Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for October 31, 2021

Keep Walking!

Colossians 2:6-15

– therefore: connecting 2:6-15 with its context
– In light of Christ’s accomplishment on the cross, remain faithful and resist falsehood.

1. Commit to Continuance (6-7)

• walk: conduct, lifestyle, consistent with the gospel
• rooted, built up, established, abounding

2. Proceed with Caution (8)

• danger of incarceration through speculation and deception
• the standard: according to Christ

3. Grounds for Continuation and Caution (9-15)

• hymn-like quality (4 “in Him” and 4 “striking” participles)
• filled in His fullness (9-10)
• circumcision (11), burial/resurrection (12), death/new life (13), expunged record (14), disarming/triumph (15)

4. So What?

• “My sin, oh the bliss of this glorious thought, My sin, not in part but the whole, is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more. Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, oh my soul…” (Spafford)
• “And when before the throne I stand in Him complete, ‘Jesus died my soul to save’ my lips shall still repeat…” (Hall)
• “There we leave you in that blessed dependency, to hang upon Him that hangs on the cross.” (Donne)
• Cling to Christ!