Colossians 3:1-4

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Speaker Notes - You Have Been Raised With Christ

Colossians 3:1-4

Living as Those Made Alive in Christ

3.1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Colossians 2:11-14

11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by[c] Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.

3 thoughts about being crucified with Jesus, and being raised with Jesus:

1 - The Reality of God’s Grace, Mercy, Love, and Power
2 - This Gift is The Defining Reality of our Lives
3 - This is easy to forget

Tom Holland - Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World (2019)

Mark is the Senior Pastor of Park Street Church, Boston.