New Testament in a Year – Colossians 2

Freedom From Human Regulations Through Life With Christ - Colossians 2:6-23

Understand It

• How did Paul tell the Colossians to continue in Christ? (2:6-7)
• What false teaching was Paul concerned about? (2:8)
• What did Paul affirm about Christ? How? (2:9-10)
• What did God give the Colossian believers? (2:10)
• Why do Gentile Christians have no need to conform to Jewish rules and regulations? (2:11-12)
• How did the Cross cancel the written code? (2:13-14)
• From what did Christ deliver us? How? (2:15-17)
• How did Paul encourage the Colossians to practice their freedom in Christ? (2:16)
• How did Christ fulfill what the Old Testament foreshadowed? (2:17)
• Whom did Paul accuse of trying to rob believers of their spiritual rewards? (2:18)
• What were the characteristics of the false teachers? (2:18-19)
• How did Paul challenge the legalism that had infected the church? (2:20-21)
• What are the failings of human commands and teachings? (2:20-23)

Apply It

• This week, how can you best exercise the freedom you have in Christ?
• How can you help a Christian friend get rid of his or her false ideas about Christ?