Colossians 2:1-23 Questions by Stephen Ricker
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Christ's Deity
Questions for Study 2

Colossians 2:1-23
Key Verse: 9

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I. All the Treasures (1-5)

1. How might we be included in Paul's ministry which he struggled so hard for? What can we learn from this about our ministry? Why did Paul struggle? How is Christ the mystery of God?

2. Why is Bible study so important? (4-5)

II. In Christ all the Fullness of the Deity Lives in Bodily Form (6-15)

3. After Jesus is our personal Lord what are we to do? How?

4. How can we be taken captive? (8) How is Christ opposite to this?

5. How is Jesus' deity proclaimed in verse 9? What does verse 10 mean to us?

6. How are we circumcised? How does our circumcision lead to new life?

7. What were we like before we were alive with Christ? How did Jesus change that? In Christ's body what did God nail to the cross?

8. How did Jesus disarm the power and authorities? What are these powers and authorities?

III. The Reality is Found in Christ (16-23)

9. What are some of the things that people were using as evidence against the Colosse believers? Describe each one. What was the point of these things? (17) How does this explain their decreased importance now?

10. What are the rules of the world? Why will they perish? Why are they worthless? What do they do to the body? How then should we live?