Getting Clear on Jesus - Talk 5

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Speaker Notes - We are free to live triumphantly when we understand the fullness of Christ and the fullness of His Triumph on The Cross

Colossians 2:6-13

Spiritual Fullness in Christ

6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces[a] of this world rather than on Christ.

9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. 11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh[b] 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[d] 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. 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.[e]

Four Keys to living triumphantly:

1 - Grow Deep Roots in your Christian Faith
2 - Trust in Jesus’ Fullness
3 - Rely on the Fullness that Jesus Gives To Us
4 - Celebrate the Impact of this Fullness

Paul speaking about Walking-the-Walk:

1 - Being Rooted and Built-up in Christ
2 - Being Strengthened in the Faith as you are taught
3 - Being Filled to Overflowing with Thankfulness

Paul’s church: North River Community Church in Pembroke