Jason Hudson“Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going …
Paul distinquishes God’s grace from our works (according to the elemental spirits of the world) by detailing how Christ’s suffering on the Cross is sufficient to forgive us of our sins. This was accomplished by canceling the record of debt that stood against us by nailing to the cross and dying in our place. By …
Apart from Christ, every other religion and system of belief of any kind boils down to works and effort. Paul refers to this as the “elemental spirits of the world” or “elemental principles of the world.” If we do not live according do Christ and salvation in Him, we allow ourselves to be taken captive …
“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.” – Colossians 2:6-7
Paul is struggling for people he hasn’t even met face-to-face. How? Through prayer. Why? So that others won’t trick them with false knowledge about Jesus and their salvation, but rather that they’d grow in all wisdom and understanding of Him and His Kingdom.
Paul suffered and was afflicted as a backdrop for the epic story of love, the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This mystery of the Good News — Christ in us — has been brought to us by messengers stewarding the Word of God, teaching it to us, just as we should be careful to grow others …
Christ is preeminent, but apart from Christ we were a sinful little speck. Because of what Christ has done for His people, they are holy, blameless and above reproach. This is all true IF Jesus has in fact justified you, starting the work of sanctification in you until the day you see Him face-to-face.
Jesus was fully God and fully man, and it was the Father’s pleasure to have the fullness of deity dwell in Christ. He was pleased because Jesus was the only perfect and able person to accomplish salvation through complete obedience, even unto death on the cross. It is through Jesus that all things in heaven …
Read moreColossians 1:19-20 – All Things Reconciled Through Jesus
Jesus is the beginning. That is, He is not only eternal but also the Ruler above all rulers — The King of kings, the Lord of lords, the God above every other god, which are not even true gods at all. In addition, He was the first to overcome death, and His resurrection was an …
The Church has been called out of sin, death, the world and the dominion of darkness. Being called out does not place the believer into an individualistic spiritual journey, but rather the Body of Christ through the Spirit of God. The Body has Jesus as its head, both in terms of His absolute authority and …
Read moreColossians 1:18a – Jesus is the Head of the Body, the Church