BE ROOTED AND BUILT UP IN CHRIST

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  1. “As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,
  2. ROOTED AND BUILT UP IN HIM and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.”
    Colossians 2:6,7 (NKJV)

• There was nothing in us that could make Christ died for us (Romans 3:10-18; 5:6-8; 1 Timothy 1:13-16).

  • Perhaps someone would attempt, dare, to die for a good person or a righteous person (Romans 5:7). “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 (NKJV)
  • God in His infinite mercy, so magnanimous and generous in love, offered His Son to die for our sin (John 3:16; Ephesians 2:4).
  1. “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
  2. even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ…
  3. for by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
  4. not of works, lest anyone should boast.”
    Ephesians 2:4,5,8,9 (NKJV)

• Redemption is made available free for everyone, however, it cost someone something—it cost the Lord Jesus Christ His life (1 Peter 1:18,19).

  • Now that He has done so much for you, it would be a depravity to neglect the salvation, redemption that He offers (Hebrews 2:3).
  • Also, it is morally and ethically wrong, if Jesus suffered so much to offer salvation and having received the knowledge of it, you decided to rubbish it (1 Peter 4:1,2).

• It is true that after you have given your life to Christ, if you committed a sin and you repented genuinely, God will forgive you (1 John 1:9).

  • If you missed it several times and you returned to Christ, He would still forgive you.
  • However, He does not want you to remain in that state.

• God wants you to strive and move up from that level—He wants you to live above sin.

  • He wants you to discipline your flesh, mortify your members, that is, your body.
  1. “Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness which is idolatry.
  2. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.”
    Colossians 3:5,6 (NKJV)
  • God does not want you to yield to your flesh any longer—you should not obey the flesh, your body, in its lusts (Romans 6:12).

• God wants you to grow and be MATURE (Hebrews 5:12-14).

  • If you remained a carnal Christian even after you supposed to have grown, be matured; you may not be able to discover what God wants you to do and be in life.
  • As a result of this, you may not fulfil the plan, the reason, why He has sent you here on planet earth.
    9 “But as it is written:
    “Eye has not seen, not hear heard, not have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
  1. “But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, deep things of God.
  2. But the natural man [someone who is not spiritual] does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
    1 Corinthians 2:9,10,14 (NKJV)

• God wants you to know His plan for your life and fulfil it; however, being a carnal Christian, that is, living in sin, can blur your eyes of understanding—you may not see what He has in plan for you.

  • Apostle Paul prayed this prayer for the Christians in Ephesus consistently which you would do well to pray for yourself:
  1. “that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
  2. the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; THAT YOU MAY KNOW WHAT IS THE HOPE OF HIS CALLING, WHAT ARE THE RICHES OF THE GLORY OF HIS INHERITANCE IN THE SAINTS.”
    Ephesians 1:17,18 (NKJV)

• It is my prayer that you will not be a disappointment to God and His kingdom in Jesus’ name.
Peace!

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