Receiving Christ as Lord

๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐—  ๐—จ๐—ฃ

โ€ข What is something you did as a child that you would never do now?

โ€ข Look back at yourself ten years ago. Are you where you thought you would be back then?

โ€ข Recall a time when you had a debt canceled or a deadline moved. Share your story and how you felt.ย 


๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐——

๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ.ย ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—”๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฎ:๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ


(Read also ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—”๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฎ.)


Paul wrote to the church at Colossae to address the false teachings they were hearing. He warned about being taken captive by human philosophy (Colossians 2:8), and also emphasized the deity of Jesus Christ, who, though man, was also fully God (Colossians 2:9). Because we are now in Christ, our nature has changed. Christ forgave our sin and canceled our debt (Colossians 2:14). Now, we can live to fullness with Him. Today, letโ€™s talk about what happens when we receive Christ as Lord.


๐Ÿญ. ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ.

๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต . . . ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—”๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฎ:๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ


In the Old Testament, circumcision, wherein a piece of flesh is cut off from the tip of the male organ, was done by Godโ€™s people as a sign of the covenant God had made with them. Paul likens this act to what happens to believers when they receive Christ as Lord. We undergo a circumcision made without handsโ€”a spiritual one. When we receive Christ as Lord, He sets us apart from our old sinful nature so that we no longer have to be controlled by it. Like circumcision, baptism is an outward sign that we have been set apart for God as His people. What are some sinful practices or attitudes that God has changed in your life?


๐Ÿฎ. ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

. . . ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ.ย ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—”๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฎ:๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ


In Christian practice, baptism is the act of immersing someone briefly in water as an outward sign of the inward act of receiving Christ as Lord. Aside from circumcision, baptism is also likened to a burial, where our old sinful nature is considered dead and buried. We are now dead to sin or sin is dead to us in Christ. Just like we no longer communicate with people who have died, we are to no longer entertain our old sinful desires, since our old selves have already died with Christ. What does Romans 6:1โ€“3 say about the implications of this truth?


๐Ÿฏ. ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ.

. . . ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ.ย ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—”๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฎ:๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ


Baptism is also a picture of union with Christ not only in His death and burial but also in His resurrection. Just as Christ died and was resurrected, our old self died when we received Christ and we are made spiritually alive and given a new life. Since all of our sins are forgiven and our record of debt is canceled, nailed to the cross (Colossians 2:13โ€“14), we can experience a victorious life in Christ because He has already triumphed (Colossians 2:15). We are set free from the stains of our past and are now free to live our lives with and for God. What are some positive changes in your life since you received Christ? What change did others notice in your life after you received Christ as Lord?


๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก

โ€ข Have you received Christ as Lord and Savior? If not, would you like to receive Him today?ย 

โ€ข Share to the group positive changes in your life since you received Christ? Are there areas in your life where you need to see Christโ€™s life in you more?

โ€ข Romans 6:11 does not say that we need to die to sin but rather that we should consider ourselves already dead to sin and alive to God in Christ. What are practical ways that you could consider this truth regularly?


๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—ฅ

โ€ข Thank God for His great love that made a way to cancel our debt and forgive our sins, bringing us near to Him.

โ€ข Thank Him that we are dead to sin and made alive in Christ because of Jesusโ€™ sacrifice on the cross and His resurrection.

โ€ข Pray to hear Godโ€™s voice clearly as you walk through life, growing to be more and more like Christ, especially in times of temptation and hardship. Pray that you will always consider yourself dead to sin and alive to God so that you could continue to reflect the new life He has given you.