Today’s Reading:
COLOSSIANS 1:1-15
“As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving’’ (Col. 2: 6-7)

What must you do to be saved? "If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9). "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved . . ." (Acts 16:31). "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life" (John 3:16). "There is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12). We are saved by grace alone through faith in Christ Jesus.
Suppose you died today and stood before the Lord God and He asked you, "Why should I let you into my heaven?" How would you answer GOD? What would you say? How did you receive Christ Jesus? The only adequate response is Jesus Christ died for my sins on the cross of Calvary as my substitute and I have accepted him as my Lord & savior and put my trust in Him alone for eternal life. "For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. . . "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8).
In Colossians 2:6, "Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him." This is our responsibility as believers. The word "received" referred to the passing on of tradition as when a teacher passed on his teaching to his students. However, in this passage Paul has in mind the day when these believers "received" Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. To be a Christian is to have Christ. It is to be in fellowship with the living God. Christianity is Christ and to be a Christian is to have received Christ, the Lord.
Paul describes healthy believers who are firmly rooted as a tree, built up as a building, increasingly stable in their faith, and constantly producing fruit of thankfulness. The born again believer is firmly rooted and continues to produce the evidence of that spiritual regeneration (Colossians 2:7). A characteristic of Christian maturity is a thankful attitude. You cannot grumble and be thankful. You cannot complain and be full of thankfulness. You cannot criticize and be overflowing with thankfulness.
Walking in Christ simply means "Go on walking in Him." The idea is to continue to live your life in Christ. Christ is the way; walk with Him. Live as men and women who have a vital union with Christ. Walk in a manner of dependence upon Him. To walk "in Christ" not just with Him. Christ is the living Lord and He has redeemed us and lives in us to strengthen and transform us.
OLAJIDE OGUNFUWA
Prayers:
Father today I confess with my mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in my heart that God raised Him from the dead.
I receive the power to be firmly rooted in Jesus Christ and to continue to produce the evidence of my spiritual regeneration in Jesus name.
Oh God, help me to continue to live my life in Christ and depend upon Him alone in Jesus name.
I pray for all our Spiritual Leaders not just to work with Christ but live in Him in Jesus name. Amen
I pray for God’s mercy upon our nation and also that our Leaders will acknowledge Jesus as the one who can save our nation from the present situation in Jesus name. Amen
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