Colossians 3:1-4 | Justification

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Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
Scripture: Colossians 3:1-4

1. UNION WITH CHRIST
   1. Union through the Election of the Father
   2. Union through the Work of the Son
2. Union through Indwelling of the Spirit
3. WHERE ARE YOU?
4. YOU DIED
5. YOUR LIFE IS HIDDEN

John Murray — Redemption Accomplished and Applied
union with Christ is . . . the central truth of the whole doctrine of salvation. . . . It is not simply a phase of the application of redemption; it underlies every aspect of redemption”

Charles Hodge
The first effect of faith, according to the Scriptures, is union with Christ.

2 Timothy 1:8–9
… God, who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,

2 Timothy 1:9–10
… grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel

Romans 8:11
If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Colossians 2:12
having 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.

Colossians 2:13–14
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.

2 Corinthians 5:21
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.