observation Colossians 2;12-17

Who-Paul, Christ

 

What-He made you alive

 

When- when you were dead in your transgressions

      When He had disarmed the rulers

 

Repeated words(Him)5, (He)3

 

S-structure

  He made you alive-subject/verb

  Letter-writing style

A-Thanksgiving

 

L-letter

 

t-terms

 

baptism-to be undergone by believers, thus witnessing to their identification with Him(Christ) in death, burial, and resurrection

 

certificate of debt-that which is owed, certificate denotes a formal document/contractual

 

substances-the real nature of that to which reference is made in contrast to the outward

manifestation-speaks of divine essence

 

decrees-an opinion expressed with authority, a doctrine, ordinance

 

shadow-copy, likeness, image of shadow(protection)

 

disarmed-to deprive of the means of attack or defense: The lack of logic disarmed his argument.

to deprive of a weapon or weapons.

 

I like that definition of disarm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeremiah 29:13

You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.