DAD'S DAILY BREAD

Sermon notes Pastor Kobe Orr

10 and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. 11 In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 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. 15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. Col 2:10–15

In baptism we testify to the transformational power of the gospel. WE WERE DEAD IN YOUR SIN! vs.13 You can’t change the dead. Dead people cannot think for themselves or help themselves. We have never been good, and especially not good enough to merit a rescue from God with Jesus Christ. We were spiritually dead and without hope.

GOD RAISED US TO LIFE! vs.12-13 The same power “The Holy Spirit” that raised Jesus also raised us to life. Our salvation was birthed in the heart of God! We could not and do not contribute anything! GRACE ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE! Eph 2:8 Even the faith we have to believe any of this truth is a gift of grace from God! God loved us from the beginning!

GOD FORGAVE OUR SINS! vs.13-14 All our debt is cancelled. NAILED TO THE CROSS! All sin is ultimately committed against God. Ps 51:4 Penalty for ALL sin is death. Jesus did it all. Took our criminals death in our place. Jesus absorbed the wrath of God that was meant for us. God cancelled all the written records of all our sins and because of Christ it was nailed to the cross. In Christ our sin has been put to death! My new life will be lived for Him out of thanks for all that He has done! Don’t conceal your past. Your testimony screams of God’s grace. God’s grace should be shouted from the mountain tops! In Christ your testimony no longer belongs to you. It’s not about your old life but about your new life lived with God!

GOD CONQUERED SIN AND DEATH FOR US! vs.15 Death no longer has the final word! 1Cor 15:55 Death is now a reward and life is now made to serve and glorify Him! Life will be hard but the battle is over and our hope is secure and our salvation is eternal! How will you respond?

APPLICATION:

Give God my testimony. My life no longer belongs to me! Shout Gods grace from the mountain tops! Stop relying on my old ways of thinking! Live a life of obedience and service for Jesus out of love and thanks for all that He has done for me!

IN HIS NAME