THE CHRIST OF COLOSSIANS, Part 4

Sermon Series by Rev. Richard Jones

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THE CHRIST OF COLOSSIANS

Part 4

 

“Treasures in Him”

Colossians 2: 8-15

 

COMPLETE IN HIM

Colossians 2:8-10 (ESV)
8  See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
9  For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,
10  and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.

2 Peter 1:3 (ESV)
3  His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,

 

CIRCUMCISED IN HIM

Colossians 2:11 (ESV)
11  In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,

Romans 6:6 (ESV)
6  We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

 

ALIVE IN HIM

Colossians 2:12-13 (ESV)
12  having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
13  And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

Ephesians 2:1-7 (ESV)
1  And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
2  in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience””
3  among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
4  But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,
5  even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ””by grace you have been saved””
6  and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7  so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

 

FORGIVEN IN HIM

Colossians 2:14 (ESV)
14  by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.

Romans 7:6 (ESV)
6  But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.

 

VICTORIOUS IN HIM

Colossians 2:15 (ESV)
15  He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.

 

 

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