Welcome to our new project, the Daily Bible Devotional. The goal is to help you understand and apply

scripture as you go through a New Testament Bible read five days a week, Monday through Friday,

as we move from Matthew straight through to Revelation. In under four minutes each morning, we will recap the chapter,

make some application, present thought questions for the day, and offer a prayer together.

I'm excited about exploring God's word with you, so let's get started.

Welcome back to our Bible study today. Thank you for spending a few minutes with me. We're in the book of

Colossians today in chapter 2. Believers must remain rooted in Christ and not be misled by

deceptive philosophies or empty traditions based on human ideas. Paul reminds the church that all the

fullness of God dwells in Christ and through him

they have been made complete. He emphasizes that believers were once dead in sin, but had been made

alive with Christ, who forgave all sins and canceled the record of debt by nailing it to the

cross. Paul warns against being judged by rules about food or festivals or Sabbath

days as these are only shadows of the reality found in Jesus. He encourages the church not to let

anyone disqualify them through false humility or worship of angels, but to hold fast to Christ

the head from whom the whole body grows through God's power.

This is a very important chapter about what happens when religiosity actually distracts from the

simple message of the cross. Here's some things that may relate to you and me. Christ himself contains

all the treasures of wisdom and power, and we must walk in a relationship with him.

We must not be misled by arguments or traditions that sound wise, but are not rooted in the truth of Jesus.

Christ is the fullness of God, and because we belong to Him, we already have everything we need.

We were once spiritually dead, but through his

death and resurrection, we've been made alive and fully forgiven. The record of our sins has been

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