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Study Questions - Life Study of Colossians


  1. What is the way for Christ to be all and in all in the new man? How can this take place when we are on earth while Chirst is in the heavens?

  2. What is the relationship between the churches on earth and the throne of God in the heavens?


  1. What are the elements of the world? How can we be practically delivered from them?

  2. What is the significance of "the things which are above"?


  1. What does it mean to hold Christ as the Head in the context of Colossians 2? How is this related to our relationship with the church?

  2. What are the three things included in holding Christ as the Head?


  1. What is the prize mentioned in Colossians 2:18?

  2. How can we enjoy Christ in a practical way in our daily living according to Colossians 2:16-17?


  1. What is the difference between "in Christ" and "according to Christ"?

  2. How can we practically being according to Christ in our daily life?


  1. What are the elements contained in Christ as the soil describned by Colossians 2?

  2. Why is it important to take time to absorb the Lord?


  1. What is the relationship between being rooted in Christ, growing in Christ and being built up in Christ ?

  2. In what way God gives us growth? How can this be practically realized?


  1. In what part of our being have we been planted into Christ?

  2. How is being built in Christ mentioned in Colossians 2:7 different from the building with the saints mentioned in Ephesians 4:16?


  1. How can we see Christ being replaced in the book of 1 Corinthians, Galatians and Colossians?

  2. What is the unique sin of unbelievers? And what is the unique sin of believers?


  1. What does it mean to deny the self? How is this related to having a vision of the extensiveness of Christ?

  2. What does it mean to be full grown in Christ?


  1. How can we receive more Christ into us?

  2. What is the proper way to pray? How can we experience Christ in His fullness?


  1. How can we grow up in Christ?

  2. How can we become more deeply rooted into the processed Triune God? How is this related to our being built up in Christ?


  1. What are the two conditions that need to be fulfilled for us to walk in Christ? What does it mean to walk in Christ?

  2. How can we be deeply rooted in Christ so we can truly walk in Christ?


  1. How can we see the extensiveness of the all inclusive Christ in Colossians? Why is such a Christ revealed in this book?

  2. How can our refraining from doing a certain thing be living by culture? How should it be related to living Christ?


  1. How can we be rooted in Chirst yet at the same time walk in Christ?

  2. What is the growth of God? How is this growth related to our walking in Christ?


  1. What is the significance of being baptized into the name of the Triune God in Matthew 28:19?

  2. What is the relationship between baptism and grafting into Christ and growth in life?


  1. How is it possible for Christ to be subjective to us in our experience?

  2. How can we experience "let no one judge you" in Colossians 2:16?


  1. What should be the reason that we do or refrain from doing certain things such as going to moives?

  2. What is the relationship between culture and opinions?


  1. How is culture related to philosophy, tradition, elements of the world, lowliness, angel worship, and ordinances in Colossians In 2:8, 18, and 20?

  2. What is the crucial point in dealing with culture?


  1. How can we live Christ and be freed from culture?

  2. What should be our unique goal?


  1. What is God's intention for us in relation to Christ?

  2. what does it mean for Christ to live in us experientially?


  1. What does it mean to live according to self-made culture?

  2. How can we be delivered from self-made or inherited culture?


  1. What is the main point when we speak on Christ replacing culture? How can Christ replace our culture?

  2. How is persevering in prayer related to living Christ in practical daily affairs?


  1. What is Paul's desire for the saints conveyed in the phrase "according to Christ" in Colossians 2:8?

  2. What is an example of applying Christ being the reality of all positive things to our daily life?


  1. What is the significance of Christ being the image of God, the firstborn of all creation?

  2. How should Christ being the firstborn of both the old and new creation impact our daily living?


  1. What is the frustration that defrauds us of our enjoyment of Christ shown in Colossians? How can we be delivered from this frustration?

  2. Why is it difficult to pray genuine prayers? How is genuine prayer related to living Christ?


  1. What is the completion of the word of God in our experience? Why is it so crucial for the word of God to be completed in us?

  2. What is the difference between living Christ and acesticim?


  1. Why is the concluding word of Colossians significant?

  2. How can we see Paul's consciousness of the one new man? What lessons can we learn from this?


  1. How can we persevere in prayer when we don't have any burden to pray?

  2. How can we redeem our time in our daily living?


  1. What is the peace of Christ in Colossians 3:15? What does it mean to let this peace arbitrate in our hearts?

  2. What does it mean to let the word of Christ dwell in us richly?


  1. What is the significance of the new man being renewed unto the full knowledge of Christ?

  2. Why should we regard ourselves as nobodies in the church as the new man?


  1. How can we apply the death of Christ?

  2. What is the significance of the life we have with Christ being hidden?


  1. What is the one person and the one way in God's economy?

  2. How is the application of the cross crucial in our experinece in the church life?


  1. How can we see from Colossians 1 and 2 that Christ truly is all and in all?

  2. How can the believers be defrauded by self-chosen lowliness?


  1. What is the respective significance of the seventh day and eighth day?

  2. How can we see that Christ is the reality of all positive things from Colossians 2?


  1. What are the three things involved in the economy of God's salvation?

  2. How can we see that both the law and the angels are ruled out in the realm of the economy of God's salvation?


  1. What is the significance of Christ being the Head of all rule and authority?

  2. What is the circumcision made without hands mentioned in Colossians 2?


  1. What are the three stages of enjoyment of Christ? How is this related to the tabernacle and temple church life?

  2. How can we not be deluded and carried off from Christ?


  1. How can we see that the goodland is a type of the all-inclusive Christ?

  2. How can we walk in this all-inclusive Christ?


  1. Why is it important for us to see Christ is the only soil we should be rooted in?

  2. What is the relationship between our being established in the fatih and our abounding in thanksgiving?


  1. What is the significance of having the riches of the full assurance of understanding? How can we have this in our experience?

  2. What is the significance of all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge being hidden in Christ?


  1. What is the way for us to present every man full grown in Christ?

  2. What is the relationship between the comforting of the heart and the full knowledge of the mystery of God?


  1. How can we infuse Christ into others when we contact them?

  2. Why is it crucial to to have the practical church life?


  1. What is included in "all the fullness" mentioend in Colossinas 1:19?

  2. What are the different aspects of Chirst mentioned in this message?


  1. What is the significance of the phrase "to the saints" in Colossians 1:26?

  2. What is the goal of Paul's ministry revealed in Colossians 1:28?


  1. Why is it important for us to realize Chirst being the life-giving Spirit?

  2. What is our burden and goal in the Lord's recovery in relation to the divine revelation?


  1. What are the two kinds of sufferings of Christ?

  2. What is the goal of our christian work?


  1. What is the relationship between stewardship, God's riches, and His dispensing?

  2. What does it mean to complete the word of God in our experience?


  1. How is creation subjectively related to Christ?

  2. How does Christ express God?


  1. What is the significance of two births of Christ?

  2. What does it mean for Christ to be first?


  1. What is the proper understanding of Colossians 1:20?

  2. What is the significance of Christ being the firstborn of all creation?


  1. What is light and where can we find experience this light?

  2. How is the light related to our enjoyment of Christ in our experience?


  1. How can we see from Colossians that Christ is the reality of both the seed and the land promised to Abraham?

  2. What is the significance of the children of Israel being delivered out of egypt in relation to the book of Colossians?


  1. What is to be under the authority of darkness experientially?

  2. How can we see Christ being the preeminent and all-inclusive One?


  1. What does it mean to be under the authority of darkness according to the whole book of Colossians?

  2. How can we be practically be in the kingdom of the Son of God's love?


  1. What is the meaning of the will of God mentioned in Colossians 1:9?

  2. How did the Father qualify us for a share of Christ revealed in Colossians 1:13?



  1. What is the hope laid up for us in the heavens according to Colossians 1? How is laying of this hope related to faith and love?

  2. What is the significance of knowing grace in truth?



  1. What is the background of the book of Colossians? How it is related to our experience in the church life today?

  2. What books of the Bible compose the heart of the Bible? How can we see the subject of these books is Christ and the church?


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