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“So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority” Col.2:10 [emphasis added]

It is amazing that it is the same issues that the church in Colossae had. “ These rules may seem wise because they require strong devotion, pious self-denial, and severe bodily discipline. But they provide no help in conquering a person’s evil desires. No help! It is only in Christ that we have help. It is only in Christ that our obedience is complete. And obedience to God sets us free. God did not call us to obedience so that we can be robots, God called us to obedience so that we can be free. The truth will set you free. So obedience is not the end in itself, obedience to Christ is a means and the means to freedom. So our obedience is so that we can be free, our obedience is not so that we can be bound. Paul puts it this way, “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery” Gal.5:1 [NIV]. “For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead” Col.2:12. If you are not baptized in water by immersion, you need to be baptized. Find out when baptism by immersion is set up in your church’s calendar and sign up for it. Galatians 2:20 is a fantastic scripture to memorize and it reads, “I have been crucified with Christ nevertheless I live yet not I but Christ lives in me and the life I now live I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me”. “He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross… You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world” Col.2:14-15, 20 [emphasis added]. Cancel there means delete. When you delete a file from the computer, what happens to the file? It is gone. Every handwriting against you has been deleted. That is what the Word of God says. And Jesus dealt with the principalities and powers publicly, so it means that even the demons know that Jesus is Lord. He did not do it privately, He did it publicly and that is just the beauty of it all. If there is a summary verse for the whole of Colossians chapter two, I think it is “And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power” Col.2:10 [KJV]. What is it that is causing havoc in the world? Whether you like it or not there are principalities, powers and there are satanic forces. And you are complete in Christ who is above principalities and powers. You need to receive that! And to our mothers reading this today, you are complete in Christ.

Prayer: Thank You Jesus, for going to such great lengths to set me unquestionably free and making me complete in You, in Jesus Name.