Sunday Notes: Colossians 2:11-15
- (Col 2:11 ESV) In _______________ also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without _______________, by putting off the _______________ of the flesh, by the circumcision of _______________,
 - (Col 2:12 ESV) having been buried with him in _______________, in which you were also _______________ with him through faith in the powerful working of _______________, who raised him from the dead.
- You were _______________
- Not in the physical sense here but _______________
 
 - Jews were circumcised as _______________ to symbolize their _______________ position as the people of God
 - When the old _______________ was fulfilled in Christ
- The new, Messianic Covenant was instituted and this requirement of _______________ circumcision was done away with
- Romans 2:25-29
 
 - Much like baptism…
- You can be dunked in a tank and remain unchanged. If the _______________ has not been transformed by the _______________ _______________, baptism means nothing.
 
 - In the new _______________ we are sanctified
- We are set apart, cut off if you will, from the sinful world
 - Not _______________, but spiritually
- Ephesians 4:17-24
 
 
 - When the _______________ baptizes someone
- It is symbolic of _______________, burial, and resurrection
 - In the mode following _______________
 
 - Baptism is an _______________ sign of the inward _______________ that has already taken place
- In baptism you signify that your old self has died
- It has been buried
- Under the water
 
 - And the _______________ person rises up
- To walk in a new life in Christ.
 - Matthew 28:18-20, Acts 2:41, Romans 6:1-7, John 3:22-23, Matthew 3:13-14, Colossians 3:1-2
 
 
 - It has been buried
 
 - In baptism you signify that your old self has died
 
 - The new, Messianic Covenant was instituted and this requirement of _______________ circumcision was done away with
 
 - You were _______________
 - (Col 2:13 ESV) And you, who were _______________ in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your _______________, God made _______________ together with him, having forgiven us _______________ our trespasses,
 - (Col 2:14 ESV) by canceling the _______________ of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the _______________.
- This is the condition of _______________ man
- Every woman
 - Every child
- Before the _______________ _______________ shifts your focus to the Savior
 
 
 - It is not until we are redeemed
- Made _______________ in Christ
 - That we are acceptable to _______________
- Romans 8:11-15
 
 
 - By canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its _______________ demands
- This points back to the Old Covenant under the _______________ that we would keep the law and be found righteous
 - But no one could keep the law
- It was humanly _______________.
 
 - So all people are _______________ under the law
- And owed legal demands
- Specifically, a _______________ sentence.
 
 
 - And owed legal demands
 
 - This he set aside nailing it to the _______________.
- 1 Peter 2:20-25
- _______________ our redeemer
- Is also our example of this walk
 - That we might follow in _______________ footsteps
- He committed no _______________
 - Neither was _______________ found in his mouth
 - When He was _______________, He did not revile in return
 - He _______________ God through all things
 - He _______________ our sins
 - He _______________ us back
 
 - Now we walk this life
- Guided by the _______________ of Christ
 - Empowered by the _______________ Holy Spirit
 
 
 
 - _______________ our redeemer
 
 - 1 Peter 2:20-25
 
 - This is the condition of _______________ man
 - (Col 2:15 ESV) He _______________ the rulers and authorities and put them to open _______________, by triumphing over them in _______________.
- He disarmed the rulers and authorities
- That is _______________
- Overcoming any and all _______________ authority
 
 
 - That is _______________
 - And put them to open shame
- The shame would be a _______________ sense of their power and influence
- That the _______________ is infinitely more powerful than they are.
 
 
 - The shame would be a _______________ sense of their power and influence
 - By triumphing over them in HIm.
- One man’s death on the cross
 - Triumphs over all else
- Our sin
 - The curse
 - World powers
 - Anything.
 
 
 - We live this life because of the _______________ and _______________ of God
- And we see in the ordinance of _______________ the movement of our lives
- From being dead in our sin
 - To our burial leaving that old life behind
 - And our rising up into a new life
- To walk in _______________ forever.
 
 
 
 - And we see in the ordinance of _______________ the movement of our lives
 - While baptism does not _______________ us
- It is the example of our _______________ life
 - As much so should the daily walk there forward
- Reflect the _______________ of Christ
 
 
 - We die in _______________
- We are raised in _______________
 - Now we walk new in _______________
- Romans 6:1-10
 
 
 
 - He disarmed the rulers and authorities