COLOSSIANS: ROOTED IN CHRIST + NOTHING ADDED!

This post by kathylarkman was originally published at GRACE PLACE

Growing in the Christian Life is about understanding and relying on what God has done for us in Christ.

We can be confident in Jesus because of who He is-the full image of God- and what He has done- dying to reconcile a rebellious world to God.

Because Jesus is fully God and His victory is total, it is foolish and useless to move on from Him. Instead, we should grow stronger in our love for and obedience to Him.

The big idea of the coming study for February is on the passage in Colossians 2:9-23. Christ has done everything we need to be reconciled to God through his death on the cross. If we add anything to Christ, it will only weaken our confidence in Christ and undermine the work of Christ.

Paul is reiterating to the Colossians ( vv9-10) the necessity to understand the origin and completeness of life in Christ we are offered (see Col 1:16-18). Paul goes into greater detail about the nature of the false teaching and the doctrine of what we have in the fullness/completeness of Christ to explain why we need to add nothing!

This February Study is on GRACE PLACE as well as hard copies at COTG and CBC. Praying you will be blessed.