believers “have put on the new self, which is being renewed in
knowledge in the image of its Creator.Here there is no Greek or Jew,
circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but
Christ is all, and is in all.”
when we were dead in our sins, “God made you ALIVE with Christ.”
“just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in
Him...”
“For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily
form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over
every power and authority.”
FORGIVENESS
“you were dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your sinful
nature...”
God “forgave us all our sins, 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.”
“Having disarmed the powers and authorities” He triumphed over
them by the cross.
FOCUS
“You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.BUT
NOW...”
“For you died [past tense], and your life is now hidden with
Christ in God.”
“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts
on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set
your minds on things above, not on earthly things.”
“continue to live in Him” ... “overflowing with thankfulness.”
“Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly
nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed,
which is idolatry.”
