You, Who Were Dead, Part 2 - Colossians 2:13-15

September 16, 2023 Pastor: Terry Embke Series: Colossians - Jesus Is Lord In All of Life

Topic: Jesus Is Lord In All Of Life Passage: Colossians 2:13–15

091723...“You, Who Were Dead” - Part 2...Colossians 2:13-15

Colossians 2:13-15...“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, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This He set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in Him”

You, Who Were Dead In Your Sin:
-God includes in His eternal plan
-God made alive with Christ
-God has forgiven all your sins
-God canceled your debt to the law
-God set aside His condemnation
-God delivered you from Satan

Sermon In A Sentence:Because of Jesus’ work on the cross, Satan is a defeated foe! Greater is Christ in you then all the demonic forces in the world!

Isaiah 46:10...“I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what is not yet done, saying: ‘My plan will take place, and I will do all My will.’”

Daniel 4:34-35...“His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation; all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and He does according to His will among the host of heaven, and among all the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”

Ephesians 6:10-12...“Be strengthened by the Lord and by His vast strength. Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the tactics of the Devil. For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil
in the heavens”

Because Of Jesus’ Sacrificial Work To Save Us:
-God has disarmed Satan & his demonic minions
-God has put Satan & his demons to open shame
-God has triumphed over Satan & his demons

Colossians 2:13-15...“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, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This He set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in Him”

Colossians 3:9...“Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self.”

Hebrews 2:14-15...“Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through His death He might destroy the one holding the power of death— that is, the Devil— and free those who were held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death.”

1 John 3:8...“The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.”

2 Corinthians 4:3-4...“If our gospel is hidden, it is hidden to those who are perishing. In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ”

Sermon In A Sentence:Because of Jesus’ work on the cross, Satan is a defeated foe! Greater is Christ in you then all the demonic forces in the world!

Colossians 2:15...“He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to
open shame, by triumphing over them in Him”