Col.2:12,20– “12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. … 20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances.”

Col.3:1-4– “1 If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.”

►Must crucify the old man of sin

Rom.6:1-8; Col.3:5; Gal.5:24; Rom.6:12►Done through repentance

1 Pet.4:1,2

►Makes room for ChristGal.2:20

►Must not only die with Himbut also be buried with

Him Rom.6:4; Col.2:12

►Must bury the old man of sin►Only the penitent man is

ready for burialOnly he has put to death

the oldman of sin

►We are raised with HimRom.6:4,5; Col.2:12

►We are raised to: Be made alive – Eph.2:5,6 Newness of life – Rom.6:4 Forgiveness – Col.2:13

►A life hidCol.3:1-4

►Paul said he lived as Christlived in himGal.2:20

►What we were is hid by what

we become1 Jn.3:3

►A royal priesthood1 Pet.2:9

►Made us to be kings & priests

Rev.1:5,6►We reign with Him2 Tim.2:11,12; 1 Cor.15:24,25

►The Corinthians were reigning 1 Cor.4:8

►If we suffer we will reign 2 Tim.2:11,12– “11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:”

►We suffer through trials Rom.12:1; 2 Tim.3:12; Col.1:24

►Rom.8:17 – “and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him.”

►Jesus is heir of all things Heb.1:2

►We are heirs for same reason

Gal.4:7; 1 Pet.1:3-5

1 Thess.4:17– “then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”