We can not. We can not save ourselves, unite ourselves or renew ourselves to God. Only Christ can. Praise God he did. Because of him, we live. Because of him, we triumph. Because of him, we will see God face to face.
[Colossians 2.11-15]
2.11 In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. 15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
[ WHAT ] is this passage saying and what is a key truth or thought that we learn?
+ What is this passage saying about Jesus?
+ What is the key truth central to our faith in this passage?
+ What miracles are you, in faith, believing Jesus for?
[ HOW ] is the Lord calling me to action/obedience?
+ Is there sin to confess or a next step to take? How has it gone since last time?
[ WHO ] am I walking with and praying for to discover Jesus?
+ What is my next step?