The document discusses Paul's letter to the Colossians, written around 61 AD to address the Colossian heresy and show the supremacy of Christ. It examines key passages from Colossians 2:6-7, encouraging believers to walk in Christ as they have received Him by faith, being firmly rooted and built up through instruction so they may be established in the faith with gratitude. The document provides biblical context and explanations for several Greek words and concepts to elaborate on walking by faith in light of one's position in Christ.

1. Walk in Christ
Colossians 2:6-7

2.  Written by Paul
 Written to believers in Colossae
 Written from Rome
 Written in 61 AD
 Written because of the Colossian heresy
 Written to show the supremacy of Christ

3.  Received to Ramble, 2:6
 Rooted and not Razed, 2:7a
 Read up in order to be Relieved, 2:7b

4.  Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord,
so walk in Him Colossians 2:6
 Therefore (οὐν oun): a transition word, connecting was
has gone before to what is coming up
 22 times by Christ in Matthew; 24:15, 42; 25:28
 Romans 12:1
 Ephesians 4:1
 Philippians 2:1
 The received the right doctrine
 Mystery of godliness in Christ
 Progressive revelation

5.  How did we receive Christ? How do we walk IN Him?
 We receive Christ by faith!
 “… the New Testament declares directly and without
complication in at least 150 passages that men are saved
upon the sole principle of faith.” Lewis Sperry Chafer,
Systematic Theology
 Received παρελαβετε (paralabete, aorist, 2nd person,
plural)
 Take to one’s self, receive, accept
 The Colossians are believers, they believed in the past
 1 Cor 15:1-3; 1 Thess 2:13; 4:1

6.  How do we walk in Him?
 In Him – typically associated with our position
 Miracles associated with walking
 Luke 5 and Acts 3
 Walk means our manner of life (1 Thess 2:12; 4:1)
 Synonymous with fellowship in 1 John
 1:6-7; 2:6, 11
 Walk by faith in light of our position in Him
 Paul’s prayer, Col 1:10

7.  having been firmly rooted and now being built up in
Him and established in your faith, just as you were
instructed, and overflowing with gratitude. Col 2:7
 Having been firmly rooted
 ῥιζοω (rhizoo, perfect passive participle: a past
completed action with effects in the present)
 Firmly rooted, fixed to the ground
 Agricultural word; rooted like a tree
 First step in walking by faith is being firmly rooted in
Him
 Eph 3:14-19

8.  (and now) being built up in Him, Col 2:7a
 ἐποικοδομεω (epoikodomeo, present passive participle)
 Keep on being continually built up
 Built up, build on, edify, spiritual strengthening
 Construction term
 Used in 1 Cor 3:10ff speaking of the Judgment Seat of
Christ
 Build up one another with our words, Eph 4:29
 Build up by pleasing our neighbor more than ourselves,
Rom 15:2

9.  … and (also) established in your (the) faith, just as you
were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude. Col 2:7b
 Established βεβαιοω (bebaioo present passive participle)
 To be established
 To confirm the truth of
 To increase in inner strength
 In THE faith
 ESV, KJV, NKJV and NIV all use the faith
 Must ensure we are established in THE faith

10.  … just as you were instructed…
 Continual process
 False teachers always look for a “new” way
 Ensure they are rooted and built up in what they have
previously learned
 Attitude is everything!
 Overflowing (present active participle), have a surplus,
more than enough, left over
 Continually be overflowing
 Gratitude (thankfulness, gratefulness)
 Pathway to sin is paved with ingratitude, Romans 1:21
 He “lavished” redemption upon us, Ephesians 1:7-8

11.  Live your life in light of the position you have in Christ!
 Walk by faith, and not by sight, i.e. in constant
submission to and reliance upon the Holy Spirit
 You have been firmly grounded through faith, now
continue building on that foundation by continuing to
confirm the truths of Scripture.
 Attitude is everything!
 “A grounded, growing, grateful Believer will not be
lead astray!” Warren Wiersbe

12. “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of
Me.”
“This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as
you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
1 Corinthians 11:24-25

13. There is a fountain filled with blood, drawn from
Immanuel’s veins;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood, loose all their
guilty stains;
Lose all their guilty stains, Lose all their guilty stains;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood, loose all their
guilty stains.