Alive in Christ

 "For I delivered to you as of the first importance what

I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance

with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on 

the third day in accordance with the Scriptures," 

1 Corinthians 15:3-4

 

As we celebrated Easter yesterday, we remembered that all Jesus did had been foretold by the Scriptures.  In Luke 24 we read how that He explained all of this to the men on the road to Emmaus and to His disciples.  We can have eternal life because Jesus has conquered the grave!  

In his letter to the Colossians, Paul discusses some of what it means to be "alive in Christ".  All that we have is because of His sacrifice and His victory.

 

 These thoughts are taken from Colossians 2:6-15... see the beauty and power of being in Christ and living with Him!

 

- as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him

- rooted and built up in him

- in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily

- you have been filled in him

-  in him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands

- been buried with him in baptism

- raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead

- made alive together with him

- triumphing over them in him 

 

Receive Jesus -> 

Live/walk according to the teachings of Christ -> 

firmly established in your relationship with Christ -> 

building your life on the foundation of Christ's teachings -> 

Jesus is fully God in the flesh -> 

your relationship with Jesus brings completeness & fulfillment to your life -> 

you have been separated from the unclean world and dedicated to God -> 

your sinfulness buried -> 

raised up through faith to a new life devoted to God -> 

living in the reality that we have eternal life with Christ -> 

He has won the victory over all sinful powers.