COMPLETE IN CHRIST

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• COMPLETE IN CHRIST
• EPH 2 9-15

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• Col 29-15
• 9 For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in
  bodily form,
• 10 and in Him you have been made complete, and He
  is the head over all rule and authority
• 11 and in Him you were also circumcised with a
  circumcision made without hands, in the removal
  of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of
  Christ

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• 12 having been buried with Him in baptism, in
  which you were also raised up with Him through
  faith in the working of God, who raised Him from
  the dead.
• 13 And when you were dead in your transgressions
  and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you
  alive together with Him, having forgiven us all
  our transgressions,
• 14 having canceled out the certificate of debt
  consisting of decrees against us and which was
  hostile to us and He has taken it out of the
  way, having nailed it to the cross. NASB

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• In Christ
• A life united with Christ - believers, share or
  participate in the life of Christ through the
  indwelling of Christ's Spirit.
• 10 and in Him you have been made complete

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• The reason you have been made complete
• 9 For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in
  bodily form,
• 10b He is the head over all rule and authority

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• Paul here asserts that "all the of the Godhead,"
  not just certain aspects, dwells in Christ in
  physical form.
• The fullness and completeness of God was in
  Christ before the Incarnation (John 11,18 Phil
  26), and during the Incarnation (John 114,18 1
  John 11-3).
• Paul plainly presents the deity and the humanity
  of Jesus Christ in physical form.

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• Because of that fullness or completeness Christ
  has both power and authority
• Matt 2818
• And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying,
  "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and
  on earth. NASB

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• How are we Complete?

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• 1. Complete SALVATION 211-12
• The saving of mankind from
• the penalty, power and the effects of sin

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• 11 and in Him you were also circumcised with a
  circumcision made without hands, in the removal
  of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of
  Christ
• 12 having been buried with Him in baptism, in
  which you were also raised up with Him through
  faith in the working of God, who raised Him from
  the dead.

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• Circumcision in this passage is symbolic of the
  faith relationship between Christ and believers
• It is a circumcision of the heart symbolizing an
  inner transformation

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• Baptism in v. 12 is also a spiritual reference
  referring to the reality of the believers union
  with Christ.
• Water baptism is a picture of that reality

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• Spiritual transformation from death to life is
  only achieved by faith in the power of God,
  belief that God is able to do what He says he
  will do. The analogy of baptism is a picture of
  not simply burying an old way of life and rising
  to a new kind of life, but of sharing spiritually
  in the experience of Christs own death and
  resurrection.

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• Rom 63-5
• 3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been
  baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized
  into His death?
• 4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through
  baptism into death, in order that as Christ was
  raised from the dead through the glory of the
  Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
• 5 For if we have become united with Him in the
  likeness of His death, certainly we shall be also
  in the likeness of His resurrection, NASB

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• In Him through His death burial and
  resurrection there is complete rescue,
  deliverance and security for the soul from the
  penalty, power and effects of sin.

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• Christ is Sufficient for Salvation
• In Christ our Salvation Our rescue and
  deliverance is complete.

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• 2. Complete Forgiveness
• 213-14
• Forgiveness is complete apart from any human work

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• Forgiveness is not excusing sin
• Because God is a holy God, His anger and
  justice burns against sin. And He has sworn that
  sin will be punished. There must be a
  satisfactory payment for sin.

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• If God punishes man for his sin, man would die
  and go to hell. That would be justice.
• On the other hand, if God doesnt punish man for
  his sin, that would be excusing sin.
• His justice would never be satisfied.

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• Col 213-14
• 13 And when you were dead in your transgressions
  and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you
  alive together with Him, having forgiven us all
  our transgressions,

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• Col 213-14
• 13 And when you were dead in your transgressions
  and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you
  alive together with Him, having forgiven us all
  our transgressions,

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• Col 213-14
• 13 And when you were dead in your transgressions
  and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you
  alive together with Him, having forgiven us all
  our transgressions,

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• 14 having canceled out the certificate of debt
  consisting of decrees against us and which was
  hostile to us and He has taken it out of the
  way, having nailed it to the cross. NASB

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• He wiped away the certificate of debt against us
  by His blood at Calvary.

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• 18 "Come now, and let us reason together," Says
  the LORD, "Though your sins are as scarlet, They
  will be as white as snow Though they are red
  like crimson, They will be like wool.
• Isa 118 NASB

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• Heb 922
• . . .without shedding of blood there is no
  forgiveness
• NASB
• Matt 2628
• 28 for this is My blood of the covenant, which is
  poured out for many for forgiveness of sins. NASB
• Eph 17
• 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood,
  the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to
  the riches of His grace, NASB

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• That is complete FORGIVENESS

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• The death of Christ brings about transformation,
  pardon and conquest which translate into complete
  salvation, and complete forgiveness

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• Have You experienced completeness In Christ?
• Are You living in that completeness?