Pastor’s Pen

Beloved, the believers in the church at Colosse were facing a great danger. False teachers had been telling them that Jesus was not enough. False teachers came into the church and said, “We know you’re Christians, but that’s not enough. There are things that you need to add to your Christianity. Things that will make you more spiritual than just knowing and loving and serving Jesus Christ.” The same kind of dangers face us as Christians today: saying that Christ is not sufficient or that Christ is not enough. 
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The false teachers in Paul’s day, as the false teachers of our own day, were teaching Christ plus legalism, Christ plus mysticism and Christ plus asceticism. But Paul has made it clear that we, as Christians, are complete in Christ. The moment you were born again, you were placed in Christ, and Christ is the fullness of God. You draw from that fullness, and you have that fullness. 
It is because Jesus went to the Cross and rose again that we possess eternal life. Yes, the results of the Cross are life, change and growth. Is Jesus enough? Absolutely!
 Blessings-
Pastor Joe