"And ye are complete in Him, which is the Head of all principality and power: In Whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God, Who hath raised Him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath He quickened together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to the cross; Having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it." Colossians 2:10-15
We are now complete in Jesus; hallelujah we have been made complete in Christ and we have been raised together with Him from the dead by the operation of God! It’s kinda hard to still say that we are just sinful humans after reading this verse isn’t it? I mean complete does mean complete and the most powerful Being in the universe, the Alpha and Omega, has made us that way! Now remember in our previous studies that our Father said that we would not be ashamed in anything, and that He has equipped us just as He equipped Jesus, and that He loves us just as He loves Jesus. God made Jesus complete and now through Jesus, He has made us complete!
Jesus has circumcised our sinful flesh, now to circumcise means to cut off. It doesn’t mean to cover up, to just not consider, with circumcision there is a cut and wham it’s gone, and you know what I mean! A circumcision is quick and it is performed on babies! And because Jesus has circumcised our sinful flesh, we are now risen with Him and our bodies have been quickened, or made alive together, with His. This is what Jesus has done for us, He has performed an operation that allows us to stand in the presence of God, and according to God we are able to stand there boldly. Jesus has made us one with Himself, so that we are now members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bone. The body of Christ is just like He is and we who have been quickened, now make up His body! We are now part of the One Whom God has made perfect in ever way and in every aspect. Jesus shed His blood, so that through one sacrifice, we all may stand righteous and complete forever more in Him! He has forgiven us all of our sins, and all of those ordinances, the do’s and the don’ts, He took away and nailed them to the Cross. Jesus spoiled evil for us and He triumphed openly over the powers of the devil! This is for now, we are not just going to be complete in Him, praise God, we are complete in Him!
It’s not hard either, because as we have learned, Jesus is the Author and Finisher of our faith, Hebrews 12:2, and Jesus' yoke is easy, Matthew 11:30. Jesus has made it easy and He has given us the needed faith to accept Him and thus be perfect, glorified, holy, without blame, and filled with all of His fullness, and He has given us the ability to be as He is on this earth! Through Christ we are ashamed of nothing, and through Christ we have complete and unbroken fellowship with our Father, Who now does His works through us. We have all of this on the earth, so that the world may believe and be saved. And it is all a free gift of God, and in no way could it ever be earned, we just use the faith that Jesus gave us and walk in the victory of His power.
Keep it simple, and be blessed. "For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." Colossians 3:3
This verse does not say that we are dying. Our Father, Who is God, says that we are dead and our lives are hid, right now, at this very moment we are alive in Christ. Christians can mature and we will grow, but we are new creatures in Christ right now, our sinful flesh was circumcised when we were born again, and we are one with Christ right now, we are not becoming one with Christ. We are complete in Him right now. Through Jesus our bodies of sin have been destroyed, so just like Him we may ever live to serve the Living God! Everywhere we read, our Father talks about it being done, it’s finished, we are complete now, so we can serve Him now, so we can witness now, so He can do His works through us now, so the world may believe right now!
My two daughters Kennedy and Lauren have a lot of growing to do, but from the time that my sperm met with Beth's egg, they were our kids, they are never becoming our kids, they never had to earn it, or even prove themselves. Beth and I freely gave them life; from the very second that their lives began, they were our kids! God is not making us His kids. The Prodigal Son was always the son. He may have left, he may have not appeared to be an heir, but he was always that dad’s son! No matter what Kennedy and Lauren may do, they will always and forever be my children, they can never change that fact, no action, no statement, nothing will ever change the fact that they are my kids and that they are one with me. Without my seed, they would not be, it is impossible for them to stop being my kids. No action on my part or theirs can ever change the fact that they are directly from my seed. That is the union we have with God, because we have been born again from His Incorruptible Seed!
"And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created Him: Where there is neither Jew nor Greek, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all." Colossians 3:10-11
Christ is all; that is an interesting statement and such a powerful one. We have put on the new man and Christ is all and Christ is in us all. We are now members of His body, of His flesh, and His bones. We now have His Spirit and we now have the mind of Christ. Jesus’ joy is now fulfilled within us, we have been given His glory, we have His peace, we have His salvation, plain and simple Christ is all! A-men, this is such a powerful Truth. We are now renewed in the very image of God, just as Jesus is in the very image of God. Jesus said if we have seen Him, we have seen the Father, well we too are renewed in that image by the Anointed One, Jesus Christ! And praise God, it is available to all who want it: to Jew or Gentile, to Young and to old, to male or female, to rich or poor, to every race, and our past does not matter, all who choose life will have it! Now here is something that needs to be realized today, in Christ there is neither Baptist or Church of God, there is neither Church of Christ or Nazarene, there is neither Methodist or any denomination, for we are all Christ, He is in all and He is all!
We are now complete in Jesus; hallelujah we have been made complete in Christ and we have been raised together with Him from the dead by the operation of God! It’s kinda hard to still say that we are just sinful humans after reading this verse isn’t it? I mean complete does mean complete and the most powerful Being in the universe, the Alpha and Omega, has made us that way! Now remember in our previous studies that our Father said that we would not be ashamed in anything, and that He has equipped us just as He equipped Jesus, and that He loves us just as He loves Jesus. God made Jesus complete and now through Jesus, He has made us complete!
Jesus has circumcised our sinful flesh, now to circumcise means to cut off. It doesn’t mean to cover up, to just not consider, with circumcision there is a cut and wham it’s gone, and you know what I mean! A circumcision is quick and it is performed on babies! And because Jesus has circumcised our sinful flesh, we are now risen with Him and our bodies have been quickened, or made alive together, with His. This is what Jesus has done for us, He has performed an operation that allows us to stand in the presence of God, and according to God we are able to stand there boldly. Jesus has made us one with Himself, so that we are now members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bone. The body of Christ is just like He is and we who have been quickened, now make up His body! We are now part of the One Whom God has made perfect in ever way and in every aspect. Jesus shed His blood, so that through one sacrifice, we all may stand righteous and complete forever more in Him! He has forgiven us all of our sins, and all of those ordinances, the do’s and the don’ts, He took away and nailed them to the Cross. Jesus spoiled evil for us and He triumphed openly over the powers of the devil! This is for now, we are not just going to be complete in Him, praise God, we are complete in Him!
It’s not hard either, because as we have learned, Jesus is the Author and Finisher of our faith, Hebrews 12:2, and Jesus' yoke is easy, Matthew 11:30. Jesus has made it easy and He has given us the needed faith to accept Him and thus be perfect, glorified, holy, without blame, and filled with all of His fullness, and He has given us the ability to be as He is on this earth! Through Christ we are ashamed of nothing, and through Christ we have complete and unbroken fellowship with our Father, Who now does His works through us. We have all of this on the earth, so that the world may believe and be saved. And it is all a free gift of God, and in no way could it ever be earned, we just use the faith that Jesus gave us and walk in the victory of His power.
Keep it simple, and be blessed. "For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." Colossians 3:3
This verse does not say that we are dying. Our Father, Who is God, says that we are dead and our lives are hid, right now, at this very moment we are alive in Christ. Christians can mature and we will grow, but we are new creatures in Christ right now, our sinful flesh was circumcised when we were born again, and we are one with Christ right now, we are not becoming one with Christ. We are complete in Him right now. Through Jesus our bodies of sin have been destroyed, so just like Him we may ever live to serve the Living God! Everywhere we read, our Father talks about it being done, it’s finished, we are complete now, so we can serve Him now, so we can witness now, so He can do His works through us now, so the world may believe right now!
My two daughters Kennedy and Lauren have a lot of growing to do, but from the time that my sperm met with Beth's egg, they were our kids, they are never becoming our kids, they never had to earn it, or even prove themselves. Beth and I freely gave them life; from the very second that their lives began, they were our kids! God is not making us His kids. The Prodigal Son was always the son. He may have left, he may have not appeared to be an heir, but he was always that dad’s son! No matter what Kennedy and Lauren may do, they will always and forever be my children, they can never change that fact, no action, no statement, nothing will ever change the fact that they are my kids and that they are one with me. Without my seed, they would not be, it is impossible for them to stop being my kids. No action on my part or theirs can ever change the fact that they are directly from my seed. That is the union we have with God, because we have been born again from His Incorruptible Seed!
"And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created Him: Where there is neither Jew nor Greek, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all." Colossians 3:10-11
Christ is all; that is an interesting statement and such a powerful one. We have put on the new man and Christ is all and Christ is in us all. We are now members of His body, of His flesh, and His bones. We now have His Spirit and we now have the mind of Christ. Jesus’ joy is now fulfilled within us, we have been given His glory, we have His peace, we have His salvation, plain and simple Christ is all! A-men, this is such a powerful Truth. We are now renewed in the very image of God, just as Jesus is in the very image of God. Jesus said if we have seen Him, we have seen the Father, well we too are renewed in that image by the Anointed One, Jesus Christ! And praise God, it is available to all who want it: to Jew or Gentile, to Young and to old, to male or female, to rich or poor, to every race, and our past does not matter, all who choose life will have it! Now here is something that needs to be realized today, in Christ there is neither Baptist or Church of God, there is neither Church of Christ or Nazarene, there is neither Methodist or any denomination, for we are all Christ, He is in all and He is all!
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