Sermon Series || Colossians Series - Rooted & Built “In Him” || Colossians 2:1-11 “For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. 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. See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ”
Being rooted and built in Jesus is the best thing you can do, but it isn’t always the easiest; sometimes it involves vulnerability. But there’s strength and courage that come from being in Community. Do you find it hard to be in community? Do you have community? If not, how can you begin to step in/towards community?
To go with Pastor Josh’s C points, being Competent in Jesus is important if we are to be rooted and built in Him. We need to know the right information, or else it can lead to anxiety. The goal is to be a courageous and competent community, do you feel like you know Jesus and the Gospel? Is that something you could spend more time learning? If so, how can you practically begin doing that this week?
Everything you’re searching for is found in Jesus. So how do we become a courageous and competent community? The same way you received Him is the same way you walk in Him. You walk everywhere in Him - meaning you don’t leave Him on your nightstand in the morning before going to work, or you don’t find truth in the world, but you find it in Him. Are you walking everywhere in Him? Or are you separating Him from other things?
We need to be rooted in the Gospel, we need to get rooted in the ESSENTIALS. Don’t try to live your life apart from the Person you’ve built it upon. The same place you got rooted is the same place you build from. So what are you feeding your soul? What are you allowing to have inputs in your life that are not Jesus?