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 25

2. Week 25
“See to it that no one takes you captive by
philosophy and empty deceit, according to human
tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the
world, and not according to Christ”. (Col. 2:9)
“according to the elemental principals or spirits of the world” – This
second source Paul identifies for philosophy has been difficult for Bible
scholars to interpret. The problem lies in the ambiguity of the word
translated as ‘basic principles’ or ‘elementary principals’ (stoicheia)
.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

3. Week 25
“See to it that no one takes you captive by
philosophy and empty deceit, according to human
tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the
world, and not according to Christ”. (Col. 2:9)
“and not according to Christ” – The alternative to this superficially
attractive ‘philosophy’ is the life and truth is found in Christ. Don’t
surrender yourself to any of these attractive philosophies espoused by
smooth-talking theorists and not according to Jesus Christ.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

4. Week 25
The Bible is telling us Colossians 2:9:
• Don’t allow yourself to be held captive by the empty
deception that comes through philosophy.
• Don’t allow yourself to be led astray by the constant
changing traditions of men.
• Don’t be carried off by the earthly, childish or demonic
wisdom of this world (James 3:13-18).
• Don’t surrender yourself to any of these attractive
philosophies espoused by smooth-talking theorists and
not according to Jesus Christ.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

5. Week 25
• His is the true knowledge of all wisdom and spiritual
understanding;
• He is the One through whom we are strengthened with
all might, according to his glorious power.
• He is the One who helps us to be patient and suffer long
with joyfulness;
• We are made partakers of the inheritance of the saints
in light and have been delivered from the power of
darkness to be placed in His kingdom.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

6. Week 25
• In Him we have redemption through His blood, and the
forgiveness of sins.
• He is the image of the invisible God
• He is the One who outranks all the creation of God
• He created all things that are in heaven, and that are in
earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or
dominions, or principalities, or powers. All things were
created by Him, and for Him.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

7. Week 25
• He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
• He is the head of the body, the church.
• He is the beginning, the One who’s resurrection from
the dead outranks all who were every raised from the
dead.
• He is preeminent.
• In Him all fulness dwells.
• He is the One who made peace through the blood of His
cross.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

8. Week 25
• He is the One who will reconcile all things unto Himself;
whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
• He is the One who reconciled us to God, we who were at
one time alienated and enemies in our mind by wicked
works.
• He is the One who, because of His suffering and death,
will one day present the believer holy and unblameable
and unreproveable in His sight.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

9. Week 25
• Because of Christ, every believer will be presented
mature or perfect in Him.
• In Christ are hid all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge.
• He is the One in whom the Christian is rooted and built
up and established in the faith
He is preeminent! He is sufficient!
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

10. Week 25
In the “information age” we
have information literally at
our fingertips.
The world is running to all
these “resources” to find joy
and freedom, fulfillment,
affirmation and security but
the Bible says that we should
look to Christ for all these
things because He is
preeminent and sufficient.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

11. Week 25
In 2 Corinthians the apostle Paul was
so burdened about the Corinthians.
He says in 11:3, “I’m afraid lest as the
serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness,
your minds should be led astray from
the simplicity and purity of devotion to
Christ.”
The church has been led astray from
the simplicity and purity of devotion
to Jesus Christ in whom is hidden all
the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

12. Week 25
“Jesus did not only teach or expound his message. He
was identical with his message. ‘In Him,’ say the
Scriptures, ‘dwelt the fullness of the Godhead bodily.’
• He did not just proclaim the truth. He said, ‘I am the
truth.’
• He did not just show a way. He said, ‘I am the way.’
He did not just open up vistas. He said, ‘I am the
door.” ‘I am the Good Shepherd.’ ‘I am the
resurrection and the life.’ ‘I am the I AM.’
• In Him is not just an offer of life’s bread. He is the
bread.
~Ravi Zacharias
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

13. Week 25
• We don’t need Christ plus philosophy.
• We don’t need Christ plus sociology.
• We don’t need Christ plus psychology.
• We don’t need Christ plus ritual.
• We don’t need Christ plus mysticism
• We don’t need Christ plus science.
We just need Christ. Just Christ. And all that other stuff
does is diminish Christ.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

14. Week 25
“For in Him the whole fullness of deity
dwells bodily…(Col. 2:9)
“This is one of the most blessed passages in all of Scripture. It
presents the glorious majesty of Christs Person and His complete
sufficiency. Verse 9 is perhaps the most definitive statement of
Christs deity in the epistles. It is the rock upon which all attempts to
disprove Christs deity are shattered. Obviously, these heretics were
saying Jesus was not God, and that was the most damning and
disturbing element of their satanology -- as it still is in any false
system”. (MacArthur)
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

15. Week 25
• “fulness” – is the Greek word plērōma
(same word used in Colossians 1:19). By the
use of this word, the Bible is teaching us
that “the sum total of all that God is, all His
being and attributes” reside in Christ. The
fullness of God dwells fully and permanently
in Christ.
• “dwells” – is katoikeō and means “to settle
down and be at home”. This word is in the
present tense and means that the essence of
Deity (or the divine nature) continually
abides at home in Christ. He is fully God
forever.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

16. Week 25
“And you are complete in Him…” (Col.
2:10a)
“complete” – is the Greek word, plēroō (play-ro'-o) and is a play on words from
verse 2:9.
The same root for the word “complete” occurs here (2:10) and in 1:9 (filled).
Although this is an obvious play on words with 1:19 (fullness) and 2:9 (fullness), it
is equally obvious that Paul did not mean the Colossian Christians were elevated
to the same stature as Jesus. Nor did he mean that any one Christian became
deity. Instead, Paul was picking up the generic use of the term to state that, just
as Jesus was fully God, believers are fully complete in Him.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

17. Week 25
Question:
"Is there a second
blessing subsequent to
salvation?"
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

18. Week 25
Answer: The term “second blessing” is
understood in two ways by Christians—
one with reference to the baptism of the
Holy Spirit, and one with reference to
sinless perfection.
The phrase “Baptism of the Holy Spirit”
is not found in the Bible. The Bible
speaks of a baptism with, by, or in the
Holy Spirit. It never refers to the baptism
of the Holy Spirit.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

19. Week 25
The Scriptures Teaching on Ministry of the Holy Spirit
1. Foretold by John the Baptizer – Matthew 3:11
2. Spoken of by Jesus – John 7:37; Acts 1:5
3. He came on Pentecost – Acts 2:4
4. Reflected upon by Peter – Acts 11:15-16
5. He indwells believers – John 14:17; Rom. 8:9; Eph.
1:13-14
6. He fills believers – John 14:16; Eph. 5:18
7. He places believers in the Body – 1 Corinthians 12:13
8. He’s given at moment of salvation – Eph. 1:13; Gal. 3:2
9. He indwells permanently - 2 Cor. 1:22; Eph. 4:30).
10. He can be grieved – Eph. 4:30
11. His activity within us can be quenched – I Thess. 5:19
12. He can be lied to – Acts 5:3, 4)
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

20. Week 25
“And you are complete in
Him…” (Col. 2:10a)
There is no “second blessing”. Nothing we need to
“tarry” for. There is no need for someone to lay hands
on us. We don’t need to speak in tongues. There is no
“baptism of the Holy Spirit.”
Outside of a saving relationship with Jesus Christ,
man is spiritually, mentally and morally incomplete
because he is totally out of fellowship with God, he
lives outside of God’s will and he does not know
ultimate truth found in the Scriptures.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

21. Week 25
1. At salvations, believers become “partakers of the divine
nature” (1 Peter 1:4) and are made complete.
2. Those who are “partakers of the divine nature” have,
through “His divine power” been “granted…everything
pertaining to life and godliness” (2 Peter 1:3).
3. All believers are complete in Christ and do not need the
teachings of any cult or false teacher.
Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ

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Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ
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