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▪️ It is the privilege of every member of Christ's body to recognize their permanent, COMPLETE standing IN Christ.The Apostle Paul writes:?Colossians 2:9-10 KJB9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.10 And YE ARE COMPLETE IN HIM, which is the head of all principality and power:▪️ When someone says that we are to be saved or kept by the law, they have never understood the phrase: "COMPLETE IN HIM." ?Romans 3:22-24 KJB22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:23 FOR ALL HAVE SINNED, and come short of the glory of God;24 Being JUSTIFIED FREELY BY HIS GRACE *through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus*:?Romans 3:28 KJB28 Therefore we conclude that A MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH *without the deeds of the law*.?Romans 6:14 KJB14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.?1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJB1 Moreover, brethren, I DECLARE UNTO YOU THE GOSPEL which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;2 BY WHICH ALSO YE ARE SAVED, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, UNLESS YE HAVE BELIEVED IN VAIN [any other gospel].3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, HOW THAT CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS according to the scriptures;4 And THAT HE WAS BURIED, and THAT HE ROSE AGAIN the third day according to the scriptures:▪️ When anyone suggests that we can add to our salvation by doing something, they have never understood the phrase, "COMPLETE IN HIM." ?Romans 3:10 KJB10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:?Romans 4:4-5 KJB4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.? 2 Corinthians 5:21 KJB21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.?Ephesians 2:8-9 KJB8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.▪️ When anyone suggests that water baptism in any form is necessary for salvation, or as a testimony to one's faith, or the door to the church, they do not understand the phrase, "COMPLETE IN HIM." ?1 Corinthians 12:13 KJB13 For BY *one Spirit* are we all baptized INTO *one body*, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.?Colossians 2:12 KJB12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.▪️ When we are told that we must keep the sabbath or any other religious ordinance, we know men do not understand the COMPLETENESS God gave us IN Christ. ?Colossians 2:16-17 KJB16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:17 Which ARE A SHADOW OF THINGS TO COME; *but the body is of Christ*.?‍♂️?‍♀️ Christ's ambassadors have been given the ministry of reconciliation to preach the gospel of Christ and "Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery", "for the obedience of faith" and "TO MAKE ALL MEN SEE *what is the fellowship of the mystery*, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:" (2 Cor 5:18-21, Rom 16:25-26, Eph 3:9) ? 2 Tim 2:15 ▪️ 2 Tim 3:16-17 KJB Grace ✝️