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Col.2:12,20– “12 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. … 20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances.”
Col.3:1-4– “1 If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.”
Total Involvement With Christ
Total Involvement With Christ Dead With Christ – Crucified ►Must crucify the old man of sin Rom.6:1-8; Col.3:5; Gal.5:24; Rom.6:12 ►Done through repentance 1 Pet.4:1,2 ►Makes room for Christ Gal.2:20
Total Involvement With Christ Buried With Christ – Baptism ►Must not only die with Him but also be buried with Him Rom.6:4; Col.2:12 ►Must bury the old man of sin ►Only the penitent man is ready for burial Only he has put to death the old man of sin
Total Involvement With Christ Raised With Christ – Made Alive ►We are raised with Him Rom.6:4,5; Col.2:12 ►We are raised to: • Be made alive– Eph.2:5,6 • Newness of life– Rom.6:4 • Forgiveness – Col.2:13
Total Involvement With Christ Life Hid With Christ – New Life ►A life hid Col.3:1-4 ►Paul said he lived as Christ lived in him Gal.2:20 ►What we were is hid by what we become 1 Jn.3:3
Total Involvement With Christ Reign With Christ – Kings & Priests ►A royal priesthood 1 Pet.2:9 ►Made us to be kings & priests Rev.1:5,6 ►We reign with Him 2 Tim.2:11,12; 1 Cor.15:24,25 ►The Corinthians were reigning 1 Cor.4:8
Total Involvement With Christ Suffering With Christ – Persecution ►If we suffer we will reign 2 Tim.2:11,12– “11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:” ►We suffer through trials Rom.12:1; 2 Tim.3:12; Col.1:24
Total Involvement With Christ Joint-Heirs With Christ – Inherit ►Rom.8:17 – “and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him.” ►Jesus is heir of all things Heb.1:2 ►We are heirs for same reason Gal.4:7; 1 Pet.1:3-5
Total Involvement With Christ Eternity With Christ – Forever 1 Thess.4:17– “then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
Are YOU Involved With Christ?