PAUL’S TEACHING TO THE CHURCHES
USING COLOSSIANS AS AN OUTLINE
LESSON 11
And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
References: Colossians 1:21-22; Ephesians 2:1-7; Isaiah 59:1-2; Romans 1:20-32, 6:5-10, 7:20-25; James 1:12-15; I Corinthians 15:45-57
Choose the Best Answer
1. The Colossians alienated themselves from God:
A. because they were Gentiles and didn't have the law.
B. because they sinned.
C. because they never knew God.
D. none of the above
2. The sins of the Colossians were due to:
A. them not knowing the laws of God.
B. their yielding to their own lusts.
C. their rebellion because they were enemies.
D. all of the above
E. none of the above
3 . The Colossians were enemies because:
A. God wanted them to be.
B. The Israelites always fought against them.
C. they followed their own thoughts and actions.
D. none of the above
4. Consider the phrase "in your mind" and choose from the following
A. While the Colossians were alienated and enemies in their mind,
their mind, according to Romans 7, could also bring them to overcome their
wicked desires.
B. Those wicked works came not from God but by their own will according to
James 1.
C. The Gentiles at Colossee could have known about God but did not consider
him according to Romans 1.
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
5. Although the Colossians were enemies Christ reconciled them to himself
A. because the Colossians had been baptized.
B. by giving life to those dead in sin.
C. but, to be reconciled, the Colossians had to change their own nature.
D. all of the above
E. none of the above
6. Jesus died and:
A. gave the life of his fleshly body but yet was raised up
B. since flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, we see in Christ
the power of God to overcome the limitations of a physical existence.
C. suffered pain just as we would if we died a similar death.
D. all of the above
7. The reconciliation of the Gentiles was:
A. because Christ lived and committed no sin.
B. because Christ lived in the flesh.
C. because Christ lived in the flesh, died a physical death and was
resurrected to be Lord and high priest.
D. none of the above express the reconciliation process adequately
enough.
Answer in a few words
8. To whom or what were the Colossians enemies?
9. Who were the sons of disobedience? Ephesians 2:2
10. Explain the process found in Romans 1 for leaving God. Does this happen to every generation? Does the process take more than a generation?
11. What does it mean to walk according to the spirit and not according to the flesh?
12. Is the "image of the man of dust" sin? Explain our role as a man of dust."
14. Why do we sin?