If We Continue...

 Col 1:19  For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell

(((The Father God knows and wanted all in all to be in Christ))))

Col 1:20  And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. 

(((The blood of Christ, the sacrifice of Christ for us brings the peace of salvation. Jesus Christ our Savior alone can reconcile us to God.))))

Col 1:21  And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 

(((Separated from God by our own wickedness, we can be reconciled to God by our Savior.))))

Col 1:22  In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: 

(((JESUS' death allows Him to present US holy, unblameable, unreprovable!  Think about that!? You and I, HOLY, UNBLAMEABLE, UNREPROVABLE! The magnitude of such a miracle is truly beyond our ability to fully comprehend.))))

Col 1:23  If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister

(((IF…IF… IF….IF….IF…  I can't stress this IF enough! IF WE CONTINUE IN THE FAITH.

Continue in the faith! Endure to the end! Confess always to be cleansed always! 

Mat 24:13  But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 

1Jn 2:1  My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 

1Jn 2:2  And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 

1Jn 1:8  If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 

1Jn 1:9  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

WE must continue just as we began in CHRIST, that belief, that zeal, that comprehension, that knowledge of being saved must be continued always. We can never get to a place we believe we are sinless and not in need of forgiveness. While we strive against sin, we know that only Christ is sinless, and our acceptance of His sinlessness is our salvation through Him. Never ever should we condone any sin. If we sin we must confess, we must recognize our Savior as saving us, not us saving ourselves with our own power to refrain from sin. ANY ability to keep from sinning comes from the power of God and we need to keep this in mind. Christ in us is our hope, not our hope in our own power to be sinless.

IF we continue...

We must continue in the faith, not step outside of it onto another path.  We must be GROUNDED and SETTLED. If you are grounded and settled in something you will not be moved from it ever! We must NEVER move away from the gospel of salvation through Christ!

Col 1:27  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: 

Col 1:28  Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: 

Col 1:29  Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily