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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Jim
& Marie Watt</b></p>
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22 - COLOSSIANS 2:6-3:4 - PRE-EMINENT CHRIST: REASON FOR THIS</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>1.
2:6-7 (NNT) CHRIST: AS RECEIVED, SO TO BE WALKED IN! <font size="3">“As
therefore you received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in him, </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">7
</font><font size="3">rooted and built up in him, and established in
the faith, even as you were taught, abounding therein in
thanksgiving.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
You</span><span style="font-weight:normal">r</span><span style="font-weight:normal">
Kingdom in Christ is Righteousness, and Peace, and Joy in the Holy
Spirit! We love Your Kingdom! </span><b><i>Hallowed be your :name!</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>2.
2:8-10 (2:8-12) CHRIST: NOT TO BE WATERED DOWN BY PHILOSOPHY.
<font size="3">“Look out, lest any shall be that makes spoil of you
through the philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of :men,
after the elements of the world, and not after Christ: </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">9
</font><font size="3">for in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead
bodily, </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">10 </font><font size="3">and
in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and
power.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">True bread is
in Christ, </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">not</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
a gospel of mixture. We choose the pure word of Christ: we trust You,
Father! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:kingdom come!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">3.
2:13-15. CHRIST’S CROSS: AN EXTRAORDINARY FREEING. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">And
you, being dead by the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your
:flesh, you did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us
all :trespasses; </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">14
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">having
blotted out the handwriting against us, in :ordinances, which was
contrary to us: and he has taken it out of the midst, nailing it to
the cross; </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">15
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">having
despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them
openly, triumphing over them in it.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Having
done all this in Christ, Father - </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">how
much more</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
will you </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">continue</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
to do for us! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
2:16-17. CHRIST’S BODY: FREES US FROM SYMBOLS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Let
no one therefore judge you in meat, and in drink, or in respect of a
feast day or new moon or sabbaths: </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">17
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">which
are a shadow of the </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">things</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
to come: but the body is the Christ’s.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
forgive us the sin of putting man’s traditions ahead of the pure
word of Christ. In contrition of heart we repent of this sin, and
resist those who judge our freedom! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
2:18-19. CHRIST: TO BE ADHERED TO ABOVE ANGELS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Let
no one rob you of a prize by voluntary humility and worship of the
angels, dwelling in what </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">things</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
he has seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his :flesh </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">19
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">and
not holding to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and
knit together through the joints and bands, increases</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">
with</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
the increase of :God.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Angels
would not let the Apostle John worship them! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
forgive us our :debts, as we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
2:20 (2:20-23) CHRIST’S DEATH: FREES US FROM OUTWARD ORDINANCES!
</span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“If you
died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though
living in </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
world, do you submit to ordinances?” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
are free in Christ from man’s traditions! Father, we fear You and
Your Word more than the fear of man! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
</span></i><i><span style="text-decoration:none">bring us not into
temptation.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
3:1-4. CHRIST’S RESURRECTION: ELEVATES US THROUGH IDENTIFICATION.
</span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“If then
you were raised together with the Christ, seek the </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">things</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
above, where the Christ is, seated at God’s right. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">2
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Set
your mind on the </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">things</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
above, not on th</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">os</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">e
upon the earth. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">3
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">For
you died, and your :life is hid with the Christ in :God. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">4
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">When
the Christ, our :life, shall be manifested, then shall you also with
him be manifested in glory.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Hallelujah!
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But deliver
us from the evil </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
2:11-12 (2:8-12) CHRIST: THE CIRCUMCISER IN HEART! </b></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“In
whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with
hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the
circumcision of the Christ; </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">12
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">having
been buried with him in :baptism, wherein you were also raised with
</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">him</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
through the faith of the working of :God, who raised him from </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
dead.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
deep on our hearts, </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">write
this</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">C.H.
Spurgeon Quotes: “Grow in Grace but never more pardoned” - </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
shall grow in grace, but we shall never be more completely pardoned
than when we first believed: we shall one day stand before the
glorious presence of God in his own sacred courts, and see the
well-beloved and wear his likeness, but we shall not even then be
more perfectly forgiven than we are at this present moment.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
Psalm for the Day: </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">82:6-7
(82, ESV) </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">RESCUE
THE WEAK AND NEEDY. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">I
said, “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">7
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">nevertheless,
like men you shall die, and fall like any prince.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">O
Father, You have made us in Your image, sons of God, but we are not
yet perfected in this mortal body. But when this mortal puts on
immortality, in our resurrection and glorified bodies, we shall
</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">indeed
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">hallow your
:name!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Title
and Subject: “A Psalm of Asaph.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
poet of the Temple here acts as a preacher to the court and to the
magistracy. Men who do one thing well are generally equal to another;
he who writes good verse is not unlikely to be able to preach. What
preaching it would have been had Milton entered the pulpit, or had
Virgil been an apostle!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">82:4.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Deliver the
poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">It
is a brave thing when a judge can liberate a victim like a fly from
the spider’s web, and a horrible case when magistrate and plunderer
are in league. Law has too often been an instrument for vengeance in
the the hand of unscrupulous men, an instrument as deadly as poison
or the dagger. It is for the judge to prevent such villainy.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">82:7.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But you
shall die like men. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">What
sarcasm it seems! Great as the office made the men, they were still
but men, and must die. To every judge this verse is a memento mori!
He must leave the bench to stand at the the bar and on the way must
put off the ermine to put on the shroud. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
fall like one of the princes. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">How
quickly death unrobes the great. What a leveler he is. He is no
advocate for liberty, but in promoting equality and fraternity, he is
a masterly democrat. Great men die as common men do. As their blood
is the same, so the stroke which lets out their life produces the
same pains and throes. No places are too high for death’s arrows:
he brings down his birds from the tallest trees. It is time that all
men considered this. </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">(From
“The Treasury of David” by C.S. Spurgeon, abridged by D.O.
Fuller)</span></b></font></font></p>
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