Died With Christ to the Hostile Powers: Colossians 2:20, presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma. We continue to study Paul's warnings about false teachers who wanted to make plunder of the Colossian Christians. This passage assumes that we have died with Christ and are therefore out of the control of the hostile, spiritual powers. (duration 00:39:12)

The Danger of Fleshly Piety: Colossians 2:18-19, presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma. We continue our discussion of Paul's warnings about the pernicious influence of folk religions in Asia Minor on the church. People had embraced the second stage of initiation into a visionary experience that claimed to give them special status... (duration 00:31:38)

Let No One Disqualify You: Colossians 2:18, presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma. False teachers wanted to disqualify ordinary Christians based on experiences and rules that were unique to those teachers. These supposed enlightened ones were telling Christians in Colossae that though they knew Christ, they lacked access to secrets... (duration 00:35:05)

True Sabbath Rest in Christ: Colossians 2:17, presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma. We see that even under the old covenant, God rebuked religious formalism We have no required holy days under the new covenant. There are important implications to the fact that Paul warned us to not allow ourselves to be judged by Sabbath laws. (duration 00:29:54)

Do Not Be Falsely Judged: Colossians 2:16, presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma. Paul issues a command to the church to not allow anyone to judge us in regard to religious matters to which Christ has not bound us. The man-made laws came from the hostile, spiritual powers. Law-givers portray themselves as pious... (duration 00:33:24)

Victory In Christ: Colossians 2:15b, presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma. Paul uses the image of a Roman triumphal procession to illustrate what Christ did to the defeated, hostile powers. He put them to open shame. His point is that we have victory over the spiritual forces of darkness in Christ... (duration 00:33:20)

Hostile Beings Stripped of Power: Colossians 2:15a, presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma. Satan attacks us by using the fact of our own sin to accuse us. But if we are in Christ, his attacks are powerless. The hostile powers were disarmed by the cross. Many Christians falsely believe that they can learn to manipulate the spirit world... (duration 00:32:37)

God Wipes Out Legal Debt: Colossians 2:14, presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma. Paul uses legal terms to describe the blotting out of a legal record. We were condemned by our own sin that transgressed God's law. All of this is about what God does for us, not what we think we will do for God... (duration 00:33:05)

Distortions of the Gospel: Galatians 1:7, presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma. We discuss the distortions of the gospel that happen when human traditions that are not valid implications or applications of Scripture are made binding on the church. We discuss Sabbath laws and true Sabbath rest. We also explain the dangers of pietism. (duration 00:54:21)

The Danger of Deserting the Gospel: Galatians 1:6, presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma. We discuss the allusion to the golden calf incident and the importance of understanding the distinction between the universal call of the gospel and the effectual, inner call that results in conversion. We discuss the gospel implications of Galatians 1:6. (duration 00:45:37)