Gods Unshakable

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• Kingdom

The Comprehensive Plan
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Todays Objective

• To understand that the Kingdom of God is not a
  narrow, spiritual place, but a comprehensive
  reality that brings substantial healing to every
  aspect of our lives and every part of creation.

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Key Words

• Comprehensive
• This word describes something that is broad,
  all-inclusive, extensive, or complete.

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Key Words

• Redeem
• To save or rescue from captivity or bondage
  refers to the work of God through Christ to
  deliver creation from the bondage and penalties
  of sin.

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Key Words

• Sanctify
• To set apart for sacred use make holy growing
  in holiness and perfection, reflecting the image
  of Christ carried out by the Holy Spirit in the
  life of believers requiring them to apply Gods
  truth.
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Key Words

• Secular
• Things that are of this world and disconnected
  from the spiritual realm a notion rejected by
  the Bible all things have an ultimate origin and
  an ongoing connection to the spiritual realm.

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Key Words

• Substantial
• Something which is mostly finished, but not
  fully complete. The Kingdom of God brings
  significant yet not complete (substantial)
  healing to things broken by the Fall. It wont be
  finished until Jesus returns.

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Key Words

• Vision
• A future state that must be seen with the eyes
  of the mind before it becomes reality. The
  biblical concept of the Kingdom of God provides
  us with a vision of what the world could be like
  if it were healed from the effects of evil.

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Key Verses Colossians 115-18

• 15He is the image of the invisible God, the
  firstborn of all creation.
• 16For by him all things were created, in heaven
  and on earth, visible and invisible, whether
  thrones or dominions or rulers or authoritiesall
  things were created through him and for him.
• 17And he is before all things, and in him all
  things hold together.
• 18And he is the head of the body, the church. He
  is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,
  that in everything he might be preeminent.

ESV English Standard Version
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Key Verses Colossians 115-18

• 15 We look at this Son and see the God who cannot
  be seen. We look at this Son and see Gods
  original purpose in everything created.
• 16 For everything, absolutely everything, above
  and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank
  after rank of angelseverything got started in
  him and finds its purpose in him.
• 17 He was there before any of it came into
  existence and holds it all together right up to
  this moment.
• 18 And when it comes to the church, he organizes
  and holds it together, like a head does a body.
  He was supreme in the beginning andleading the
  resurrection paradehe is supreme in the end.
  From beginning to end hes there, towering far
  above everything, everyone.

MSG The Message
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Questions Colossians 115-18

• How does this passage describe Jesus?
• What was Jesus role in creation? What does this
  suggest about his authority?
• Can creation sustain an ongoing existence apart
  from God?
• What is Christs role in the Church?
• Over what does King Jesus have supremacy? What
  does this mean?

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More Key Verses

• Colossians 115-20
• Hebrews 11-3 28-9
• Matthew 2818.
• Romans 818-22

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Questions Colossians 115-18

• How many times do the words all and
  everything appear in these verses?
• In your own words, how does Christ relate to all
  things?
• Write down the similar ideas or statements from
  Colossians 115-20 and Hebrews 11-3 28-9. What
  do they say about Christ?
• Read Hebrews 28 and Matthew 2818. What is
  presently under Christs authority and subject to
  him? Does everything appear to be under Christs
  authority?

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Questions Colossians 115-18

• Four times in this passage, Paul describes
  something that is waiting for redemption. What is
  it? What does this reveal about the scope of
  Gods redemptive concern?
• In the past, what happened to creation?
• How is the present condition of creation
  described?
• What is the future hope of creation?
• Who are the sons of God referred to in verses
  19 and 21? What will happen to creation when the
  sons of God are revealed?

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The Fall

• People with God,
• People with themselves,
• People with their neighbors (other people), and
• People with the rest of creation.
• What evidence do you see of this brokenness in
  your own life, your family, your neighborhood and
  your community?

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The Kingdom of God

• Consider the four main relationships that were
  affected by the Fall. In what ways have you seen
  the Kingdom of God impact these areas and bring
  substantial healing in your own life, your
  family, your neighborhood and your community?

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The Secular and the Sacred?

• Do you tend to categorize your life as either
  spiritual or unspiritual? If so, focus on
  those areas or things that you tend to view as
  unspiritual. How might your behavior in these
  areas be affected if you were to see them as
  spiritual, and do it all in the name of the Lord
  Jesus?

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A Practical Response

• Keep an activities log
• What is secular and what is sacred?
• How can you do EVERYTHING with/for/to God?