Welcome to this weekend's in touch podcast with Charles Stanley.

Jesus doesn't offer an upgrade at salvation,

he exchanges our sin for his righteousness.

Our study of Colossians continues today

with the refreshing news that Christ is the believer's life.

I'm sure when you trusted the Lord Jesus Christ

is your personal and savior, you had all the best intentions in the world

of living a life obedient to God doing the things that you thought the Lord would have

you to do and being the kind of person you believe

God would have you to be. But somehow it hasn't always worked out that way and

you probably scolded yourself for it and wonder what it was that you missed. I believe that one of the basic reasons for that

is what I want to talk about today. In fact, probably the foundational reason that many, many

people really began in their Christian life

with all the sincerity of their heart, but somewhere along the way lose the sense of their

thrill and excitement, become discouraged and begin to wonder

this book is all it's cracked up to be.

If the Christian life is all that Jesus Christ said it would be,

or if there's something missing in their life,

and my friend, I want to tell you, or if there's something missing in their life.

And my friend, I want to tell you, for the most part, it may be that you have never given any

serious consideration to the truth that I want to share with you today.

Now we're in the book of Colossians,

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