Sermon, May 2, 2010 - In Christ
Colossians 2.6-15
What it means to be “In Christ”
A. WHO IS CHRIST ?
1. The One who shows us God [1.15]
2. The One through whom everything was created [1.16]
3. The One who controls all things [1.17]
4. The One who has defeated death [1.18]
B. HOW DO I GET CONNECTED TO CHRIST ?
1. The source: a work of God’s sovereign grace
a. Election: God chooses us
b. Redemption: Christ dies for us
c. Effectual calling: The Holy Spirit makes us alive
2. The means: faith in the person of Christ [1.3-4a]
Romans 3.21-22; 5.1; Galatians 2.20; Ephesians 2.8-10
3. The result: a sure relationship to God [2.6-7]
a. Firmly rooted in Him
b. Being built up in Him and established in The Faith
c. Overflowing with gratitude
C. WHAT DO I GET BEING CONNTECTED TO CHRIST ?
1. Fullness [8-10]
2. Forgiveness [11-14]
a. In Him you were circumcised
b. Buried with Him
c. Raised up with Him
d. Made alive together with Him
e. A clean record and all charges dropped because of Him
3. Freedom [15]
John Olson
