"As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught...." (Colossians 2:6, 7a)
There is much cynicism in America today concerning the Church and fundamental doctrines of the Faith. So many blame the Church, hypocrites, antiquated language used in communicating the Gospel, cultural background, economic status, race, even unanswered prayer for reasons to give up on "the faith." I see nowhere in Scripture to indicate that any of these will hold up in The Judgment. Perhaps the best explanation is that they have never encountered Jesus Christ.
Once people "meet" Jesus, surrender to Jesus, receive Jesus, are born of the Spirit, baptized in the Holy Spirit, they do not look for reasons to abandon "the faith." They look for every "means of grace" to stay "in the faith." For such people, our text gives such "means"--- (1). Be sure you have "received Christ Jesus the Lord;" (2). "Walk" ("live") in Christ Jesus; (3). Stay "rooted" in Christ Jesus; (4). Continue to be "built up" ("constructed, confirmed") in Christ Jesus; (5). Be "established ("make sure, firm up") in the faith" of Christ Jesus; and, (6). "as you have been taught," which is the basis for the rest. Walk in these principles, and all the lies and seduction of this present age, all the disappointments, all the heartaches, all the hypocrites, will not be able to seduce us from Jesus Christ, His Words, His Church.
Father, in Jesus' Name, help me to look for every opportunity to receive, walk, be rooted, established, and taught. Amen.
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