Question 1

What does it mean to receive Christ Jesus the Lord and then walk in him?

Accepted Answer

Receiving Christ Jesus the Lord is more than agreeing with facts about him. It means welcoming him by faith as who he truly is: God and man, Savior and Lord. Paul then says to “walk” in him, which means to keep living every day in line with that first faith. As a tree sends its roots deep into good soil, believers are to sink their lives into Christ, drawing strength, direction, and hope from him. Walking in him is a steady, ongoing life of trust, obedience, and thankfulness.

Question 2

What does it mean that in Christ dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily?

Accepted Answer

This line teaches that everything that makes God truly God lives in Christ in a real, human body. Jesus is not part God or just a messenger from God. He is fully God and fully man in one person. Because of this, there is nothing of God’s character, power, or grace that is found outside of him. When Paul says believers are complete in Christ, he means they do not need extra spiritual levels, secret knowledge, or added rituals. Knowing Christ is knowing the true and complete revelation of God.

Question 3

What is the circumcision made without hands in this passage?

Accepted Answer

The circumcision “made without hands” is not a physical act on the body but a spiritual work that Christ does in the heart. In Old Testament times, circumcision marked people as belonging to God. Here Paul explains that in Christ there is a deeper cutting away: the “body of the sins of the flesh” is put off. This means God changes the inner person, breaking sin’s rule and giving a new nature. It happens when someone is united to Christ by faith, not by any human ceremony or effort.

Question 4

How does being buried with Christ in baptism explain the believer’s new life?

Accepted Answer

Paul links baptism with Christ’s death and resurrection. Being buried with him in baptism pictures the old life under sin being laid in the grave with Jesus. Being raised with him shows that, through faith in God’s powerful work in raising Jesus, believers also receive new life. The water does not cause this change by itself. Instead, baptism is a sign that God has already joined the believer to Christ, so that his death counts as their death to sin, and his resurrection is the start of their new, Spirit‑given life.

Question 5

What is the handwriting of ordinances that was nailed to the cross?

Accepted Answer

The “handwriting of ordinances” is like a written record of what stood against us. It includes the commandments and ceremonial rules that exposed our guilt and showed we were debtors who could not pay. Paul says Christ took this list that condemned us and nailed it to his cross. This picture means that, by his death, Jesus satisfied what the law demanded and removed its claim against believers. Instead of a record of debt, there is now a record of forgiveness. Those in Christ are no longer under that condemning written code.

Question 6

What does it mean that Christ spoiled principalities and powers and triumphed over them?

Accepted Answer

Principalities and powers here point to spiritual rulers and dark forces that stood against God and his people. On the cross, it looked like Christ was shamed and defeated, but Paul says the opposite happened. Christ stripped these powers of their weapons by paying for sin and breaking their right to accuse. He made a public show of them, like a king leading defeated enemies in a victory parade. For believers, this means they do not need to fear hidden spiritual forces, because Christ has already overcome them.

Question 7

Why does Paul say not to let anyone judge you about food, drink, or holy days?

Accepted Answer

Certain teachers were telling believers they had to keep special diets, festivals, new moons, and sabbath days to be fully accepted by God. Paul tells the church not to let anyone sit in judgment over them on these points. He explains that such rules were a shadow of what was coming. The reality that casts the shadow is Christ himself. Since he has come and fulfilled what those practices pointed to, believers are not to be bound again by them as if Christ were not enough.

Question 8

What is voluntary humility and worship of angels, and why is it wrong here?

Accepted Answer

Voluntary humility here is a showy kind of lowliness that looks modest but actually draws attention to itself. In this passage it is linked with worshiping angels, as if going to angels instead of directly to Christ made a person extra humble or spiritual. Paul warns that this kind of religion comes from a proud, fleshly mind that has lost hold of Christ as the Head. When people chase visions and angel worship, they step away from the only true source of life and growth for the church, which is Christ.

Question 9

What are the "touch not; taste not; handle not" rules Paul mentions?

Accepted Answer

These phrases sum up strict human rules about avoiding certain things: do not touch this, do not taste that, do not handle the other. Paul says these commands are based on things that perish as they are used and are only “commandments and doctrines of men.” They may look wise, seem harsh on the body, and appear very religious, but they cannot change the heart or stop sinful desires. Believers who have died with Christ to the world’s basic principles are not to be enslaved again to this kind of rule‑based religion.

Question 10

How can this passage guide believers who face legalism or human traditions today?

Accepted Answer

This passage reminds believers to measure every teaching by Christ himself. If a rule, tradition, or spiritual practice adds to Christ or makes people feel they need something beyond him to be complete, it should be questioned. Paul points to life rooted in Christ, not in checklists. Forgiveness, new life, and real growth come from holding fast to Christ as Head, trusting his finished work on the cross, and living in thankful obedience. Human rules may seem strict, but only Christ brings true freedom and lasting change.

Colossians 2:6

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

Alive with Christ

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Colossians 2:6

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

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Alive with Christ

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