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Having shown in the previous verses the reality of the believer’s transformation in Christ, Paul now reveals the depth and power of that transformation. In this passage we learn what Christ has fully accomplished on our behalf through His death and resurrection. At the same time, Paul decisively dismantles the false teachings of the Judaizers and the claim that Christ was merely an angelic being, declaring instead the complete victory and sufficiency of Christ alone.

To be truly rooted in Christ, Paul teaches that we must first have a clear and settled understanding of who Christ is. In these verses, he presents three essential truths every believer must know and embrace about the Lord, while at the same time confronting the false teachings that were troubling the church at Colossae. Through this, Paul anchors our faith in the fullness, sufficiency, and supremacy of Christ alone.

Just as a house is only as strong as the foundation upon which it is built, so also is the spiritual life of any believer only as strong as the foundation upon which it rests.  In these three short verses Paul warns us about the need for every true believer to have themselves rooted in the foundation that is Christ.

In this second message of the series, we consider the testimony of a devout man named Simeon, who had been promised by the Lord that he would not see death until he had witnessed the Consolation of Israel. Simeon’s encounter with the Christ child stands as a powerful testimony of promises made and promises kept, revealing the faithfulness of God both to one faithful servant and to the world through His redemptive plan for Israel.