Transcript The Debt We Owe - Church of Christ Sermons from Gahanna

Colossians 2:6-15
Centered on Christ
Colossians 2:6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus
the Lord, so walk in him,
 When they received Him they accepted Him as Christ
Jesus the Lord.
 Since the Colossians have received Jesus as Christ and
Lord, they need to continue to live their lives in Him.
Centered on Christ
Colossians 2:7 rooted and built up in him and
established in the faith, just as you were taught,
abounding in thanksgiving.
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They are to be rooted in Jesus.
2. They are to be built up.
3. They are to be established.
4. They are to abound in thanksgiving.
Fullness of Christ
Colossians 2:8 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.
One of the traps used by false teachers to lure us away
is empty and deceptive philosophy
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Based on human traditions
Based on elemental spirits of the world
Not based on Christ
Fullness of Christ
Colossians 2:9-10 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.
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Not only does deity dwell within Christ, but believers
have been filled with Him
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Jesus is also the head over every power and authority.
Fullness of Christ
Colossians 2:11-12 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, 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.
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The idea of a circumcision of Christ is a unique
concept to this letter.
Fullness of Christ
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Paul explains that this circumcision happens when
we are buried in baptism.
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It is through the rite of immersion that we contact the
power of God which was used to raise Christ from the
dead.
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Notice, that our resurrection with Christ takes place
in immersion through our faith.
Fullness of Christ
Colossians 2:13-14 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, 14 by canceling the record of debt that
stood against us with its legal demands. This he set
aside, nailing it to the cross.
 For those who experience the rite of immersion are
made alive with Christ.
Fullness of Christ
 Paul compares our sins to an IOU or a record of debt
we owe God.
 What God decided to do was to take this legal debt we
owed Him and to nail it on the cross, thus canceling the
debt.
Fullness of Christ
Colossians 2:15 He disarmed the rulers and
authorities and put them to open shame, by
triumphing over them in him.
 He stripped these spiritual rulers and authorities of
their power by His action through the cross and made a
public spectacle of them.
The Debt We Owe
 When we sin we create a debt with God that we cannot
pay.
 Jesus’ work on the cross pays the debt He did not owe.
 Will you allow Jesus to pay the penalty for your sins
and make you a new creation?