Sermon Outline:
- Thankfully continue in Christ
- Do not be taken captive
- Anti-captivity armour
Family Discussion Questions:
- What can you say thank you to God for?
- What is special about Jesus that gives us reason to say thank you to him for saving us?
- Why should we not stop trusting in Jesus?
- Does God ever change?
- What does baptism mean?
- What did Jesus’ death do for us?
- What did Jesus’ resurrection from the dead do for us?
- How does thankfulness help us to persevere in Christ?
- Why is new teaching called captivity? Do we always think of it that way?
- How does remembering the fullness of Christ guard us from captivity?
- How does the true understanding of circumcision guard us from captivity?
- How does the true understanding of baptism guard us from captivity?
- What is meant by “philosophy and empty deceit”?
- What does “human tradition and elemental spirits of the world” mean?
- Explain the paradox of “walking” and being “rooted”