"Since then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God." Colossians 3:1
Colossians was written at the same time as Philippians. Paul is in Rome under house arrest. Yet even here he is hearing news from the churches and has a great concern for how they are doing in their faith.
Evidently there as a false teaching starting up in Colosse which questioned Christ's position of being all sufficient for our salvation, there were still things we had to do to be good enough. Paul writes this letter to the church there to confront and reassure the Christians that Christ is sufficient and we must be firmly rooted in him. By chapter 3 Paul has laid the foundation of his argument that Christ is all we need and he now stresses our need to really center our lives in Christ, not our own effort.
There are times when we worry if we are good enough, strong enough, just plain doing enough for God. If we only look to ourselves the answer will always be "NO". We aren't enough. But that is exactly why Jesus came in the first place. We aren't enough, but he is. Our life has to be centered in him. So quite looking to yourself, you'll only see failure. Look to Christ and set your heart and mind on something and someone greater.
Colossians was written at the same time as Philippians. Paul is in Rome under house arrest. Yet even here he is hearing news from the churches and has a great concern for how they are doing in their faith.
Evidently there as a false teaching starting up in Colosse which questioned Christ's position of being all sufficient for our salvation, there were still things we had to do to be good enough. Paul writes this letter to the church there to confront and reassure the Christians that Christ is sufficient and we must be firmly rooted in him. By chapter 3 Paul has laid the foundation of his argument that Christ is all we need and he now stresses our need to really center our lives in Christ, not our own effort.
There are times when we worry if we are good enough, strong enough, just plain doing enough for God. If we only look to ourselves the answer will always be "NO". We aren't enough. But that is exactly why Jesus came in the first place. We aren't enough, but he is. Our life has to be centered in him. So quite looking to yourself, you'll only see failure. Look to Christ and set your heart and mind on something and someone greater.
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