
17:03in Christ.
17:05Amen. Where there are quarrels, they are
17:07not in Christ. Where there are splits,
17:10they are not in Christ. Where there are
17:12are ruined families, that is not Christ.
17:16Everything that is truly in and a part
17:19of him and his creation holds together.
17:24He is also the head of the body, the
17:26church. And he is the beginning, the
17:30firstborn from the dead, so that he
17:32himself will come to have first place in
17:34everything. He's the first of the new
17:37creation, the first to come out of the
17:39grave, and that's the new creation.
17:41Everything that is resurrected is of the
17:44new creation. And he is the firstborn
17:47from the dead. So that he himself will
17:49come to have first place in everything.
17:52Amen. Because he rose from the dead, he
17:55ascended into heaven and he took first
17:57place. Not second fiddle, first place.
18:01Amen. The human being in whom the father
18:05dwelt
18:07laid aside all his earthly limitations
18:12so that God was all that was in all. And
18:15he took the throne of God
18:18and he is the lamb upon the throne. And
18:21of Yahweh, it was said in Isaiah, he is
18:23the beginning and the end. But in the
18:25book of Revelations, the last chapter,
18:26it says of Jesus, he is the alpha and
18:29the omega. He is the beginning and the
18:30end.
18:32Verse 19, for it was the father's good
18:36pleasure
18:37for all the fullness to dwell in him.
18:43Now, we're going to know in in the next
18:46chapter that he's talking about all the
18:49fullness of God.
18:52[clears throat]
18:53The father said, "Everything that I am,
18:55I want it to be sourced out of this
18:57man."
19:01Does that mean that that's speaking in a
19:04quantitative sense? No. Because you
19:06can't quantify a spirit. To say that the
19:10father took up full residence in Jesus
19:13is not to say that he was not in heaven
19:17because the heaven the heavens cannot
19:19contain him nor the earth sustain him.
19:21God is everywhere. Because he is here
19:24does not mean he is not there. That's
19:26silly.
19:28Because he's moving on your heart
19:29doesn't mean he's not moving on
19:30Conniey's heart. God can be all places
19:34at all times. He has no limitations. So,
19:37so for the father, for it to please the
19:40father that all the father's fullness of
19:44God should dwell in Jesus is not to say
19:47he had no expression or voice or
19:50manifestation elsewhere. No, it is to
19:52say that he is the source. He is the
19:56outshining. He Jesus is like the glass
20:01globe of a light bulb and the father is
20:04the outshining radiance. the very spirit
20:08of the almighty from inside that globe
20:10and the only image of the father we will
20:13ever see is Jesus that's why Philip said
20:17show us the father lord and it will be
20:19enough for us and Jesus says how can you
20:22say show us the father have I been with
20:25you so long and you do not know me
20:28philillip when you have seen me you have
20:31seen the father
20:34Jesus
20:35Jesus
20:36is the full unqualified manifestation of
20:40God the father. That's what he is.
20:45That's the divinity we are encountering
20:47in Jesus.
20:49God the father. And this fulfills Isaiah
20:529:6 where he says, "Unto us a child is
20:55born, a son is given, and that son's
20:57name will be called everlasting father,
21:01mighty God, prince of peace. He's
21:04everything. Wonderful counselor, Holy
21:06Spirit,
21:08everlasting father, mighty God, prince
21:10of peace. Everything that there is about
21:13God is sourced and realized and fully
21:17manifested in Jesus Christ.
21:20Full stop.
21:23For it was the father's good pleasure
21:26for all the fullness, all the fullness
21:31to dwell in him, Jesus. and through him
21:35to reconcile all things to himself.
21:40He was not reconciling
21:42to another. In a sense, he was because
21:45he's a two-fold being. So, the human
21:48being is reconciling to the divine that
21:52resides within him.
21:54Do you understand?
21:57But it's reconciling all things to
21:59himself. Because the divine that resides
22:01within him is not a second person. It's
22:03him
22:05having made peace through the blood of
22:07his cross through him I say whe the
22:09things on earth or things in heaven and
22:11although you were formerly alienated and
22:15hostile in your mind engaged in evil
22:18deeds yet he has now reconciled you in
22:21his fleshly body
22:24through death in order to present you
22:27before him holy and blameless and beyond
22:31reproach.
22:32He says, "He has reconciled." Past
22:35tense.
22:36That means you're allowed to come near
22:38him. He has reconciled you through his
22:41fleshly body in order to present you
22:43before him holy and blameless and beyond
22:45reproach. If
22:48if indeed you continue
22:53in the faith firmly established and
22:56steadfast. Now, how are they going to be
22:58steadfast and continue? if they have
23:02been strengthened with all power
23:03according to his glorious might for the
23:05attaining of all steadfastness.
23:08So he says God's reconciled you but
23:10you've got to continue so much for once
23:13saved always saved. You're reconciled.
23:15Hurrah. If you continue, if you continue
23:20in the faith, firmly established and
23:22steadfast and not moved away from the
23:26hope of the gospel that you have heard,
23:30which was proclaimed in all creation
23:32under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was
23:34made a minister.
23:36So he's saying Jesus because he was a
23:40human being and because it pleased the
23:42father that the father dwell in that
23:44human being. He was walking, breathing,
23:46talking, visible reconciliation.
23:50He was the union, the merger between
23:52what was human and mortal and what was
23:55divine and eternal. Jesus was that
23:58being. His name is called the father. If
24:01you can't call Jesus the father, you are
24:04not in o agreement with Isaiah 9:6. His
24:07name is called the father and the holy
24:10spirit. He's not a third of the godhead.
24:13He's not a piece of the godhead. He's
24:15not a created thing from the godhead. He
24:17is a human being and that describes the
24:19son and he is the almighty god and that
24:23describes who animates and fills and
24:26forms the identity the spiritual
24:28identity of that human being.
24:31Now I rejoice in my suffering for your
24:33sake and in my flesh I do my share on
24:37behalf of his body which is the church
24:41in filling up what is lacking in
24:45Christ's affliction.
24:47Now here is an enigma.
24:50My my my whole point of his letter is to
24:52say don't go back to the Jewish
24:54legalism. Don't go back to aeticism or
24:57mysticism because Jesus is enough. But
25:00now Paul says, I rejoice in what I'm
25:04going through. He's in prison. I rejoice
25:05in my suffering for your sake and in my
25:09flesh. I do my share on behalf of his
25:12body, which is the church, in filling up
25:14what is lacking in Christ's affliction.
25:18You say, "So,
25:21was Jesus suffering on the cross not a
25:24sufficient atonement? A sacrifice once
25:27for all?" Yes, it was. It was a
25:30sufficient atonement once for all. So,
25:33there's two kinds of crosses. There is
25:36the cross that Jesus bore at Calvary,
25:38which is a once-forall sacrifice that
25:42you can never add anything to. And that
25:44is the atoning sacrifice
25:47that by his blood removes the the
25:52barrier of justice that was preventing
25:54us from access to the the holy presence.
25:57Amen. So we have reconciliation
26:00through the blood of his cross. Period.
26:03Full stop.
26:05But then there is the cross of taking up
26:08our cross daily. And that is not a
26:11different cross, but it's not an atoning
26:14sacrifice.
26:16It is instead a sacrifice unto union
26:19with Jesus.
26:21So our bearing of our cross unites us to
26:25the sacrifice that has already saved us.
26:28He says in in Romans 7, we are united
26:32with him through death. Through our own
26:34carrying of our cross, we bear a cross
26:38of fellowship. We bear a cross of union.
26:42We bear a cross of saying grace is going
26:46to flow through me in this affliction.
26:49And it's not the grace of atoning for
26:51anybody. But [snorts] the body still
26:53needs to see a hurting people who are
26:58still walking in the victory over the
27:00devil that Jesus exemplified at the
27:02cross. Does that make sense? So it's
27:05this cross of a testimony. It's this
27:08cross of a power greater than the threat
27:11of death. It's this cross of forgiveness
27:15at the at the wrong end of false
27:17accusation. It's the cross of a prisoner
27:20having it having all joy. Do you
27:22understand? So it it is a cross that is
27:26extending the suffering Christ into the
27:28here and now but not in any way adding
27:31to the atonement that was completed by
27:34only one sinless man. So when
27:36[clears throat] he says,"I fill up in my
27:37body that which is lacking in the
27:39afflictions of Christ," he's not saying
27:41that the atonement is lacking. He's
27:43saying your experience
27:46of grace in pain is lacking. So here
27:51Paul is going to show it to you. This is
27:53what this is what Jesus was doing and it
27:56connects you to what is completed
28:00of this church. I was made a minister
28:02according to the stewardship from God
28:05bestowed on me for your benefit so that
28:08I might fully carry out the preaching of
28:11the word of God.
28:13That is the mystery which has been
28:15hidden from the past ages and
28:18generations, but has now been manifested
28:21to his saints
28:24to whom God willed to make known what is
28:27the riches of the glory of this mystery
28:31among the Gentiles.
28:33And what is this mystery? Now, he's
28:36already told us what the mystery is
28:37regarding Jesus in 1 Timothy 3:16,
28:40right? Great is the mystery of godliness
28:43that God was manifested in the flesh.
28:46But what is the mystery here? Is it the
28:48same mystery?
28:50Okay. The mystery which has been hidden
28:53from past ages and generations but now
28:55has been manifested. So we've got
28:58mystery and manifestation. That sounds
29:00like what he said to Timothy. but now
29:02has been manifested to his saints
29:06to whom God willed to make known what is
29:10the riches of the glory of this mystery
29:13among the Gentiles
29:16which is
29:18Christ in you the hope of glory. So the
29:23mystery of godliness was God in Christ
29:27and the mystery of the church is Christ
29:29in you the hope of glory.
29:32This is the fulfillment of the prayer
29:34that Jesus prayed in John 17 that we
29:38would be one with God as he was one with
29:40God. I in them as you are as the father
29:45was in Jesus. Do you understand? So he
29:48was praying for incarnation not for a
29:50getalong spirit. He was praying for
29:53incarnation.
29:55Christ in you the hope of glory is the
29:57mystery.
29:59We proclaim him admonishing every man
30:03and teaching every man with all wisdom
30:06so that we may present every man
30:08complete
30:10in Christ.
30:13There is no man who is complete until he
30:16is part of a puzzle that is so much
30:18bigger [music] than himself. Until he is
30:20a member of a body. until he is complete
30:23in Christ. So Paul's whole ministry is
30:27to help you find your body where you
30:29become complete [music]
30:30in Christ.
30:32For this purpose also I labor striving
30:39according to his [music] power which
30:42mightily works within me. His whole
30:45purpose is to help you become complete
30:47in Christ. His whole purpose is to help
30:50you see Christ in a people and that that
30:54is the hope of glory. That God is in his
30:58tabernacle and his tabernacle is us.
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