Alive and Free, Raised to Life with Christ
By Lynette Kittle "Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God." - Colossians 3:1 Each year we celebrate Christ's resurrection from the dead. It's a time for us to celebrate how, with His rising, we have been raised too. Ephesians 2:6 explains, "And God raised us with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus. "Once enslaved to sin and the things of the earth, through Jesus' death and resurrection, we are now set free from sin to live a new life in Him. Romans 6:4 describes, "We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life." As we focus on our risen Savior, we often overlook how His rising raises us, too. 1 Corinthians 6:14 describes how, "By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also." Raised and Made Alive
As Jesus rose from the dead, we are raised from being dead in our transgressions and made alive again. "But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved." (Eph 2:4-5) Being dead in our transgressions means we had no way on our own of being made alive again. Only through the resurrection of Jesus, can we be raised and freed from our sinful state. Romans 8:11 describes, | 
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