ALIVE WITH CHRIST COLOSSIANS 2:13-15

“When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature (your sinful desires were not yet cut away—LB), God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, COLOSSIANS 2:13

“Having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross.” COLOSSIANS 2:14

“And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.” COLOSSIANS 2:15

What can Jesus do for me? 1. He can give you life!!!!! (2:13) “God made you alive with Christ” (NIV) “You…hath he quickened together with him” (KJV) “He made you alive together with him” (NASB) “He gave you a share in the very life of Christ” (Living Bible) What can Jesus do for me?

What can Jesus do for me? 2. He can forgive all your sins!!!!! (2:13) “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” (Matt. 26:28) Forgive—”sending our sins away so that they are never to be found.” “As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” (Ps. 103:12) What can Jesus do for me?

3. Jesus can cancel your sin debt!!!!!! (2:14) “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Rom. 3:23) He canceled the written code—the Mosaic law. He took it away. He wiped it out, lit. erased it. He nailed it to the cross. What can Jesus do for me?

4. Jesus can give you victory over evil !!!!!! (2:15) Like a victorious general returning from war. The enemies are now powerless. Satan thought he had won when Christ died on the cross. But the cross of Christ was God’s instrument of defeating all foes. What can Jesus do for me?

“And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.” COLOSSIANS 2:15

“So that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.” Hebrews 2:14-15

“That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given…” Ephesians 1:19-21

“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” Eph. 6:12

“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:37-39

What can Jesus do for me? Only Jesus can do all of these things. He can give you life. He can forgive your sins. He can cancel your sin debt. He can give you victory. “The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23) Amazing grace. What can Jesus do for me?