Fullness, Freedom, Forgiveness
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Fullness, Freedom, Forgiveness

Colossians 2:6–13  (ID: 2761)

Paul wrote his epistle to the new believers in Colossae to strengthen their fledgling faith, warning them to be on guard against careless theology and careless living. While the Evil One seeks to unsettle God’s people about Christ’s identity, acknowledging Jesus’ deity leads to a knowledge of His victory over death and power to forgive sins. In this message, Alistair Begg reminds us that a correct regard of Jesus leads to fullness, freedom, and forgiveness.


Alive in Christ

6Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

8See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits1 of the world, and not according to Christ. 9For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. 11In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12having 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. 13And 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,

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Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service.

Alistair Begg
Alistair Begg is Senior Pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, which is heard on the radio and online around the world.