Series from Paul's Letter to the Church at Colossae

1. Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ
Grace Bible Baptist Church
Adult Sunday School Class
Room 204
Teacher: Pastor Chuck Brooks
Week 20

2. Week 20
“…to the acknowledgement of the
mystery of God, and of the Father, and of
Christ…in whom are hidden all the
treasures of wisdom and knowledge”
(Col. 2:2b-3)
“Hidden” – is the Greek word apokruphos, from which we get our
English word apocrypha. It was used by the false teachers to refer to the
writings that contained their secret knowledge. But nothing “hidden” or
“deep” needs to be added to Christ, for He, 1 Corinthians 1:30 tells us is,
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

3. Week 20
“And this I say, lest any man should
beguile you with enticing words.” (Col.
2:4)
“enticing words” – pithanologia, pith·an·ol·og·ee·ah - is speech adapted
to persuade…persuasiveness of speech, erroneous discourse leading
others into error.
The basic attack of all false systems throughout history has been to deny
either Christ’s deity, His sufficiency to save and sanctify, or both.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

4. Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ
Week 20

5. Week 20
“For though I be absent in the flesh, yet
am I with you in the spirit, joying and
beholding your order, and the
steadfastness of your faith in Christ”.
(Col. 2:5)
•“Order/Good discipline” – taxis – refers to a line of soldiers drawn up
for battle
•“Steadfastness/Stability” - stereōma – refers to the solidity of a
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

6. Week 20
“Therefore as you have received Christ
Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him”. (Col. 2:6)
“Received” - Expositors says; “paralambanō is practically equivalent to
manthanō, ‘to receive by instruction,’ rather than received into the heart.”
Paul is speaking of the doctrines regarding the Person and Work of the Lord
Jesus, rather than of (receiving) Him personally, for the former were
involved in the Colossian heresy.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

7. Week 20
In the survey, while virtually all of Americans with evangelical beliefs
agreed that there is one true God in three persons (97%), that he is perfect
(97%), and that he answers prayer (94%), respondents stumbled over the
nature of Jesus. Seven out of 10 said he was the first and greatest being
created by God (71%).
The survey reports that about 56% said that “the Holy Spirit is a divine
force but not a personal being,” and 28% believe “the Holy Spirit is a
divine being, but is not equal with God the Father or Jesus.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

8. Week 20
“Therefore as you have received Christ
Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him”. (Col. 2:6)
“Christ Jesus the Lord” - The emphasis is on the true doctrine of Christ’s
Person which was perverted by the Colossian teachers.
The Colossians were to remember the nature and content of their faith at
the time of their salvation, and that was to guide them throughout their
Christian lives as well.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

9. Week 20
“Therefore as you have received Christ
Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him”. (Col. 2:6)
“not only in imitation of him as he walked, in the exercise of grace, as love,
patience, humility, and meekness, and in the discharge of duty; but by faith
in him, going on in a way of believing in him, always looking to him,
leaning on him, and deriving grace and strength from him: to walk in
Christ, is to walk in and after the Spirit of Christ, under his influence, by his
direction, and through his assistance; and to walk in the doctrine of Christ,
abiding by it, and increasing in the knowledge of it” – John Gill.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

10. Week 19
“…rooted and built up in
Him, and established in the
faith, as you have been
taught, abounding in it with
thanksgiving. (Col. 2:7)
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ