Christ in Colossians

Christ Connection - From Darkness to the Kingdom

Jesus taught: “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). Paul here describes that rebirth as a translation - not self-improvement, but a relocation into a new kingdom, the kingdom of God’s beloved Son. The mechanism is His blood. The result is forgiveness. The location is light. All of this centers Christ: His blood, His kingdom, His light.

Christ Connection - The Treasure You Already Possess

Paul will later write that Christ Himself is "the wisdom of God" (1 Cor. 1:24). Every wisdom you need is not somewhere else, with some other teacher, through some other discipline. It is in Christ. And if you are in Christ, you are not seeking outside yourself. The treasure is not distant. It is not hidden in some esoteric text or angelic revelation. It is in the person you have already trusted. Every spiritual depth you hunger for is found in deepening your knowledge of Him.

Christ Connection - Christ at the Right Hand of God

Jesus is not distant. He is seated - the posture of rest and rulership. "Sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens" (Heb. 1:3). And Colossians has already told you that you are seated with Him (Col. 3:1 in some manuscripts; plainly in Eph. 2:6). To seek the things above is not to gaze at a distant heaven. It is to align yourself with where you already are, hidden in Him.

Christ Connection - The Master Above All Masters

Ephesians 6:9 makes this explicit: "Ye masters, do the same things unto them [servants], forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him." Every earthly relationship of authority stands under the judgment of the heavenly Master. Christ has not authorized cruelty; He has authorized service. The master is not serving the servant - but both are serving Christ.