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

Do you find it's a struggle to maintain a Christian walk?

Our study of Colossians continues today with a powerful reminder from chapter 3 about our position in

Christ. What I want to share with you today is the basic foundation of the whole

Christian life. If you understand what we're about to talk about, you will

understand not only your position with the Lord Jesus Christ, but you'll understand your privileges and you'll understand the power that is within you and available to you and you're also going to understand I believe

Why God has so prepared you to live victoriously, but on the other hand why we're so often defeated in our Christian life.

Now, I want you to jot down this word first of all we're talking about our relationship

to him our position with him that is our relationship with him and the first word

is crucified that is the Bible says first of all that you and I have been crucified with him or as he says in chapter 3 of Colossians, verse 1, that we died with him. And verse two,

listen to this if you will.

If then you've been raised up with Christ,

why are we raised up because first of all we died.

He says, keep seeking the things above.

Now he says in verse three, for you have died and your life is

hidden with Christ in God. Now in this verse the Bible says that you now have died

that is not only we are living but we've also died now how did all that

take place this is the way it took place when Jesus Christ was nailed to the

cross he was crucified He died on the cross for your sin and mine. On the other side of that cross was every single believer.

While Jesus was dying for sin,

every single one of us was dying to sin.

So the Bible says, and Paul said,

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