Colossians SeriesLesson #71

September 16, 2012

Dean Bible Ministrieswww.deanbible.org

Dr. Robert L. Dean, Jr.

COLOSSIANS:Jesus Christ is All-Sufficient

Equal in PersonDistinct in Role

Colossians 3:18–21

Col. 3:16, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, [with the result that you are] teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom [wisely] in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, [by] singing with grace [gratitude] in your hearts to the Lord.

Col. 3:17, “And whatever [all that] you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”

Col. 3:18, “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Col. 3:19, “Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them. Col. 3:20, “Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord. Col. 3:21, “Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.”

Col. 3:22, “Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God. Col. 3:23, “And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, Col. 3:24, “knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ. Col. 3:25, “But he who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and there is no partiality. Col. 4:1, “Masters, give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.”

Gen. 1:26, “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’Gen. 1:27, “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Gen. 1:28, “Then God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.’ ”

The Nature of God

Gen. 2:18, “And the LORD God said, ‘It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.’ ”

Gen. 2:18, “And the LORD God said, ‘It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.’ ”

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Psa. 121:1, “I will lift up my eyes to the hills— From whence comes my help? Psa. 121:2, “My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. Psa. 124:8, “Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.”

Deut. 6:4, “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!”

1 Chron. 29:1, “Furthermore King David said to all the assembly: ‘My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is young and inexperienced; and the work is great, because the temple is not for man but for the LORD God.’ ”

Isa. 48:12, “Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called: I am He, I am the First, I am also the Last.

Isa. 48:13, “Indeed My hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand has stretched out the heavens; when I call to them, they stand up together.”

Isa. 48:14, “All of you, assemble yourselves, and hear! Who among them has declared these things? The LORD loves him; He shall do His pleasure on Babylon, and His arm shall be against the Chaldeans.

Isa. 48:15, “I, even I, have spoken; Yes, I have called him, I have brought him, and his way will prosper.”

Isa. 48:16, “Come near to Me, hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, I was there. And now the Lord GOD and His Spirit have sent Me.”

1 Cor. 8:6,

“There is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.”

John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.John 3:17, “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”

Gal. 4:4, “But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,”

John 1:3, “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.”

Col. 1:16, “For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.”

Col. 1:18, “And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.”

1 Cor. 11:3, “But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.”

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John 5:19, “Then Jesus answered and said to them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.’ ”

John 10:30, “I and My Father are one.”

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