B) THE TRUE OF CHRIST. 2:8-15 1. The Believer’ s Position in Christ Vs. Human Philosophy. 2:8-10 2. The Believer’ s spiritual Raising Vs. spiritual Death. 2:11-15 1. The Believer’ s Position in Christ Vs. Human Philosophy. 2:8-10 V.8 a) Breaking down, Beware - The Principles of the world. I. Beware is to be aware and watchful. Acts 20:29-31; Phil.3:2; 2.Tim.4:3-4 II. Philosophy is man’ s reach for God and explanation of God and the universe. 1. It’ s an empty search and deceitful. (Study the 84 questions of God to Job) Job Ch.38-42 2. Evolution and much science today is a kind of philosophy. It’ s based upon theories and not facts of scientific proof. III. Philosophy is according to the tradition of man and not the doctrine of God. IV. Philosophy is according to the basic principles of the world and has no revelation from God. It’ s like leaving the wisdom of God for kindergarten teaching, the fullness of God for emptiness. V.9 b) Blueprint, Bodily fullness - The Principal One Filled. I. Christ is the blueprint of the universe, it was created by Him, through Him, for Him and in Him. Col.1:16-17 II. The fullness of the Godhead (Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent, Omnificent “ Creator of all” , Omnicompetent “ Can deal with all matters” , Majesty, Glory, Eternity, Perfection) dwells in Jesus physical body. 1. He is God with capital letter. John 1:1 ; 20:28; 1.John 5:20; Rom.9:5; Is.9:6; 1.Tim.3:16; Heb.1:8-9; Phil.2:5-7 2. He is Eternal. Rom.9:5; 1.John 1:1-3,5:20 3. He is Omnificent. Col.1:15-18; Heb.1:2 4. He is Omnipresent. Eph.4:10; John 14:23; Mat.18:20 5. He is Omniscient. Eph.1:3-5; Col.2:3 6. He is Omnipotent. Heb.1:1-3; Col.2:9-10; Eph.1:20-23 7. He is Perfect. Heb.13:8 8. His Majesty. 2.Peter 1:16; Matt.17:2 9. His Glory. John 2:11; 17:5; Heb.1:3; 1.Cor.2:8, 11:7 10. He receives Divine worship. John 5:23; Rev.5:8-14; Mat.28:17; Luke 24:52 III. Some call Him man, some God, but Scripture calls Him the God-Man. V.10 c) Build in, Boundary - The Principality and Power. I. Christ’ s perfect holiness is ours, His life is ours, all saints are in Him and found by God only in Him. Phil.3:9; 1.Cor.1:30; Col.1:27 II. In the physical birth, the child is born with a Divinely graced personality, gifts, intelligence and a human appearance. In the spiritual birth, the spiritual child is born with Christ holy nature, His mind, righteousness, holiness, with new gifts and hunger. III. Like a child the new life has to be developed by: 1. Worship - Wholehearted and Well-affected in Worship. (Devotion) 2. Will - To be Well-meaning and Well-chosen. (Delight) 3. Work - The Way of Welfare. (Development) 4. Walk - Worthy Watchful Walk. (Direction) 5. Wisdom - Well-read, Well-informed, Well-grounded, Well-balanced in the Word and Wholesome in Walk and in Work. (Doctrinal Doings) 6. Withdrawal - From Worthless Wickedness of Worldliness. (Desert) 7. Withstanding - The Wiles of the Wicked one. (Determination) IV. Christ is not only head of the Church 1:18 but also over all authority. 1:16 Eph.1:20-22 2. The Believer’ s spiritual Raising Vs. spiritual Death. 2:11-15 Christ victory is seen through: 1. Spiritual circumcision, He cleansed us. v.11 2. Spiritual resurrection. He baptized and raised us. v.12 3. Sins Forgiveness. He forgave and accepted us. v.13-14 4. Spiritual disarming. He conquered and made a show. v.15 V.11 a) Delete - The Putting off the body of the sins. Circumcision is the removing of the flesh, its God deleting the old man. V.12 b) Descend to Ascend - The Power of God raised Jesus and the saints. The old man was buried in Christ and raised in Christ to a new life. Rom.6:1-11 V.13 c) Degeneration to Regeneration - Pardoned and alive in Christ. I. The old man Degenerated to Death because of sin and the new man was Raised by Regeneration. II. It happened through the Forgiveness of our Faults, Foolishness, Futility, Forbidden Footloose (Trespassing), Failure, Falsehood, Filthy and Fleshly, Foul, Faithless, Fall. II. The cleansing effect of the blood of Jesus we see in that it causes all our trespasses to be forgiven and even can cleanse our conscience. Heb.9:14 V.14 d) Destruction - The Prescript of Penalty Pierced through Christ Palm. It was Gods own hand that wrote the requirement that was against man and condemned man, the same hand also nailed them through His own hand to the cross and thereby destroyed it. Rom.7:1-6; 10:4; Gal. 2:19; 3:19, 23-25; 4:4-5; Heb.7:12; Luke 16:16 V.15 e) Disarmed - The Public spectacle. I. Jesus disarmed the law (The condemnation that the law bring) but He also disarmed the condemning evil spirits through the cross. Heb.2:14-15 II. In the Roman world, a triumphant general leading a parade of victory after a victorious battle, had the prisoner chained behind him while the citizens applauded him. What the Devil and demons saw as Christ's defeat (the cross), Paul represents here as Christ's chariot of victory.