Sunday, April 14, 2024 Colossians 2 "Buried and Raised"
April 14, 2024

Colossians 2:12-14 “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. 13 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.”

Remember God said….
”the day you eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, you will SURELY die.” - Genesis 2:17

POINT: “There eyes were “opened”, but they became blind.

Q: Does, guilt, shame, fear, worry, anxiety, blaming and distance from God sound familiar to you?

*POINT:*THAT’S

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Q: What is the purpose and power of baptism?

POINT: Baptism is

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“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.” - Colossians 2:12

“Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ” - 1 Peter 3:21

POINT: We

save ourselves!

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself…” - 2 Corinthians 5:17-18a

Q: DOES it

your day to day life?

“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

POINT: You’ll do

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Q: What do you do?

A: Come back to

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POINT Remember that when He died

, YOU !


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