COLOSSIANS
2:4-15
READ THE BIBLE SLOWLY AND
STRATEGICALLY
I am
telling you this so no one will deceive you with well-crafted
arguments. For though I am far away from you, my heart is with you. And I
rejoice that you are living as you should and that your faith in Christ is
strong.
And
now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to
follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built
on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you
will overflow with thankfulness.
Don’t
let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that
come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world,
rather than from Christ. For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a
human body. So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who
is the head over every ruler and authority.
When
you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure.
Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful
nature. For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with
him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God,
who raised Christ from the dead.
You
were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut
away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. He
canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to
the cross. In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and
authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.
COLOSSIANS
2:4-15 NLT
EXTRACT
GOD’S MAIN THOUGHT OR POINT
Christianity
is about momentum, not just a moment.
My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go
ahead with what you’ve been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master;
now live him. You’re deeply rooted in him. You’re
well-constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what
you’ve been taught. School’s out; quit studying the subject and start living it!
And let your living spill over into thanksgiving. COLOSSIANS 2:6-7 MESSAGE
Christ
followers with momentum are:
GROUNDED
Let
your roots grow down into him and let your lives be built on him.… COLOSSIANS
2:7A NLT
Yes, I am the vine; you are the
branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For
apart from me you can do nothing. JOHN 15:5 NLT
GROWING
Then your faith will grow strong
in the truth you were taught… COLOSSIANS 2:7B NLT
And it is impossible to please
God without faith. HEBREWS 11:6 NLT
GRATEFUL
…and you will overflow with
thankfulness. COLOSSIANS 2:7C NLT
Momentum
begins with a MOMENT
“For
you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were
raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised
Christ from the dead.” COLOSSIANS
2:12 NLT
“I
tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent
me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they
have already passed from death into life.” JOHN
5:24 NLT
APPLY
IT TO MY LIFE
Our
bodies live until they die, but our souls are dead until they are made
alive.
In any
moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing… and the worst
thing you can do is nothing. – Teddy Roosevelt
LET IT
OUT