Living God’s Way: Established in your faith

Carlton McPeak Guest Columnist When someone receives Christ and makes Him Lord of their life, there is an expectation they must live up to in their daily “walk.” Paul concludes that the basis of a person’s life is that they must be “established in [their] faith” (Colossians 2:6-8). Previously warning the Colossians about being deluded with persuasive arguments, Paul now turns his attention to what they can do to prevent themselves from being deluded. He says they need to be “firmly rooted ... built up in” Christ. When Paul uses the phrase “received Christ Jesus as Lord,” he means a person is joining themselves to Christ. They are beginning their associ