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Full Assurance & False Teaching
Colossians 2
2:1-8
Intro
Have you ever been fooled?
When I was a kid I loved watching magicians on TV...
The point of the magician on TV is to get you to doubt the things you know to be true… even if only for a second.
Paul writes these 8 verses to encourage the local church at Colossae to not be fooled by false teaching.
To not become deluded into believing something that is NOT true
If you’ve ever struggled with doubt, if you’ve ever questioned christianity… this sermon is for you.
If you’ve ever been hurt by a church or preacher who made big promises for you and your family but only delivered dissappointment and doubt… this message is for you.
Pray
Full assurance of understanding God’s Mystery
Paul rejoices in his suffering because in his suffering we are are seeing the value of the gospel
We should be encouraged and our hearts knit together
This means we should walk together
By loving one another we reach the riches of full assurance of God’s mystery
This should remind us of
Filled with the knowledge of His will
Walk in that knowledge
increase in the knowledge of God
Filled with the knowledge of Pauls (any believers) suffering
Be encouraged and Love one another (walk together)
reach full assurance & knowledge
Full assurance!!!
Most of the world would go to great legnths for full assurance
There are VP’s, CEO’s, & even movie starts right now wondering “Is this what i’m supposed to do with my life?”
How do we get that?
Walk this out with other belivers
House Church
Don’t be deluded
See that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit
Don’t be fooled!!! That’s why I brought up magic in the introduction
Plausible
That’s a good word plausible
everyone laughs and rolls their eyes at the ridiculous (Jesus was a woman!?), but the enemy is smarter and craftier than that, he comes at the believers with the plausible (Dan Brown).
The enemy attacks us with the Plausible
Paul knew at the time of him writing this there were false teachers preying on young churches (Judaizers, Charlatans - New Ideas)
Still, in this day, in this City there are false teachers
They tell just enough of Jesus to sound Christian.
They call themselves Christians, but they’re not the real Jesus
Jesus Calling
The Prosperity Gospel
Heaven is for Real
See that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit
Not according to Christ
“Not According to Christ”
Jesus Calling is just one lady’s ideal of what Jesus might say, if asked the questions posed in the book.
Not really Jesus’ words
The biggest question to ask yourself when you encounter a “new” teaching or a new philosophy or fad is, “What do they do with Jesus?
Is the Jesus they are describing the Jesus of the bible.
What do they do with the Cross of Christ?“
Elemental Spirits of the world
Gretta Vosper - Atheist Pastor in the United Church in Canada
Marie Kondo
Gretta Vosper - Atheist Pastor in the United Church in Canada
Elemental Spirits of the world
C.S. Lewis on the Spiritual/Demonic
People are not our enemy - Gretta Vosper is not our enemy, the enemy is spiritual
John Piper - “When you kneel to pray you’re kicking up a hornets nest”
When you want to pray, read your bible, attend the Sunday Gathering, get ready to go to House Church… the battle is on
Colossians 2:6-7
How do you deal with doubt in the Christian life: test the faith by walking in it.
Try it
The Psalmist said: Taste and see that the Lord is good
You tell me what strawberries taste, and I’ll tell you what life with Jesus is like
I said if you’ve had doubts this message is for you
What do you do with your doubts?
Test them!!!
All I can say is take a bite
Back in I gave the illustration of driving a ca
You’ve heard of God’s will for your life in the gospel walk in it, gain more knowledge.
Walk in it the knowledge of God together with other believers, you’ve grow in love and gain the riches of full assurance of God’s Mystery: Jesus, in whom are all the treasures of knowledge and wisdom
Colossians
Let’s Pray
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