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Life-Study of Colossians

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The Background and Position of the Book _{msg. 1}

I. The background
A. Asceticism having saturated the church at Colosse
B. Mysticism having invaded the church at Colosse
II. The position
A. The cluster of Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians being the heart of the Bible
B. Galatians revealing Christ versus religion with its law
C. Colossians unveiling Christ versus human philosophies with tradition and asceticism
D. Philippians stressing the living out of Christ
E. Ephesians revealing the church

Introduction _{msg. 2}

Three indications
The hope being laid up for us
Faith and love
Living Christ and laying up hope
Christ our life
The truth of the gospel
The fruit of the gospel
Fully knowing the grace of God in truth
A minister of Christ

The Apostle's Prayer _{msg. 3}

I. The apostle’s prayer for the saints to be filled with the full knowledge of God’s will
A. Concerning the all-inclusive Christ as our portion
B. In all spiritual wisdom
C. To walk worthily of the Lord
1. Unto all pleasing
2. Bearing fruit unto every good work
3. Growing by the full knowledge of God
4. Empowered with all power
II. The apostle’s thanksgiving
A. To the Father
B. For qualifying us to share the portion of the saints in the light
C. For delivering us out of the authority of darkness and transferring us into the kingdom of the Son of His love
D. For the redemption, the forgiveness of sins

Delivered Out of the Authority of Darkness and Transferred Into the Kingdom of the Son of His Love _{msg. 4}

I. Delivered out of the authority of darkness
A. The authority of darkness being the authority of Satan, the authority of evil in the heavenlies
B. Related to death
C. Delivered from the Devil, who has the might of death
II. Transferred into the kingdom of the Son of His love
A. The kingdom of the Son being the authority of Christ
B. The Son of the Father being the expression of the Father as the source of life

Christ — the Preeminent and All-Inclusive One, the Centrality and Universality of God _{msg. 5}

The background — the authority of darkness
The preeminence and all-inclusiveness of Christ
I. Christ in the Gospels
A. Incarnated to put on the old creation
B. Passing through human living to express God
C. Crucified to terminate the old creation
D. Resurrected to produce the church, the new creation
II. Christ in the Acts
III. Christ in the Epistles
IV. Christ in Revelation
V. Christ in the Book of Colossians

Christ — the Portion of the Saints _{msg. 6}

The promise of the land
The seed and the land
The Spirit being the good land
Delivered out of the authority of darkness and transferred into the all-inclusive Christ
The passover, the manna, and the land
Walking in Spirit
The need for an exodus
Only Christ

Partaking of Christ in the Light _{msg. 7}

I. The light
A. God
B. The Word of God
C. Christ
D. The life of Christ
E. The believers
F. The church
II. Partaking of Christ in the light
III. The light of life being the realm of life

Christ—the Firstborn of All Creation _{msg. 8}

The heresy of angel worship
The Head of all rule and authority
The image of the invisible God
First among all creatures
No time element with God
Faithful to the truth
In Him, through Him, and unto Him
Before all things
All things subsisting in him

Christ — Firstborn from Among the Dead _{msg. 9}

The two births of Christ
Our experience of Christ’s two births
The all-inclusive one
The preeminent one
Having the One who is all
Infused and saturated
The full enjoyment of Christ
All things reconciled to God

Christ's Relationship to Creation _{msg. 10}

The means of creation
Christ expressing God in creation
Subjectively related to creation
All things subsisting in Christ
All the fullness
The expression of God in all His rich being
The Son of the Father’s love being the image of the invisible God
Christ as Creator and as the means of creation
How Christ, the image of God, expresses God

The Stewardship of God _{msg. 11}

I. The steward’s sufferings
II. The steward being a minister
A. Of the church
B. To complete the word of God

Filling Up What is Lacking of the Afflictions of Christ _{msg. 12}

Two kinds of suffering
A joint partaker of tribulation in Jesus
Suffering for the saints
The goal of our work

Completing the Word of God _{msg. 13}

I. The word of God including the Old Testament and the word preached by the early disciples
II. God’s revelation to Paul
A. Christ being the mystery of God
B. The dispensation of God
C. The church being the mystery of Christ
III. The completion of the word of God

Christ — the Mystery of God's Economy _{msg. 14}

A minister of the church
The mystery manifested to the saints
The riches of the glory of the mystery
Back to the mystery
The hope of glory
Presenting every man full-grown in Christ
Struggling according to His operation

Christ in You the Hope of Glory _{msg. 15}

I. Christ, the portion of the saints
II. Christ, the image of the invisible God
III. Christ, the firstborn of all creation
IV. Christ, the firstborn from among the dead
V. Christ, in whom all the fullness was pleased to dwell
VI. Christ, the mystery of God’s economy
VII. Christ, the mystery of God
VIII. Christ, the reality of all positive things
IX. Christ, the constituent of the new man
X. Christ in you
A. The processed God
B. The life-giving Spirit
C. Dwelling in our spirit
XI. The hope of glory

Presenting Every Man Full-Grown in Christ _{msg. 16}

I. By ministering Christ as the portion of the saints
II. By ministering the unsearchable riches of Christ for the building up of the church
III. By completing the word of God
IV. By ministering Christ as the mystery of God
V. By ministering the church as the mystery of Christ
VI. By ministering Christ as life to His members

Struggling According to the Operation of Christ _{msg. 17}

The principle ordained by God
Struggling for the hearts to be comforted
The heart and the mind
Full assurance of understanding
The first step in presenting others full-grown in Christ
Paul’s struggle
Christ’s operation

Christ — the Mystery of God _{msg. 18}

The need to exercise our whole being
All the riches of the full assurance of understanding
The treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden in Christ
The embodiment of the fullness of the Godhead

The Experience of Christ as the Mystery of God _{msg. 19}

I. To have the full knowledge of Him as the mystery of God
II. To receive Him
III. To be rooted in Him
IV. To be built up in Him
V. To be established in the faith abounding in thanksgiving
VI. To walk in Him
VII. Not to be deluded and carried off from Him

To Walk in Christ, the Mystery of God _{msg. 20}

Our good land
An all-inclusive type of Christ
The battle for the land
Walking in the all-inclusive Spirit

Not to be Deluded and Carried Off from Christ _{msg. 21}

I. Not to be deluded
A. By Judaizers or by gnostics
B. With persuasive speech
II. Not to be carried off as captive
A. Through philosophy and empty deceit
B. According to the tradition of men
C. According to the elements of the world
D. Not according to Christ

Made Full and Circumcised in Christ _{msg. 22}

I. Made full in Christ
A. Christ as the embodiment of all the fullness of the Godhead
B. Made full in Christ
C. Christ as the Head of all rule and authority
II. Circumcised in Christ
A. With a circumcision not made with hands
B. In the putting off of the body of the flesh
C. In the circumcision of Christ
D. Through baptism
E. Circumcision versus asceticism

The Economy of God's Salvation _{msg. 23}

The three aspects
No place for the law or the angels
Stripping off the rulers and authorities
War at the cross
Paul’s concept
A peaceful environment for the enlivening of His chosen ones

Christ — the Body of All the Shadows _{msg. 24}

A memorial of the new creation
Shadows of spiritual things
The reality of all positive things
No need for the expression of opinion

Christ Versus Mysticism _{msg. 25}

I. Letting no one defraud us
II. The heresy of mysticism
A. Teaching self-abasing humility
B. Standing on things seen
C. Not holding the Head

The Experience of Christ's Death Versus Asceticism _{msg. 26}

One Person and one way
No place for asceticism
Having died with Christ from the elements of the world
Passing through the cross
Not “ordinancing” ourselves
A clear vision
Oneness and harmony through the cross

Christ — Our Life _{msg. 27}

The processed God
The reality of the compound ointment
The two births of Christ
One Person and one way
The Spirit
The application of Christ’s death
Raised with Christ
Living in the heavens
Hidden with Christ in God
In God and at the right hand of God
Hidden with Christ and manifested with Him

Christ — the Constituent of the New Man _{msg. 28}

I. Putting to death our lustful members
II. Putting away evil psychological things
III. Having put off the old man with his practices
IV. Having put on the new man
A. Being renewed unto full knowledge according to the image of him who Created Him
B. Where there cannot be any natural persons
C. Christ being all and in all

The Living of the Saints in Union with Christ: Ruled by the Peace of Christ and Inhabited by the Word of Christ _{msg. 29}

I. Putting on spiritual virtues
II. Putting on love, the bond of perfectness
III. Letting the peace of Christ arbitrate in our hearts
IV. Letting the word of Christ inhabit us
V. Doing everything in the name of the Lord Jesus

The Living of the Saints in Union with Christ: Expressing Christ in the Human Life, Praying with Perserverance, and Walking in Wisdom _{msg. 30}

I. Expressing Christ in human life
II. Praying with perseverance and walking in wisdom
A. Persevering in prayer
B. Walking in wisdom

Conclusion _{msg. 31}

A practical application
The consciousness of the new man
A portrait of the new man
Belonging to the church everywhere
Not sectarian
Paul’s greeting

Living Christ as the Constituent of the New Man _{msg. 32}

The new man with Christ as the content
The peace of Christ
The word of Christ
Completing the word of God
Experiencing Christ
The problem of culture
Living by Christ, not by asceticism
Christ — all and in all

Christ Versus Culture for the New Man _{msg. 33}

The elements of culture
A warning concerning humility and angel worship
Defrauded by the influence of culture
Christ, our life
The peace of Christ and the word of Christ
No cultural distinctions in the new man
Genuine prayer

The All-Inclusive Christ (1) _{msg. 34}

The image of the invisible God
A bird’s-eye view of the Bible
Culture — a frustration to God’s purpose
Christ and creation
God’s two creations
Christ in us
Seeing Christ and living by Him

The All-Inclusive Christ (2) _{msg. 35}

The tradition of men
Not insisting on certain things
Dealing with the substitutes
The firstborn of all creation
According to Christ
The mystery of God’s economy
The mystery of God
The reality of all positive things
Walking in Christ
Rooted in Christ
Made full in Christ
Christ as our life and as the constituent of the new man
The arbitrating peace of Christ
The indwelling word of Christ
All and in all

The All-Inclusive Christ Versus Culture _{msg. 36}

God’s intention
Culture hindering our experience of Christ
Culture replaced by Christ
Living according to culture instead of Christ
A vision of the all-inclusiveness of Christ
Not defrauded of our prize
Christ our life and the constituent of the new man
Living Christ
Persevering in prayer

Christ in You _{msg. 37}

Christ for our enjoyment and experience
In Christ
Christ living in us
Occupied by culture
Self-made culture and inherited culture
Living by the mingled spirit
Christ, not cultural standards

Christ Lives in Me _{msg. 38}

God’s economy
The goal of God’s dispensation
The growth of life
The highest revelation of Christ
Living by Christ, not by culture
Giving Christ the ground within us
The need to see the vision
Christ — our unique standard and principle
Letting Christ live in us

To Live Christ _{msg. 39}

Culture versus Christ
God’s intention in His economy
The necessity of Christ being our life
Refining the natural life
Ministering Christ
Remaining in an atmosphere of prayer
Christ lived out from within us

Objective Revelation, Subjective Ministry, and Practical Experience _{msg. 40}

A comparison
Completing the word of God
A revelation of who Christ is and what Christ is
The goal of the subjective ministry
The experience of the all-inclusive Christ
Our need to be happy in heart
Walking, rooted, and built up
Philosophy, tradition, and the elements of the world
Humility, religion, and ordinances
Culture — an enemy of the experience of Christ
Living Christ

Self-Made and Self-Imposed Culture as a Substitute for Christ _{msg. 41}

An extensive revelation of Christ
The church invaded by culture
All things created in Christ
Room only for Christ
Paul’s concern with culture
Living more by culture than by Christ
Culture as a hindrance to the building
Culture and opinions
Living Christ in spirit

The Experience of Christ _{msg. 42}

Christ applicable in our experience
The all-inclusive life-giving Spirit
The experiential Christ
According to Christ
Words of warning
Not deluded with persuasive speech
Not carried off as spoil
Not judged by others
Not defrauded of our prize

Identified with Christ by Being Grafted Into Him _{msg. 43}

The processed God
Baptized into the name of the Father, Son, and Spirit
Baptized into Christ
Baptized into Christ’s death
The heavenly air
In Christ
Buried with Christ through baptism into death
A new person in resurrection
Growing through baptism
Grafted into Christ
Growing in Christ
Christ in us
A cycle by which we grow

Having Been Rooted in Christ to Grow with the Growth of God _{msg. 44}

Grafting and growth
Rooted in the living land
Growing with the increase of God
Holding the Head
Not allowing culture to become a substitute for Christ

The Extensive Revelation of the All-Inclusive Christ _{msg. 45}

The portion of the saints
The reality of all positive things
The reconciliation of all things
The hub of the universe
The extensive one as our life and as all in all in the church
The extensive one versus culture
Culture replacing the extensive Christ
The extensive Christ replacing culture
Simply living Christ

Walk in Christ, Having Been Rooted and Being Built Up in Him _{msg. 46}

Philosophy, tradition, and the elements of the world
Christ and the shadows, ordinances, and cultural distinctions
Christ replacing culture
Two conditions
Walking in something other than Christ
An organic process
Rooted in Christ to walk in Christ
Building up the expression of Christ

Rooted and Built Up in Christ with the Processed God _{msg. 47}

The all-inclusive one in our spirit
Living in one spirit with the Lord
The mystery of God
Absorbing the riches of Christ
Increasing in spiritual stature
Growing by absorbing the riches from the Head
Exercising the spirit

The Receiving of Christ _{msg. 48}

The mystery of God
Man created with a receiver
Incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection
Full knowledge and full assurance
Receiving Christ a little at a time
Prayer and the exercise of the spirit

Full Grown in Christ _{msg. 49}

The proper use of culture
Filled with Christ
Denying the self
Attracted by Christ and possessed by Him
A glorious mystery
Announcing Christ
Warning every man
Christ living in us
A full-grown man

Christ Replaced in Every Way _{msg. 50}

The revelation of Christ
Distracted from Christ
Christ replaced by gifts and knowledge
Christ replaced by religion
Christ replaced by culture
Christ replaced by our natural characteristics
Living Christ
Two unique commandments
Christ dwelling in us subjectively
Hidden with Christ in God
Christ, our life
Walking in Christ

Having Been Rooted in Christ and Being Built Up in Him (1) _{msg. 51}

A book of experience
Two conditions
One unit in life
Genuine growth
Built up individually and corporately

Having Been Rooted in Christ and Being Built Up in Him (2) _{msg. 52}

Rooted, growing, and being built
Holding the Head
Growing with the growth of God
The new man
Absorbing the riches from the soil
How God gives the growth
One spirit with the Lord
The growth of the building
Arriving at a full-grown man
Growing up and being built up

In Christ Made Full, Circumcised, Raised, and Made Alive Together with Him _{msg. 53}

A description of the soil
Made full in Christ
The flesh, the ordinances, and the rulers and authorities
Taking time to absorb the Lord
One spirit with the Lord

In Christ and According to Christ _{msg. 54}

Facts and experience
Carried away from Christ
Walking according to Spirit
An all-inclusive commandment
Applied in our daily living

Not Defrauded of Your Prize of the Enjoyment of Christ _{msg. 55}

Experiencing the extensive Christ
Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly enjoyment
Defrauded of the subjective enjoyment of Christ
Back to Christ
The completion of the divine revelation
Full grown in Christ
The continual enjoyment of Christ
Reminders of Christ
Rooted in Christ to absorb his riches
Tender roots
Heeding Paul’s warning

Holding the Head, Out from Whom All the Body Grows with Growth of God _{msg. 56}

Enjoying Christ as the reality of all positive things
Body-conscious
Loving all the members of the Body
Brought into resurrection
Brought into the heavens
Our need to be in spirit
Absorbing the riches of Christ for the growth of the Body

Having Died with Christ from the Elements of the World and Having Been Raised with Christ to Live with Him in God _{msg. 57}

Rooted in Christ as the rich soil
Enjoying Christ to become Body-conscious
Crucified with Christ
Experiencing our crucifixion with Christ
The vine, the soil, and the Head
An experience moment by moment
Watching and praying
No longer in subjection to the elements of the world
Raised up with Christ
Setting our mind on the things which are above
Living in God

Seek the Things Above and Set Your Mind on Them _{msg. 58}

The riches in Colossians
From the fullness to the new man
A heavenly transmission
From the fullness to the New Jerusalem
Crowned with glory and honor
Lord and Christ
Head over all
The forerunner
The High Priest
The heavenly Minister
The Lamb on the throne
The administration in heaven and the embassies on earth
Turning our attention to the things in heaven
Forgetting earthly things

One Position, One Life, One Living, One Destiny, and One Glory with Christ _{msg. 59}

In Christ, in the Father, in heaven
Experiencing the heavenly transmission
In heaven or on earth?
One life with Christ
Three characteristics of Christ’s life
A crucified life
A resurrected life
A hidden life
One living with Christ
Christ’s two ministries
Joining the Lord in His heavenly ministry
One destiny and glory with Christ
One with the Triune God and mingled with Him

Christ as All the Members and in All the Members in the New Man _{msg. 60}

Experiencing Christ as our life
The enjoyment of the new man
Living together with Christ
Putting to death, putting away, putting off, and putting on
Occupied with our master’s enterprise
Christ being every member
Christ in every member

One with Christ in the Things Above _{msg. 61}

Five crucial matters
Our inability to meet God’s requirements
With Christ in God
Not distracted by the elements of the world
Peculiar people
The two ministries of Christ
Interceding and supplying
Renewed by seeking the things above
Responding to Christ’s heavenly ministry
Where we need to be

The Renewing of the New Man _{msg. 62}

Corresponding to Christ’s heavenly ministry
The new man created and renewed
Renewed unto full knowledge
According to the image of God
Christ as all things and in all members
Realizing the life of the new man

The Peace of Christ Arbitrating in Our Heart _{msg. 63}

“Switching on” to the divine transmission for the renewing of the new man
The need for peace to arbitrate in us
Vertical and horizontal peace
The rule of peace for the preservation of the new man

The Word of Christ Inhabiting Us _{msg. 64}

Oneness — a necessary condition for God’s speaking
God speaking in the Son and through the Body
No shortage of God’s word
Functions of the word of God
Enlightening
Nourishing
Quenching our thirst
Strengthening
Washing
Building up
Completing and perfecting
Edifying
Allowing the word of Christ to have first place
Filled with joy
The result of allowing the word of Christ to inhabit us
Praying without ceasing

Persevering in Prayer _{msg. 65}

Prayer and warfare
A vow concerning our prayer life
Setting aside definite times
The benefits of prayer
Watching with thanksgiving
Grace and wisdom

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