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(ESV) 1If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

2Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

The Life Series

(ESV) 12Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

We are asking 3 questions in this series:

We are asking 3 questions in this series:

“Why do we want to live the way that God has instructed us to live here in Colossians?”

“How do we live this way?

“What does living this way look like?”

Week 1 we talked about:

Because we are Forgiven because of God’s Grace and we have been Redeemed, what are we redeemed for?

Week 1 we talked about:

Grace - unmerited favor or reward

What does a grace filled life look like?

We used verses from Ephesians to learn about Grace, Forgiveness, and Redemption

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4But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

8For by grace you have been saved through faith.

And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Week 2 - we asked

What is Forgiveness?

So..If God has given us unmerited grace AND forgiveness WHAT DO WE GET FROM IT?

So..If God has given us unmerited grace AND forgiveness WHAT DO WE GET FROM IT?

Last Week we talked about Redemption

What does it mean to be redeemed?

To understand Redemption I want us to understand two other words first:

VideoSo through the Sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross to Atone for our sins we have been redeemed.

​Lexham Theological Wordbook RedemptionRedemption

Redemption relates to deliverance from a situation or from enemies.

Most often, this involves paying a price to “buy back” the person or thing that is being ransomed.

The word most frequently expresses the process of delivering someone from slavery or exchanging a ransom for something that belongs to God, such as a firstborn child in a family.

So lets look at some verses that hopefully will help us understand this redemption that followers of Jesus have.

Because we are Forgiven because of God’s Grace and we have been Redeemed, what are we redeemed for?

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(ESV) 1If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

2Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

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9Let love be genuine.

Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

10Love one another with brotherly affection.

Outdo one another in showing honor.

11Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.

12Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

13Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.

14Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

15Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

16Live in harmony with one another.

Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.

Never be wise in your own sight.

17Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

18If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

19Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

20To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”

21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.