"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 forgiving 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
Our Father tells us that through Christ, He has taken off our body of sins of the flesh. Now look at just how far the Word of God says that the sins of our flesh have been removed from us; according to God, they were buried with Jesus. Our sinful flesh was buried with Jesus! Yet we still live and according to our Father we have been resurrected with Jesus. What does all of this actually this mean? Look at Romans 6:9-10, "Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over Him. For in that He died, He died unto sin once: but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God."
Our Father tells us that through Christ, He has taken off our body of sins of the flesh. Now look at just how far the Word of God says that the sins of our flesh have been removed from us; according to God, they were buried with Jesus. Our sinful flesh was buried with Jesus! Yet we still live and according to our Father we have been resurrected with Jesus. What does all of this actually this mean? Look at Romans 6:9-10, "Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over Him. For in that He died, He died unto sin once: but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God."
Jesus died to sin once and death now has no dominion or power over Him. Jesus forever lives unto God; He forever lives by the power of God! Their relationship will never be broken; there will never be any separation between the Two at all. Jesus is now and forever united with God and sins power has no ability to come upon Him! This is exactly how we now are and this is how we should think of ourselves! Do I mean that we should think that we are dead to sin and alive to God like Jesus? Absolutely!
"Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:11 We are to consider ourselves dead to sin and dead to the power, presence, penalty, and pleasure of it, just as Jesus is dead to it! Faith Authored and Finished by Jesus sets us free, not our works! Our Father has quickened us, which means He has made us alive together with Christ. And because we are now one with Christ, we are like Christ; we have His mind, we are now members of His body, and we are filled with His Spirit. We have been given His glory, He ever lives to intercede for us, and with Jesus God is able to do all things through us, because Jesus’ strength permits it! Jesus never leaves us or forsakes us and through Him we are empowered with the Anointing of God to be like Him! “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17
Our Father, through the power of the sacrifice of Jesus has forgiving us all of our trespasses, all of them! Our Father has blotted out all of the handwriting of ordinances that were against us, which were contrary to us. Jesus took the don'ts and the do's out of the way, nailing them to the cross. Jesus spoiled the principalities and powers of darkness and He destroyed sin and its effects for those of us who have been empowered to accept Him. Jesus made a shew of the principalities that were against us and that were contrary to us, and He did it openly, triumphing over them at the cross. He took all of the ordinances that were impossible for man to live and nailed them to the Cross as well. He set us free from a life filled with do this and don’t do that. He gave us an abundant life, a life to be richly enjoyed by God’s grace, a life full of faith! And as we studied a life that King David said was to be envied because of the freedom we enjoy through Christ! Because of this we can truly walk as God's children, we can walk as the perfect Church, without spot, wrinkle, or blemish, the perfect body of Jesus Christ. Just as Jesus died to sin once, so did we. When we were empowered by the Holy Spirit to say yes to Jesus we died to sin, and just like Jesus, sin has lost its power to harm us and the wages of it were destroyed! Our Father loves us that much and His salvation through Christ is that complete.
Our Father, through the power of the sacrifice of Jesus has forgiving us all of our trespasses, all of them! Our Father has blotted out all of the handwriting of ordinances that were against us, which were contrary to us. Jesus took the don'ts and the do's out of the way, nailing them to the cross. Jesus spoiled the principalities and powers of darkness and He destroyed sin and its effects for those of us who have been empowered to accept Him. Jesus made a shew of the principalities that were against us and that were contrary to us, and He did it openly, triumphing over them at the cross. He took all of the ordinances that were impossible for man to live and nailed them to the Cross as well. He set us free from a life filled with do this and don’t do that. He gave us an abundant life, a life to be richly enjoyed by God’s grace, a life full of faith! And as we studied a life that King David said was to be envied because of the freedom we enjoy through Christ! Because of this we can truly walk as God's children, we can walk as the perfect Church, without spot, wrinkle, or blemish, the perfect body of Jesus Christ. Just as Jesus died to sin once, so did we. When we were empowered by the Holy Spirit to say yes to Jesus we died to sin, and just like Jesus, sin has lost its power to harm us and the wages of it were destroyed! Our Father loves us that much and His salvation through Christ is that complete.
God has forgiven us of all our trespasses and He has removed all of the ordinances that would condemn us. Our Father has removed them all! There are no longer any ordinances to judge us by, they were nailed to the Cross and blotted out; we are now only judged by our faith and acceptance of Jesus as Lord! “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.” Matthew 7:22-23 Jesus said that these people must depart from Him because He never knew them, not because of their works of iniquity!
"Even David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin." Romans 4:6-8 We are blessed through Jesus and our Father will never count our sins against us. He has forgiven every last one and He has covered every last one, and we enjoy all of this apart from any works!
The righteousness of the Law has been fulfilled within us by Jesus and greater is He that is now within us than anything that is in this world! By the obedience of one man, Jesus Christ, we have been made righteous! We now are filled with the fruits of righteousness because of our Lord and Savior Jesus. And because we are, we can truly be used by our Father to do the works that Jesus did and even greater ones, because He has gone to the Father. Our Father has now been given the ability and freedom to work through us by the Blood of Jesus that is ever living to allow Him to!
You want to talk about works, it goes so far beyond thou shalt not, it goes into raise up from the dead, receive your sight, and water now be wine! Jesus came and gave us was a personal intimate relationship with God. Jesus gave us a life of ever living to serve others. He came and gave us the ability, the will, and the desire to be just as He is. People want to hang out at the Ten Commandments, why? Those are nothing compared with what Jesus came to give us. Think about it, those are what God gave to people who did not have the Holy Ghost dwelling within them. Jesus came and gave us perfection, He gave us righteousness, He gave us glory, and He gave us faith, hope, and love. Jesus came and gave us peace that passes all understanding, He came and gave us His joy, and He came and gave us life, just as He has life! You want to hang out at the Ten Commandments, go right ahead, but through Christ, we have access to perfection!
Be blessed in this grace that God has so freely bestowed on us this day! We are not saved and unsaved by our actions; we have been made righteous apart from our works. If we have said yes to Jesus, we are saved, once and for all! Stop worrying about sin, it means nothing to us anymore, we have been made free, and who God makes free, is free indeed!
Be blessed in this grace that God has so freely bestowed on us this day! We are not saved and unsaved by our actions; we have been made righteous apart from our works. If we have said yes to Jesus, we are saved, once and for all! Stop worrying about sin, it means nothing to us anymore, we have been made free, and who God makes free, is free indeed!
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