You are not defined by the things you do. (Colossians 2)
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- July 16, 2024
Here are the scriptures from God’s word as well as the Greek translations that are referenced in order of mention so you can read along if you wish ^_^ ~
We judge no one by the flesh any longer, no longer by the outward appearance- II Corinthians 5:16
Anyone in Christ is a new creation- II Corinthians 5:17
Whoever has the Son has life, whoever does not have the Son does not have life- I John 5:12
God justifies the ungodly- Romans 4:4-5
God is both Just and the Justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus- Romans 3:26
He has made us ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life- II Corinthians 3:6
“As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,”
Colossians 2:6
By grace through faith you have been saved- Ephesians 2:8
If it’s by grace, it is no longer of works- Romans 11:6
“rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.”
Colossians 2:7-8
See Galatians 4:1-5 about God’s people being “in bondage under the elements of the world” before the adoption of sons by faith came. In the context of verse 3 God’s law is revealed there as στοιχεῖα (stoicheía) Def.- the “basic elements of language” or the “ABC”’s.
The law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, but after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor- Galatians 3:24-25
“For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.”
Colossians 2:9-10
All fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by the grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus- Romans 3:23-24
“In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.”
Colossians 2:11-12
“I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.””
Mark 1:8
“Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.””
John 4:13-14
(See Acts 19:1-6 for Paul ministering the baptism of the Spirit to two believers)
““Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?””
Acts 10:47
The shadow of the body of Christ (the Lord’s supper) was the roasted lamb- Exodus 12:8-11
God’s word is truth- John 17:17
Sabbath day for rest was a shadow too- Jeremiah 17:22
We who believe enter into Christ’s rest- Hebrews 4:3
“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”- Matthew 11:28
We are not under law but under grace- Romans 6:14
“Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,”
Romans 4:4-5
“And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,”
Colossians 2:13
Justification leading to life- Romans 5:18
Life and life abundantly- John 10:10
“having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.”
Colossians 2:14
By the law is the knowledge of sin- Romans 3:20
“I will remember their sins no more”- Hebrews 10:17
God CANNOT lie- Hebrews 6:18
You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit if Jesus’s spirit dwells in you- Romans 8:9
Jesus: Delivered for our offenses, raised for our justification- Romans 4:25
“Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.”
Colossians 2:15-17