Colossians 2:15 Season 2, Episode 15 Authenticity in Jesus=Freedom

Ariel Funderburg’s Notes and writing from Sept 30, 2021 Online Live Episode

Colossians 2:15

Col 2:15 Aramaic in Plain English found at www.Biblehub.com, “And by putting off his body, he stripped the principalities and the powers and shamed them openly in His Essential Self”

Our authenticity will set us free!

Amplified Version, “When he had disarmed the rulers and authorities (those supernatural forces of evil operating against us) He made a public example of them (exhibiting them as captives in His triumphal procession) having triumphed over them through the cross.”

Lamsa Bible, “And by putting off his mortal body, he exposed the powers of evil, and through his person put them to shame.”

The weakness of the Law is that it has no power to get its commandments obeyed, but Christ puts His love in our hearts & so we pass from the dominion of an external commandment into the liberty of an inward spirit.

Hebrews 10:22, “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith.”

Our feelings can lie to us, our faith is based on God’s truth, not on our feelings, not on our obedience, or merit badges. Not on anything we can do for God. For if we could we would have no need for Christ’s Cross of Grace.

Micah 7:19 “You will again have compassion on us; You will tread our sins underfoot, and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the seas.”

Psalm 12:5 “Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again, my Savior and my God!”

Ephesians 2:19-22, “Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. 21In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.”

The human mind is the pinnacle of God’s creation. Our brain has the full capacity to know and experience God’s presence, yet very few people use it for it’s primary purpose….knowing Jesus intimately; seeking out a relationship with their Creator.

If I had remained in bondage, shame, guilt, & keeping track of my sins, I would not have experienced freedom to overcome them!

“HOPE Found in the Fountain of My Tears” by Ariel Funderburg

Know also that wisdom is like honey for you; if you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.-Proverbs 24:14
Dear hope where did you go...when I was lost in a sea of audible voices calling mommy only to realize I was alone in the room. Where were you when my heart aching begged please please don't go, please answer the phone! dear hope where did you go? I'm lost deep in this pit every time I try to quit...my brain screams you won't live without this clear drip. dear hope I need you where did you go? Where was hope when out of nowhere the aching inside swallowed me whole. Where was hope found, when staring at my children playing, shed light on just how numb my heart felt. Where did Hope go on the other end of the line, in my husbands distant, shut off, cold tone? One day in the middle of the As stadium, so high and buzzed I could not find my 13 year old son. Where was hope when I woke up enough to realize I had been replaced by my daughter in my husband‘s world? When I found a family text chain with sweet good mornings and have a great day’s between the three people I loved the most? Where was hope when my hope was all but lost?
For you alone, oh my soul wait in silence for my hope is from him. -Psalm 62:5
He brought us out... that he might bring us in.-Deuteronomy 6:23
Where was hope in the longings that nothing could fill, or in the evils to tearful to name? Crying out for hope steeped in criminals guilt, lying knee-deep in sorrow and shame. Facing dreary defeat, chained up in bondage clinging to alcohol‘s last call. Where was she (Hope) when I was spinning spinning spun, with crystal, my life all but undone? When the principalities of darkness danced on my powerlessness, and tugged at my still numb heart. The powers the world possessed, offering me what was left, my mind saying this is life or death you must give me the substance that is left. Where did you go hope when Crystal was all that was left? My sweater unraveled in the darkness I slept. The aching so great, it was too chilling to contemplate, for my hope was gone and my life whispered numbing nothings too loud too snuff out. I saw no joy, I felt no sorrow, there was no pain, and soon no tomorrow. My hope was gone, but thee hope still remained. The power of Hope’s cross, held my life’s secret victory! When all my hope was gone, his cross still reigned. Thee hope that brought me into the light of his love, where glory and honor shine from above. Hope for tomorrow in him, living peace, joy, and contentment within. Hope in his victory over deaths sting, breaking me out from the fleshly powers unseen. Hope found what I lost within, and brought me out of my life of sin. God‘s glory abounds in my Yesterdays past! all honor and praise to God the son! For bearing my cross, of all self deprecating’s sin. My hope is in Jesus, for I found the key, to all life’s little devils and empty seeking. God you are exceedingly good, your power remains so desperately cemented, your words are in me. Your goodness followed me all of my days, your favor poured out in the light of your grace. Thank you for my life in light of my past, thank you for bearing my cross, while gifting me my most precious mirror image gifts. You’ve saved me, you saved us, you saved a wretch like me. I’m ready to stop running, stop fighting, just stop, blistering my heels, while chasing my tail. I’m ready to live out your plan, instead of living in fright, flight, or flea mode. I’m ready to lean on your grace, while leaning into your sufficiency! I’m tired of being blinded by my glare, the illusion was broken in the mirror in which I stare! My True reflection is YOU it’s time to start living too mirror You! To live in the awareness of Christ, always present and near! The True Redeemer, the only One, the answer to my question, you are the Holy one. My Dear Hope! Running into your arms my fate is sealed, to now share the answer, with all the Dear Hope Letters. Surely your goodness is here in this room. Bring about change, to remove all life’s obstacles, bring the block of truth in which all others stand. Rain down grace sufficiently cloaked in your comfort, guided by your unconditional love. I will praise you in my weakness, I will sing to you in my pain, I will open to your love, even through all that’s vain. My heart weeps, but your love never wanes. My faith is built on my weeping and all of this pain. For without sweet Jesus there there is No reason for all thats gained. For when I suffer, I see your glorious face. When I am weak, you never claim blame. In all of my sadness, you never tire, for You collect each tear in your bottle and grab more for the next tearful tomorrow. I could say my sin is depleting, but it it just finds another form. But I know you will forever love me, so I need not worry, even if I sin once more. ​Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the worlds interest in me has also died. -Galatians 6:14​. Thy Grace has made us strong. Through grace you have given the victim a voice, turned a sinner into a saint, a cold stone killer into a love that bears all things. Brought the dark to light, a thief into your presence. The wronged into your throne room, the servant in to be served. The self righteous into righteous submission, the pride and prejudice to a screeching halt, while dropping the arrogant down one more fall! Blessed Redeemer, Living one. You make the mundane spring to life, the repetitious seem brand new. You bring a blessing from a curse, life from death. Beauty from an old rugged Cross. A symbol meant for death, a glaring stain on the worst of the worst. Yet Your death chosen in incomprehensible Love turns this symbol of the end into Hope for all eternity! A crown of thorns meant for humiliation, into a crown of righteousness meant for all of us. You turned the law into a promise that would save us from our sins. Our weakness into your strength, are backbreaking struggles in to a testimony of Your saving grace. Bondage into blessed favor, shackles into wings of an eagle. Four prison walls into the light at the end of our dark tunnel. Orphans into children chosen and deeply loved. Widows in to Your own bride. We were all born into slavery, but now we are all Gods children basking in the light of His glory and Heir to His wondrous throne!
The Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and storm.-Nahum 1:3
Though he were a Son yet he learned obedience by the things which he suffered.-Hebrew 5:8
He put to shame our shame. He took away the power. He shattered deaths door. There’s only the illusion left and satan likes to keep you on the whipping post.
When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.-Romans 5:6
CS Lewis wrote the real problem of the Christian life comes: The very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists simply in shoving them all back in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in.
Let us left our voices of hope in a God unseen. Let us utter your name Jesus Jesus Jesus... the power in your name whispers loudly hope is found in me. Maintain your focus on the Christ’s cross, and watch how easily you find your old life get nailed to it.
Because your loving kindness is better than life. My lips shall praise you. Thus I will bless you while I live; I will lift up my hands in your name. My soul shall be satisfied as with Morrow and fatness. And my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips. -Psalm 63:3-5
Thank you for the honor of serving you. I don’t deserve it but I can’t repeal it. Thank you for choosing me, protecting me, and guiding me while I was still lost. Thank you for all your chosen yet still lost children. Let me be a mouthpiece for the outpouring of your love. Great is your faithfulness, and faithfully will I serve. Thank you for hope, for all those lost who don’t know yet they need to be found. On bended knee I bow.
He breathed life into man. So who else should we open? Genesis 2:7