Colossians 2:6-23

Imagine a great architect agreed to build you your dream house
Money is not an issue!
He wants to start right away!
But after receiving this great offer...
You don't keep in touch...
You tell him to cut corners...
You want him to work quick...
Etc...

After Receiving Christ
1. Some don’t remain in Him (6)
2. Some don’t let Him penetrate deep enough (7)
3. Some don’t let Him grow tall enough (7)
4. Some don’t grow strong in him (7)
5. Some don’t keep to foundational beliefs (7)
6. Some don’t remain in a state of thanks (7)
7. Some don’t remain free b/c they turn their focus from Christ (8)

Why stay with Christ (why let Him build your life)
1. In Him is the fullness of deity (9)
2. In Him we can experience fullness (10)
3. In Him is power over every authority (10)
4. In Him your sinful nature is defeated (11)
5. In Him you are alive (12-13)
6. In Him you are forgiven (13-14)
7. In Him you can live triumphantly (15)

Beware!!!
1. Can/Can’t Do lists about food (16)
2. Can/Can’t Do lists about drink (16)
3. Can/Can’t Do lists about holidays (16)
4. Can/Can’t Do lists about Sabbath (16)
5. Worship of angels (18)
6. Visions (18)
7. Rules/Regulations of man (20-23)

When was Satan Driven-out/Disarmed/tied/destroyed???

John 12:31
Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.

Who: Satan
What: Driven Out
When: Now (At Jesus' 1st Coming)

Mark 3:27
In fact, no one can enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can rob his house.

Who: Satan
What: Tied up
When: Was presently happening (At Jesus' 1st Coming)

Colossians 2:15
And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Who: All powers and authorities (including satan)
What: Disarmed
When: By the cross (At Jesus' 1st Coming)

Hebrews 2:14
Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil

Who: The devil
What: Destroyed
When: By Jesus' death (At Jesus' 1st Coming)

1 John 3:8
He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work.

Who: Devil
What: Destroyed
When: When the Son of God appeared (At Jesus' 1st Coming)