This past week we began our study of the book of Colossians by looking at the first two verses.

“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

To the holy and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.”

Specifically, we spent some time looking at what it means to be “in Christ.” One pastor theologian provides some helpful words to think about exactly what that means:

“After all, what exactly does it mean that we are joined to Christ or that he is in us and we are in him? Thinking spatially does not work. Christ isn’t stapled to our side. He doesn’t shrink ray himself so that he can live like a microscopic organism in our left ventricle. The union isn’t physical, but theological. Union with Christ implies three things:
Solidarity – Christ as the second Adam is our representative
Transformation – Christ by the Holy Spirit changes us from the inside out
Communion – Christ abides with us as our God”

(taken from Kevin DeYoung, The Hole In Our Holiness, 96)