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Rooted and Built Up in Jesus
What does it mean to be rooted and built up in Jesus (2:6) ? Colossians answers this question throughout the letter in varying ways:
"Trusting Christ = Living in vital union with Christ day by day (2:2–7)
Accepting Christ as Head or Lord = He is in control (1:15–18; 2:19; 3:10, 17)
Experiencing the power of the Holy Spirit = God’s mighty energy at work in us (1:11, 28, 29)
Inward and outward results =
• assurance of forgiveness (2:15)
• freedom from evil desires (2:11)
• joy (2:7)
• personal growth (1:28)
• opportunities to tell others the gospel (1:4, 28)
• thankfulness to God (2:7)
Direction = God becoming involved in our decisions (3:1, 16)" [1]
Rooted and Built Up in Jesus
What does it mean to be rooted and built up in Jesus (2:6) ? Colossians answers this question throughout the letter in varying ways:
"Trusting Christ = Living in vital union with Christ day by day (2:2–7)
Accepting Christ as Head or Lord = He is in control (1:15–18; 2:19; 3:10, 17)
Experiencing the power of the Holy Spirit = God’s mighty energy at work in us (1:11, 28, 29)
Inward and outward results =
• assurance of forgiveness (2:15)
• freedom from evil desires (2:11)
• joy (2:7)
• personal growth (1:28)
• opportunities to tell others the gospel (1:4, 28)
• thankfulness to God (2:7)
Direction = God becoming involved in our decisions (3:1, 16)" [1]
[1] Bruce B. Barton and Philip Wesley Comfort, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon, Life Application Bible Commentary (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1995), 187.
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