Colossians 2:6-7

‘IN HIM’

‘As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him: rooted and built up in Him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught.’

Colossians 2:6

There is a wonderful unity in Gospel truth; it all leads up to the one central Person.

I. All revelation testifies of Christ, proceeds from Christ, reverts to Christ, finds in Christ its centre, guides us in the last resort to Him. Poor may our ministry be, yet let it only be true to its central object, which is Christ the Lord, then the preacher may not quite miss the mark. How thankfully will he efface himself, and forget in the end his own poverty as an instrument in the supreme result—souls lovingly joined to the living Lord of life and light.

II. In the face of such a Gospel, what becomes for each of us the one foremost necessity and duty of our life?—Why, that we unite ourselves to Him, that we surrender into His hands the supreme direction of our conduct and rely on Him alone.

III. Union with Christ makes Christians independent of every one else for spiritual life and welfare. ‘Complete in Him,’ whatever instruments and agents He may use by whom to bless His people, they are Christ’s simply, given, withdrawn at His will. To Christ alone let our eyes be raised.

Illustration

‘This Epistle is full of the glory of Christ and His pre-eminence over every creature, because the Colossians were in danger of forgetting Him, and turning to lower and less beings for aid, e.g. to angels; and to engraft upon this Gospel Mosaic ceremonies and ascetic practices, as if He were insufficient.’