A Word from the Author
I began this study of Colossians with much fear and trembling, for it is one of the most profound letters Paul ever wrote. Now that I have completed these chapters, I realize even more the depths of spiritual truth found in Colossians.
The message of this letter is greatly needed today. I hear too many voices telling me that I need something more than Jesus Christ—some exciting experience, some new doctrine, some addition to my Christian experience. But Paul affirms that what I need is appropriation of what I already have in Christ. “And ye are complete in Him.”
I also hear voices that want to judge me and rob me of the glorious liberty I have in Christ. How encouraging to hear Paul say: “Let no man beguile you, let no man spoil you, let no man judge you.” The fullness of Christ is all that I need, and all man-made regulations and disciplines cannot replace the riches I have in God’s Son.
These few chapters cannot begin to mine all of the treasures that are in this letter. But if these simple studies introduce you to your fullness in Christ, and encourage you to appropriate those treasures, then I will be grateful to the Lord. I have a feeling that we would have revival in our churches if all true believers dared to live what Colossians teaches.
—Warren W. Wiersbe