The you that you were meant to be

Big Ideas

• Colossians 2:6-20
• The religious stuff is dumb.
• What you need is direct connection to God
• You need liberation from the powers around you pushing you to harm shalom
• This comes through union with Jesus. Through being made one with him, living in him as he lives in you
• The goal of the Christian life, full maturity, is dependence
• This is counter to what we tend to see as maturity, which is independence
• You can never be the person you’r meant to be without direct connection to Jesus
• He is reaching out right now, and wants to fill you with his fullness

Questions

• What religious rules have you felt shamed or guilted for breaking?
• What rules have you judged others for breaking?
• How did those rules fail to make you more loving?
• How did they fall short of making you more like you want to be?
• What would change if you could let go of religious rules?
• What would change if you could stop trying to impress people or earn God’s approval?
• What would change if Jesus really is reaching out, offering you union with him right now?
• What do you think about the idea that full maturity = full dependence?
• What would change if you pursued dependence more than independence?