May 24, Col 1:21 Bible Study Notes
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This blog is used to share some of our notes from each day’s journaling while we were in Bible study with The Holy Spirit. At the bottom of each blog page, you’ll see which Bible we used and additional resources that may have informed our thinking and learning. We are curious and humble #Biblenerds. Each day we GET TO use the Word of God to learn more about His never-changing character, how much Jesus loves us and how The Holy Spirit guides us through a heart transformation one verse at a time. The Bible reads us just as much as we read It.
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In His Love,
Joy Lee & Tara Ouellette
Joy’s Notes:
Col 1:21
“Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.”
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Alienation: “experiencing or inducing feelings of isolation or estrangement.”
♥️JESSE ELEVATOR
STORY
• I was alienated from God in MY MIND— but NOT GODS!
Romans 8:35-39
“Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”[a]) 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[b] neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
• Rom 5:8 “But God demonstrates his own love for us (me) in this: While we (I was) were still sinners, Christ died for us (me.”)
• God doesn’t Separate & alienate— we do!
(Sin DOES grieve the heart of God... & that’s exactly why He sent His son to resolve the issue!)
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Adam & Eve:
Tactics of Satan
1. MANIPULATION
2. DECEPTION
3. GAS LIGHTING
(satan‘s triple threat)
GOD SAID:
👉Gen 2:16:
“The Lord God warned Adam, you may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden, except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil...”
SATAN SAID:
👉Gen 3:1
“The serpent was the craftiest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made.
One day he asked the woman, (👉EXPLAIN WHY SATAN ASKED THE WOMAN & NOT THE MAN!)
“Did God really say you must not eat fruit from ANY of the trees in the garden?”
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⁃ manipulation
⁃ deception
⁃ gaslighting
Gaslighting Def: “Gaslighting is a slow form of brainwashing that makes a person question their reality.”
“— It’s a technique used to manipulate and distort”
• Satan knew this form of gaslighting, manipulation, deception would cause her to begin dialoguing with him: to defend truth of what God said. 👉& NO LONGER DIALOGUING WITH GOD!!!!
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⁃ 5 Phrases to stop gaslighting from Satan & unhealthy people: (that would of changed EVERYTHING for Eve)
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• 1. “We remember things differently.”
• 2. “If you continue to speak to me like this I’m not engaging.”
• 3. “I hear you and that isn’t my experience.”
• 4. “I am walking away from this conversation.”
• 5. “I am not interested in debating with you.”
• 6. “I will speak to you about [A+B] (how amazing my God is thru scripture). I’m not willing to speak to you about [C] (how “bad” I am!)
S H A M E:
👉Gen 3:7-8
“At that moment their eyes were open, and they suddenly felt SHAME at their nakedness.
So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves. (SELF-PROTECTION) When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the Lord walking about in the garden. So they HID from God among the trees.”
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falling for Satan‘s manipulation brought immediate=
1. SHAME (identity warping EmotioN
2. SELF-PROTECTION (leaves)
3. HIDING
👉Gen 3:10
“He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I HID. I was AFRAID because I was naked. “
SIN ➡️FEAR ➡️ SHAME
• SHAME: Identity driven (I AM wrong)
• GUILTY : Action driven (I DID something wrong)
• SHAME: self-focused
• The REMEDY: God-focused
Shame based thinking makes me vulnerable to:
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1. Perfectionism (we cover Shame with “Look how good I did, look, am,etc— w/ a perfect performance & TO PROVE MY WORTH (Jamie= success)
2. Hyper-Critical of self (which drives us to be critical of others!) 👉The most critical people, are dealing with the most shame! 👉”Shamed people shame people “
3. Self-defeating thoughts to shield myself from disappointments. 👉(self sabotaging our opportunities and relationships in order to avoid possible pain) 👉EXAMPLE: “ they’re only going to reject me, so why bother?”
C L E A N S I N G
B L O O D :
👉GEN 3:21
“The animal garments clothed their nakedness.”’
+ First BLOOD animal sacrifice is made for sin! (Faith’s msg)
+ Jesus’ blood sacrifice clothes my SIN & shame!
Podcast from Craig Groeschel on “Healing from Shame-Deep Clean Part 1”
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/life-church-with-craig-groeschel/id73802266?i=1000515693779
Tara’s Notes:
18 Christ head of the church
He is the first in EVERYTHING
19 For God, in His fullness
Was pleased to live in Christ
20 and by Him RECONCILED
EVERYTHING to Himself
He made peace w/EVERYTHING
In heaven and on earth
By means of His blood on the cross
21 This includes you
Who were once so far away
From God
You were his enemies, separated from Him
By your evil thoughts and actions (in your mind)
Jesus reconciled ALL THINGS to himself:
1) All THINGS – still future
2) ALL PERSONS – past for all who believe in Christ
RECONCILED – to restore to a right relationship or standard or to make peace where there was enmity/opposition/hostility.
‘bring back together’
Remember: Sin = missing the mark
Jesus is God, God is Jesus and EVERYTHING has been RECONCILED to Him, through Him, for Him
EVERYTHING! Every: person, place and thing (living and non-living)
This is for EVERYONE, but it is our choice to accept this.
The only people who are excluded from this RECONCILED life are those who have chosen to NOT return back to Jesus. So Satan is excluded, fallen angels are excluded, the unbelieving human is excluded.
Joy & Tara’s Primary Source: The Holy Spirit
Secondary Source: Holy Bible, New Living Translation. Tyndale, 1996, 2004, 2015