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"Have You Received?"
Message
summary:
To each reader
this day who
has received
Christ, "walk
in Him". And
for any who
have not
received Him
do so this
day!
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"Therefore,
as you have
received
Christ Jesus
the Lord, so
walk in Him"
(Colossians
2:6).
Yesterday our study asserted that the Lord’s truth and declaration of what is right remains a sturdy rock in the ever shifting sands of the many deceptions we are exposed to. We need to heed Paul's warning to the Colossians, "I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments" (Colossians 2:4). Today these deceptions include many forms of "fine-sounding arguments".
This
warning
against
deception is
followed by an
exhortation to
advance in the
life of faith
and the adverb
"therefore"
marks the
transition.
"Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord". Paul uses "received", a term that many of us are familiar with in describing our faith and conversion to Christ. We may challenge someone to "receive Christ" or ask an individual, "When did you receive Christ?".
The
first New
Testament
reference to
this sense
of"receive" is
found in John
1:11 & 12,
"He came to
His own, and
His own people
did not
receive Him.
But to all who
did receive
Him, who
believed in
His name, He
gave the right
to become
children of
God".
"Have received" means to receive to oneself what is imparted or delivered over. Paul is saying that at some point the Colossians by faith laid hold of and took possession of the truth presented. It's been that way ever since. As we read the text today let us do so not merely as words to a group in ancient Colossae some 2000 years ago but to those living among us in 2026.
"So
walk in Him"
- Paul is
making the
point that
just as the
Colossians had
“received
Christ Jesus
as Lord” they
would remain
safe from
deceptions and
spiritual
seduction
(apostasy) if
they continued
to walk in
submission to
Him.
Pastor David Guzik comments:
So to each reader this day who has received Christ, "walk in Him". And for any who have not yet chosen to receive Him, don't delay but do so today!
Jesus! I do now receive Him,
More than all in Him I find,
He hath granted me forgiveness,
I am His, and He is mine.
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father, we are
so grateful
that our sins
are forgiven
and we are
made righteous
through
Christ's
atoning blood
when we
receive Him as
Lord and
Savior. We
seek you each
day as we
study the
Scriptures and
learn how to
walk in Your
ways and
glorify You,
our Father, in
heaven. There
are many paths
people choose
on their
earthly
sojourn, but
because we
have chosen to
follow Christ,
we will
steadfastly
walk on the
straight and
narrow path
that leads to
life eternal
with You.
Thank You for
making a way
for us for all
eternity.
Amen.
Today's
Suggested
Music and
Supplemental
Resources
"Our Great Savior" Watch on YouTube Congregational singing at Grace Community Church - Sun Valley, California
"Pastor Guzik's teaching on Colossians 2:6,7" Watch on YouTube (3 minutes and 39 seconds)
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