The Battle Never Fought (Part 2)

Don Calvert ~ March 16, 2025
Colossians 2:8-15

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Position #1:

… we fight from Jesus’ position of

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, overcoming the evil one and his army by the

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of the Lamb.

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Position #2:

… we overcome the evil one by

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Jesus’ gospel with a lost and dying world, even if it means our

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.
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5th Way the Battle is Never Fought: They allowed philosophy, human wisdom, and tradition to captivate them, without considering its

was

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and was meant to

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.
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ἀπάτη apátē: To use deception, to

away from the

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.
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φιλοσοφία philosophía & παράδοσις parádosis: Philosophy and human wisdom (

), a belief

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handed down.
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στοιχεῖον (stoicheion): Supernatural

forces on earth

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humanity.
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5th Step in Winning:

what Paul reveals about Jesus, God and what we have been given, then

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this out loud when spiritual

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attacks come.
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πλήρωμα (fullness) plḗrōma:

quantity, completeness,

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measure.

Meaning of plḗrōma: “The sum total of all that

is; all of His being and attributes have been

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to

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.”
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6th Way the Battle is Never Fought: Ignoring or rejecting the spiritual

of

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… you fight to keep your

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nature.
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6th Step in Winning: Allow Jesus to circumcise the sinful nature of your heart by

_ His

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to be

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.
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Question: Can you be a part of God’s N.T. covenant if you have

having your sinful nature circumcised by Jesus by

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His command to be

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?
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7th Way the Battle is Never Fought:

and then

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over time the great lengths God has taken and

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to bring you to Himself.
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7th Step in Winning:

daily where we stand in Jesus, we share in His

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over Satan and his defeated demonic army, we are free from their

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.
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Implication #1: Identifying with Jesus,

comes only through

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, it’s a spiritual circumcision of your sinful nature completed by

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.
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Implication #2: When we hold onto our

in Christ Jesus, we are

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from the demonic

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of the evil one.
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