Today I would like to speak about Colossians 1 verse 22 to 23, this passage can sometimes be misused by Grace preachers, they sometimes believe that we can live however we want to, thinking we cannot lose our salvation. This is not true, for we are suppose to live for God's Will alone ( 1 Peter 4 verse 1 and 2) , God has called us to live self controlled and pure lives ( Titus 2 verse 12). We have to understand that to truly know Christ, we have to obey His commands ( 1 John 2 verse 3). It is an everyday journey, we have to obey God's commands, for if we live according to the sinful nature, we will die ( Romans 8 verse 13). So one can lose his place in heaven, if he lives according to the sinful nature ( the flesh in KJV):
Let us read
Colossians 1 verse
22 to 23.
It explains to
us that through
Jesus’s death, we
are presented to
God the Father
as blameless and
free from accusation.
God basically sees
His Son’s life
and not ours.
It continues to say that
this can only
happen if we
continue in the
faith, only if we
are established and
firm in the
Christian faith. How
do we become
established and firm
in this faith?
The answer is
found in John
15 verse 5 to 6.
We can only
become established and
firm in God,
if we remain
in Jesus Christ,
we can do
nothing without Christ!
How do
we remain in Christ? Jesus
answers this question
later in the
same chapter ( chapter
15 ), Jesus says, “As
the Father has
loved me, so
have I loved
you. Now remain
in my love.
If you obey
my commands, you
will remain in
my love, just
as I have
obeyed my Father’s
commands and remain
in His love. ( Chapter 15
verse 9 and 10
)” Jesus is
His Word, His
commands are in
the Bible and
we are to
follow these commands,
because He has
commanded us to
do so( John 14
verse 15 and 23
).
In Colossians 1
verse 23, it
speaks about not
being moved from
the Hope held
out in the
gospel. Jesus is our hope,
for He is
the very being
of the gospel.
We have to
fix our eyes
upon Jesus, for
He alone is
the author and
perfecter of our
faith ( Hebrews 12
verse 2 ) . We
have to keep
Jesus at the
center of our
lives, for He
is our very
life ( Colossians
3 verse 4 ), For
in God we
live and move
and have our very being
( Acts 17
verse 28 )
Jesus does not
take second place,
anything that we
put before Christ
becomes our god
and Jesus has
commanded us to
worship God alone
( Matthew 4
verse 10 and
Exodus 20 verse
2 and 3 ),
He has to
be number one
in our life,
there is no
other option, we
either worship Him
alone or not at all!
Jesus has called
us to be
His people, a holy people,
a people that
belongs to Him!
( 1 Peter
2 verse 9 )
Therefor
friends, remain in
Christ, hold onto
Him, for He
gives light to
us in this
dark world ( John
1 verse 9
). Jesus alone
is our Hope
and salvation is
found in no
one but Jesus,
He alone can
save us! (
Acts 4 verse
10 to 12 )
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