True Freedom: Life with Jesus

We find ourselves in Chapter 2 this week as Paul continues in his encouragement and truth by pointing to where all hidden treasures of wisdom and knowledge reside. This is no longer a mystery but revealed to everyone through Jesus the Christ.

One point to notice as Paul contends with the heresy creeping into the church, is the fine-sounding arguments and deceptive philosophy that depend on human tradition or principles of the world, rather than on Jesus Christ.

As this letter was passed on to Colosse and other churches, even if it was intercepted by the promoters of the heresies Paul warned against, it preaches Jesus Christ, His divine nature and His sovereignty over all other "gods." This is the true freedom we celebrate in the forgiveness of sin. — Pastor Don