Walk in Him, Rooted and Built-up in Him, Established in the Faith.
As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
Colossians 2:6-7 NKJV
The above given verse exhorts us to walk in Him as we have received Christ. Walk in Him means having fellowship with Christ. Paul uses such expression in 2Cor 5:17 when he writes “if anyone is in Christ” He is a new creation.
Enoch walked with God three hundred years. He was 65 years when he started his walk with God and we know that he was taken up to heaven by God. He walked with God in faith and his faith pleased God. Now the only way to please God is to believe in the One, God sent to the earth. Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent.
John 6:28-29 KJV
Believing in Christ Jesus whom God the Father has sent is the only way to please God.
By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Hebrews 11:5-6 NKJV
When we believe in Christ Jesus it can be said that we are rooted in Him and we are nourished by Him. When we are nourished by His Spirit we are growing in Him and built up in Him. We can do nothing without Jesus. In John 15, Lord gives a fine analogy of Himself as the true vine and calls us to remain in Him to be branches in order to bear fruit. A branch cannot produce fruits unless it remains in the vine. If the branch is detached from the main plant it is good for nothing and can be burnt only,. We abide in Him by faith and we are justified by faith. This justification happens as Jesus has taken all our inequities on Himself and took the punishment in lieu of us. We are justified and declared sanctified. Sanctification continues till we are glorified. This is how we are transformed into His image. All these processes happen by grace, which is the unmerited favour shown to us as God loves us so greatly. We are saved by grace.
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
John 1:12 NKJV
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
Romans 8:14-15 NKJV
We are legally adopted into His family and we are heirs of authority by faith. What a privilege ! We receive the promise of the Spirit by faith which. works through love. Be thankful to God for drawing us close to Him by grace so that we are His children and call Him Abba, Father. Let us not complain and murmur, take heed lest we fall.
Sol.Salomi Kurian