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Colossians 2:13-15Colossians 2:13-15

Our identity apart from Christ

•And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh (v.13a)

•Condemned in our trespasses•Taking what doesn’t belong

to you will condemn you!

Our identity apart from Christ

•And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh (v.13a)

•Stripped of our sinful impulses - that is what the uncircumcision of your flesh means.

Our identity with Christ

You who were dead…God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross (vv.13b-14)

Our identity with Christ

•We are made alive!•There was a record of our sins

and the record condemned us.

• record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands

Our identity with Christ

•Forgiveness of the debt brings life.God made alive…, having forgiven us all our trespasses

Our identity with Christ

•Our record of sin was canceled•God made alive… having

forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross

Our identity with Christ

•You can’t be dead and with Christ – the condemnation that was your death has been “rubbed” out!

Our completeness is based on Christ

•He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. (v.15)

•Everything and anything that hinders our being made alive with Christ has been taken out of the way and destroyed.

Our completeness is based on Christ

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. (Col. 1:16)

Our completeness is based on Christ

and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. (Col. 1:10)

Our completeness is based on Christ

and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. (Col. 2:20)

Bottom Line:

•Christ death is necessary for removing our death and He is adequate for every thirst of our soul!

Put in a snapshot of your most haunting sin.

•Believe today that the powerful God can make you alive with Christ!

•“they went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab and lodged there.(Joshua 2:1)

Put in a snapshot of your most haunting sin.

•Believe today that the powerful God can make you alive with Christ!she came up to them on the roof  and said to the men, “I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.

Put in a snapshot of your most haunting sin.

•Believe today that the powerful God can make you alive with Christ!For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the

Put in a snapshot of your most haunting sin.

•Believe today that the powerful God can make you alive with Christ!two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you devoted to destruction.  

Put in a snapshot of your most haunting sin.

•Believe today that the powerful God can make you alive with Christ!And as soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no spirit left in any man because of you, for the Lord your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath. (Joshua 2:8-11 ESV)

Put in a snapshot of your deepest hurt.

So hard to show honor, when you be are being dishonored, a job for Jesus, for I am not qualified.

Put in a snapshot of your deepest hurt.

•“Jesus will do you right”!

Put in a snapshot of your most confused thought.

•God is not the author of confusion