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?