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And ye are complete in Him...
Col 2:10-15
10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
11 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:...
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.
13 ¶ And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
14 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 his cross;
15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
We ARE COMPLETE in Christ solely and wholly by virtue of....
i. The sovereign authority Christ over all principality and power. Christ has triumphed over them. All power has been given unto Him in heaven and in earth! None shall change or threaten our state of completeness in Christ; our completeness in Him is, and remains immutable!
ii. The circumcision of Christ, i.e. Christ having been cut off in our stead. Christ was cut off out of the land of the living for our sins. It is based upon the circumcision of Jesus Christ that we His people are circumcised with the circumcision without hand, the putting off the body of the sins of the flesh; i.e. we are effectually called out of their native state of sins and death to that of grace and salvation in Christ Jesus.
iii. The death and resurrection of Christ. Death has been conquered and eternal life secured, thus the resurrection to glory is promised and guaranteed. This we acknowledge and confess by our submission to water baptism. Baptism is a burial, and baptism is a resurrection; for by it we copy, and confess the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in our stead.
iv. The faithfulness of the operation of God in raising us up from the deadness of our sin and death based on the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. The same divine power that raised Christ from the dead is the same divine power that effectually called us out of our NATIVE state of sin and death to that of grace and salvation in Christ Jesus.
v. The forgiveness of all our sins and trespasses by God. All of them... past, present and future... were imputed to Christ, and He bore them all upon Himself when He offered up Himself a sacrifice for the sins of His people. In Christ, we stand completely righteousness with the righteousness of Jesus Christ imputed, and applied to us.
vi. Christ have dealt perfectly with the handwriting of ordinances, i.e. the just and holy demands of God, on our behalf... He took that great obstacle against us out of our way by nailing to the cross. We are completely free from the handwriting of ordinances as a requirement to be met for our salvation.
vii. Christ have triumphed over, and spoiled the principalities and powers, and plundered them and redeemed us from their bondage! Christ has set us free to be servants of righteousness!
We ARE
COMPLETE in Christ -
through absolutely NOTHING in us, of us, or by us!
It is completely by the free
and sovereign grace of God in Christ Jesus,
we are made COMPLETE!
through absolutely NOTHING in us, of us, or by us!
It is completely by the free
and sovereign grace of God in Christ Jesus,
we are made COMPLETE!
That's grace... pure, and unadulterated!
