He disarmed Principalities and Powers
Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. Colossians 2:15 (NKJV) Walking in victory over the devil, his demons and all
The old arrest warrant has been canceled
….that old arrest warrant canceled and nailed to Christ’s Cross. Colossians 2:14 (MSG) We were prisoners, prisoners to sin because of what Adam did but because God forgave us all
The slate has been wiped clean
…the slate wiped clean. Colossians 2:14 (MSG) God’s forgiving is wiping out. Jesus the Lamb of God took away our sins. They are not covered but washed away by His
Raised to a New Life
[Thus you were circumcised when] you were buried with Him in [your] baptism, in which you were also raised with Him [to a new life] through [your] faith in the
A Spiritual Circumcision
In Him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, but in a [spiritual] circumcision [performed by] Christ by stripping off the body of the flesh (the
You don’t need a telescope, a microscope, or a horoscope
Watch out for people who try to dazzle you with big words and intellectual double-talk. They want to drag you off into endless arguments that never amount to anything. They
Avoid being taken Captive
See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on
Rooted and Grounded in Christ
As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding
Are you on a Wild-goose Chase?
I want you woven into a tapestry of love, in touch with everything there is to know of God. Then you will have minds confident and at rest, focused on
Reconciled in Christ
For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth