歌羅西書 2:6-12
6 你們既然接受了主基督耶穌， 就當遵他而行， 7 在他裡面生根建造， 信心堅固， 正如你們所領的教訓， 感謝的心也更增長了。 8 你們要謹慎， 恐怕有人用他的理學和虛空的妄言， 不照著基督， 乃照人間的遺傳和世上的小學就把你們擄去。 9 因為神本性一切的豐盛都有形有體的居住在基督裡面， 10 你們在他裡面也得了豐盛。 他是各樣執政掌權者的元首。 11 你們在他裡面也受了不是人手所行的割禮， 乃是基督使你們脫去肉體情慾的割禮。 12 你們既受洗與他一同埋葬， 也就在此與他一同復活， 都因信那叫他從死裡復活神的功用。
Colossians 2:6-12
6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. 9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; 10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. 11 In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
Let us ponder and remember what Christ has done for us. How can our heart not cry out with thanksgiving? As we are buried and raised with Him, we are set free! Chains fall off and bondages are broken. And more than that, we of such limited capacity, are now called complete in Him. It might be hard to imagine what that means now. As we look upon our life, we know that we fall far short in many aspects. But, that is how amazing our God is. He has already accomplished everything. Victory is His. By faith we trust that God's words are true. We are now a new creation in Him! No if's or but's.
So walk in Him. The blessings are just getting started. Salvation is but a beginning. We can experience His in-dwelling day by day. We can truly know what it means when God calls Himself Emmanuel: God is with us. We can live Holy, set apart for the Lord. All these things are made possible by what our Lord did for us. Not by our hand, but by His grace. So let us freely receive. Let us just come humbly before Him with thanksgiving. Today!
