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Marching Together Colossians 2:8-10

Small Group Questions

What traditions have you put before God? What traditions has your family put before God? Do you have someone that will correct you if your values become "off".

How are you guarding yourself from the "nonsense" of man? Must you do things YOUR way? Are you fighting your battles alone? Are you willing to March Together even when you disagree or it's weird? Are you willing to March together on social media?

Is your walk with Christ part of a philosophy or is it a lifestyle? Give an example of Christ being a philosophy or a lifestyle in your life.

Additional Homework: Talk to someone this week not from church or your family and ask them what they see when they look at the way you live.

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Paul is telling the Colossian church not to be deceived – Deceived by Philosophy and deceits according to the tradition of menThese deceits or misrepresentation of the truth were aimed at corrupting the core believe of ChristianityTo erode the Truth and replace it with the basic principles of the world and not according to Christ -– fill in the gap –That no one carries you off as spoils – Diminish or destroy the value- your valuePlain nonsense – that are man madeFollowing the elementary teaching of the worldWe have to be careful that we do not put our traditions before God. We are Christians firstMatthew 15:2 -Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, 2 “Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.” He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?There is nothing wrong with Philosophy – the issue comes in when we are not truly planted in Christ that we end up swaying in any direction that the wind blows.Philosophies outside of Christ, leads you to slaveryDon’t let anyone capture you with empty Philosophy and high-sounding nonsense that comes from human thinkingSimple Gospel – don’t complicate it – Jesus crucified and His blood set us free

I Timothy 6:20 - O Timothy! Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledgePaul in writing to Timothy and though he trusts him, he is challenging Timothy to distinguish between what comes from God and that which is from manWhat are some of the basic principles of the world were they being warned about?God was a pure spirit and could not come close to human beings, they promoted the use of mediumsBelieved that the story of creation found in the Bible was a lie and that God wasn't actually the one responsible for the creation of our world, at least not directly - Possession of knowledge was the way of SalvationBody of Christ was material and not Spiritual. They ignored the responsibilities done by the body- leading to immoral lifeUnfortunately, we can see most of this, if not all in our current culturePeople have become lovers of themselves -giving ear to new doctrines that are of the worldLooking at the next Church experienceNeglected the command of God and holding on to the tradition on manMark 7:7-10 – We wash the cup on the outside but refuse the power of Christ to transform us on the insideWhat does the world see and what do you see? What does the World seek and what do you seek?Is your walk with Christ part of a philosophy or is it a lifestyle?Vs 2-3 – Understand the mysterious plan, which is Christ himself,