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Scripture 52% - No Absolute Truth 30% - Truth is Unknowable Ligonier (2020) and Cultural Research Center (2020) Salvation 42% - God Accepts Everyone 48% - Salvation by Good Works Ligonier (2020) and Cultural Research Center (2020) Man and

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Scripture

52% - No Absolute Truth 30% - Truth is Unknowable

Ligonier (2020) and Cultural Research Center (2020)

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Salvation

42% - God Accepts Everyone 48% - Salvation by Good Works

Ligonier (2020) and Cultural Research Center (2020)

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Man and Sin

46% - Man Naturally Good 43% - Some Sins Small, No Damnation 40% - Lying is Acceptable at Times

Ligonier (2020) and Cultural Research Center (2020)

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Christ

70% - Jesus is Greatest Created Being 30% - Jesus is Not God 43% - Jesus Sinned

Ligonier (2020) and Cultural Research Center (2020)

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Outline

The Author (1)
The Audience (2a)
The Aim (2b)

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Colossians 1:1-2

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

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I. The Author

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

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I. The Author

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Philippians 3:5-7; Acts 22:3; 9:11.

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I. The Author

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Galatians 1:11-12; John 15:16; Galatians 1:18.

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I. The Author

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Acts 16:1-6; 19:10; 1 Timothy 1:2; Philippians 2:20.

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II. The Audience

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

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II. The Audience

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Romans 1:6-7; Colossians 1:13.

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II. The Audience

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

1 Corinthians 1:30.

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II. The Audience

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Acts 19:10; Colossians 4:12.

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II. The Audience

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Acts 19:10; Colossians 4:12.

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The Colossian Heresy

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The Colossian Heresy

CHRIST + SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE

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The Colossian Heresy

CHRIST + SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE Colossians 2:18 – “going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous head...”

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The Colossian Heresy

CHRIST + SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE Colossians 2:18 – “going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous head...”

Illustrations: Two Top-Selling Evangelical

Books Since 2010.

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The Colossian Heresy

CHRIST + SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE Colossians 2:18 – “going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous head...”

Illustrations: Two Top-Selling Evangelical

Books Since 2010.

Answered: Colossians 2:3, 9-10, 19.

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The Colossian Heresy

CHRIST + SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE Colossians 2:18 – “going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous head...”

Illustrations: Two Top-Selling Evangelical

Books Since 2010.

Answered: Colossians 2:3, 9-10, 19.

CHRIST + SPECIAL LAWS/MORALITY

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The Colossian Heresy

CHRIST + SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE Colossians 2:18 – “going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous head...”

Illustrations: Two Top-Selling Evangelical

Books Since 2010.

Answered: Colossians 2:3, 9-10, 19.

CHRIST + SPECIAL LAWS/MORALITY Colossians 2:11, 16, 20-23: “Let no one take you captive” to circumcision, Jewish feasts and holy days, extra-biblical rules and regulations, and aestheticism.

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The Colossian Heresy

CHRIST + SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE Colossians 2:18 – “going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous head...”

Illustrations: Two Top-Selling Evangelical

Books Since 2010.

Answered: Colossians 2:3, 9-10, 19.

CHRIST + SPECIAL LAWS/MORALITY Colossians 2:11, 16, 20-23: “Let no one take you captive” to circumcision, Jewish feasts and holy days, extra-biblical rules and regulations, and aestheticism.

Illustration: Legalism and external moralism

and acceptance.

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The Colossian Heresy

CHRIST + SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE Colossians 2:18 – “going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous head...”

Illustrations: Two Top-Selling Evangelical

Books Since 2010.

Answered: Colossians 2:3, 9-10, 19.

CHRIST + SPECIAL LAWS/MORALITY Colossians 2:11, 16, 20-23: “Let no one take you captive” to circumcision, Jewish feasts and holy days, extra-biblical rules and regulations, and aestheticism.

Illustration: Legalism and external moralism

and acceptance.

Answered: Colossians 2:10-15.

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II. The Audience

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Acts 19:10; Colossians 4:12.

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III. The Aim

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

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