Colossians 2:12, Season 2 Episode 12
From September 27, 2021 Online Bible Study
Joy’s Notes:
Col 2:12
(V 2:11 — circumcised)
THEN….
For you were BURIED with Christ when you were baptized.
(Surrender/ planted)
And were raised WITH Him to new life THRU faith; the One who also raised Jesus from the dead!”
(Resurrection/ SOZO)
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Both 2:11 & 2:12 OUTWARD doings— not INWARD (circumcision & baptism)
CIRUMCISION= “ to circumcision is not merely obeying the law, rather it’s a change of heart produced by the spirit! And, a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people!”
~Romans 2:29
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1. RIGHT ORDER:
3 S’s
Surgery (circumcised)
V. 2:11
Surrender (baptism)
Sozo(new life/resurrect)
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SOZO = a Greek word translated "saved, healed, make whole, delivered."
SOZO is used over 100x in NT!
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S U R R E N D E R :
(BURIED in baptism)
God sees “BURIED”
as a baptism — we often see it as a funeral !
STORY EXPLAINING SURRENDER:
BROKEN garage.
— run, duck & jump (put up with dysfunction)
Surrender isn’t done to EARN Gods love— but IN RESPONSE to it!
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He alone CLEANED
out my dirty heart
(circumcision) 2:11
Surrender is not a one time thing, it’s an every day thing!
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WHAT SURRENDER LOOKS LIKE:
James 4:6-10
“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble (surrender IS humbling ourselves!)
So- humble myself before God
Resist Satan (his lie we have CONTROL, power, success, being “right” & he will flee (he’ll convince us NOT TO surrender)
Come close to my Father & He will come close to me.
Wash my hands from my sin (repentance) -faiths laundry
Purify (“To remove contaminants) my heart
Let there be tears for what I’ve done (& what’s been done to me!)
Let there be sorrow & deep grief
Let there be sadness instead of laughter
Let there be gloom instead of joy.
Humble myself before God.
He will LIFT-ME-UP in honor 🙌 (SOZO/RESURRECTION)
Can’t HEAL til I REVEAL
can’t REVEAL til I FEEL
Can’t FEEL til I KNEEL
(Kneel= surrender)
👉God uses pain not to DESTROY me but to DEVELOP me!!!
👉 Great acts of God are PRECEDED by great acts of surrender!
Habakkuk 2:4-5
"Look at the proud! They TRUST THEMSELVES & their lives are crooked. But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.
.... the arrogant NEVER REST."
(The opposite of ARROGANT is SURRENDER)
Matt 11:28
“COME to Me,
all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest= SURRENDER/BURIAL
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S E E D S :
story: “I’m Just waiting for a breakthrough!” (Sozo/ resurrection day!)
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(It’s Like a seed waiting to pop out shoots while in my hand!)
but there’s no resurrection without a death!
SURGERY = breakdown
Surrender = breakopen
Sozo = breakthrough
John 12:24
“I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives.”
FAITH:
faith is experienced in the surrender (Col 2:12 )
BECAUSE It’s here we encounter a FAITHFUL God!
Rom 1:18
“ it is through faith that a righteous person has LIFE!”(freedom)
Life (freedom) “PRECEDES” surrender !!!!
(Because faith is grown AFTER surrender- & THRU “baptism!”
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Elijah story (only when he was in dark cave alone did he receive deep FAITH!) He was afraid of jezebel (little faith) BEFORE the cave season. (1 Kings 19)
✨ELIJAH FOUND FAITH IN THE DARK CAVE!!!
(He found & experienced Gods faithfulness)
Seeds will stay in seed form unless it’s placed in a growing environment.
Seeds are asleep when they’re in a bag or a hand. They’re still alive, but are dormant & inactive. They’ll stay this way if not placed in fertile ground !
CONDITIONS:
1. WATER &
2. LIGHT allow germination to occur!!!!
3. Temp— “perfect”
John 4:10=
Holy Spirit is the LIVING WATER
1 John 1:5=
God is LIGHT
The seed is provided with his own backpack of snacks🙌(“we’re given EVERY spiritual resource needed” Eph 1:3) thats opened up ONLY when planted in fertile ground— with water and sunlight!
The first thing to come out of a cracked shell is the ROOT.
The root grows deep down until it reaches the dirt to be able to feed the seed with nutrients found in the fertilized dirt (LOVE is the DIRT/nutrient!)
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Eph 3:17
“Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.”
LOVE IS FIRST & THE FOUNDATION OF EVERYTHING!!
Growth begins to come out the opposite direction of seed, towards the SON-light🙌
It grows into a plant itself producing countless seeds of its own
& only than does it begin to take on its purpose!!
👉👉What we think is DIRT in our life is actually fertilizer to produce our purpose!!!
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HOW DO WE DO THIS??? =
we fix our heart on the JOY awaiting us!!!!🙌
R E S U R R E C T I O N:
(SOZO!!)
Heb 12:12
“We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, (the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.) Because of the joy awaiting him, He endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.”
I fix my heart on the JOY awaiting me on the other side of painful surrender = SOZO!!!
We live in a JOY-STARVED culture!!!!
joy is found on the other side of surrender (being planted)
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JOYS A FRUIT that’s only developed by being planted (surrender) !!!!!
☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️
THE JOY OF
RESURRECTION
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