He is Enough

I. KNOWING THE TRUTH

John 8:31–32 ESV

31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

To counteract falsehood, truth is the answer.

Colossians 1:21–23 ESV

21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

The renewal comes through knowledge of Him.

Colossians 3:9–10 ESV

9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.

Paul tells the Romans that transformation comes through renewal of the mind.

Romans 12:2 ESV

2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Our faith is a thoughtful faith.

Colossians 2:4 ESV

4 I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments.

Colossians 2:8 ESV

8 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

“God shaped our hearts in such a way that our thinking functions properly only if our desires and will are right with God. When our heart is not at peace with God, our thinking becomes hostile to God, darkened, futile, and debased. But when our affections and volition are righteous, our thinking is also heading in the right direction.” p. 33 in With All Your Heart by A. Craig Troxel

II. COMPLETE IN HIM

Colossians 2:9 ESV

9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,

Colossians 2:10 ESV

10 and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.

Colossians 2:11 ESV

11 In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,

Colossians 2:12 ESV

12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Colossians 2:13–14 ESV

13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.

Colossians 2:15 ESV

15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.

IF YOU HAVE JESUS, YOU HAVE ALL YOU NEED!