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Colossians 2:6-14 Giving Thanks - Pastor David McGee

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Pastor David McGee

Date Taught: August 18, 2019

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Life Lessons Referenced

Life Lesson (Colossians 2:11)

Circumcision is an outward sign of an inward commitment.

Life Lesson (Colossians 2:11)

Baptism is an outward sign of an inward change.

Life Lesson (Colossians 2:)

We learn more things about the Bible when we ask:

Who? (Who was writing? Who were they writing to?)

What? (What were they writing about? What problems were being discussed or solved?)

Why? (Why were they writing?)

When? (When were they writing?)

Where? (Where were they writing? Where were they writing to?)

Verses Referenced and Teaching Notes

Col 2:8 NKJV

Beware lest anyone cheat you

Col 2:8 NLT

Don't let anyone capture you

Col 2:8 KJV

Beware lest any man spoil you

Col 2:8 NASU

See to it that no one takes you captive

Col 2:8 CJB

Watch out, so that no one will take you captive

Col 2:8 AMP

See to it that no one carries you off as spoil or makes you yourselves captive

Rom 2:28-29 NKJV

28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.

Rom 2:28-29 NLT

29 No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by God's Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people.

Luke 19:1-4 NKJV

1 Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2 Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way.

Amos 7:14 NKJV

Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah:
"I was no prophet,
Nor was I a son of a prophet,
But I was a sheepbreeder
And a tender of sycamore fruit.

Amos 7:14 KJV

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:

Amos 7:14-15 NLT

14 But Amos replied, "I'm not a professional prophet, and I was never trained to be one. I'm just a shepherd, and I take care of sycamore-fig trees. 15 But the Lord called me away from my flock and told me, 'Go and prophesy to my people in Israel.'

Rev 3:20 NKJV

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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