Colossians 2 Bible Study

Time for a quick Bible study on Colossians chapter 2! This chapter so full of such awesome truth, there’s just so much to break down in it. So, I’ve taken a few notes and am adding some great truths from my study Bible! 

Verses 6:7 - Receiving Christ as Lord of your life is the beginning of a brand new life. But we must continue to follow, letting our roots grow down into Him (in John 15:4-5 Jesus says, “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.”) and we are to let our lives be built on Him (Matthew 7:24-25 - “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is build on bedrock.”). 

Verses 8-10: People are searching for something to fill the giant void in their hearts. Man has come to the (false) conclusion that he is here to serve himself, he is here to be worshiped. People believe that serving themselves and attaining all of the material things and knowledge that they can will bring fulfillment, only to find out that the more they get, the emptier they feel. That’s because the only thing that will bring true fulfillment, the only thing that can truly fill the void inside of each human’s heart is Jesus Christ, our Lord. 


When we know Jesus, we don’t need to seek God by means of other religions, cults, or unbiblical philosophies at the Colossians we’re doing. Christ alone holds the answers to the meaning of life, because he IS life. Christ is the unique source of knowledge and power for the Christian life. No Christian needs anything in addition to what Christ has provided to be saved. Some days may not feel like it, but in Jesus, the vacuum is gone, the full power and presence of God have taken up residence in your mind and heart. You are a new person in Christ! God will guide you. Religious practices look and sound good, but they can’t save us, they won’t help us to “conquer evil desires.” Only Christ can save us, and when we give our lives to Him, He will give us His Holy Spirit to come live inside of use and to guide us and help us overcome temptation and sin. 

We used to be dead. We were dead in sin, slaves to sin. But when we come to Christ, we are given new life. A life that is so satisfying and fulfilling that nothing else in the entire universe can ever compare. I won’t say that the world doesn’t entice us with things, and that some things aren’t tempting for the Christian, but I will say with full confidence that once you know Jesus, once you experience life with Him, that nothing else will ever compare with the joy that is found only in Him. You could go back to your old way of life, but why would you? Why would you choose to go back to bondage to sin when the very One who sets us free is willing to walk with you through this life, and who you will get to live with for eternity? 

God is ready to welcome you with open arms.

 ‘The Lord says,

“I was ready to respond, but no one asked for help.

    I was ready to be found, but no one was looking for me.

I said, ‘Here I am, here I am!’

    to a nation that did not call on my name.

All day long I opened my arms to a rebellious people.

    But they follow their own evil paths

    and their own crooked schemes.’ - Isaiah 65:1-2

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W-H-O-A. That’s what I felt like saying, and maybe did say, the first time I read this. It’s so amazing to think how ready our loving and merciful God is to welcome us into His open arms! But it breaks my heart to think of how ready He is, just waiting for some of His beautiful people to run into His arms, and every time they say no. Do we really run to God every day, trust Him to be our ultimate source of life, power, provision, and protection? WE SHOULD BE! He is here, waiting on people to call on HIS NAME. The God of this world, magnificent creator of this magnificent universe, is waiting for YOU! He WANTS you! He LOVES you. He loves you so much that He sent His only Son, who knew no sin, to take on our punishment, the death we deserved. Why? Because of love. He loves us and desires for us all to live with Him in Heaven for eternity (2 Peter 3:9 says that is His will that NONE should perish). If people only knew, man. If they only knew how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love for us is (Ephesians 3:18); if they only knew how full of joy He can make you! How much peace He will give you. But you have to be willing to make Him Lord of your life, to believe that Jesus died and rose again. It takes faith. He won’t force His love on anyone. He gave each of us a free will. He wills for us all to call on His name, to serve Him, but He won’t make us serve Him. Just thinking of how much He wants for us to be with Him, to walk with Him is so humbling, and I pray every day that my highest desire would be to serve Him above all else, to put Him first, to rely on Him, to trust Him fully as my source and protection. Why? Because Jesus DIED for me! For me, who has messed up countless times. Who deserved the punishment He endured, the beatings He took. When I think of that, I become so overwhelmed by His love! It’s time that Christians stand up and become BOLD about our faith. It’s time that we spread the news of how happy He makes us. People are watching Christians. They’re watching to see how we respond to trials and how we respond to temptations. They’re listening to how we talk. They’re watching our daily lives and how we live them. Let’s start letting them know how wonderful, loving, amazing, and how AWESOME GOD IS! Let’s stop living in the shadows, afraid to speak a word about our loving and living God who created us! Let’s start sharing Him with others! 1 Peter 3:1 - “Then, even if some refuse to obey the Good News, your godly lives will speak to them without any words. They will be won over by observing your pure and reverent lives.” It’s time to step out and spread the Word that God has called us to share. ❤️