Is Jesus enough?
Is Jesus enough? That’s the big question we’ll grapple with over the next eight weeks, as we work through the wonderful little letter of Colossians.
So, as we start this series on Sunday, I want you to imagine that you suddenly got a text out of the blue from a really close friend to say they've finally become a Christian. They’ve finally stepped over the line and entrusted their lives to Jesus. Can you imagine the sheer joy you’d feel in that moment?
Then imagine the absolute dread you’d feel, if you received another text a couple hours later from this same friend, saying that one of their neighbours had just come over and told them that trusting in Jesus simply wasn’t enough. They also needed to obey all these rules and do all these things to actually be right with God.
What would you say? How would you set your friend right?
The Apostle Paul was in a similar situation, as he heard the wonderful news that this brand new church has sprung up in the city of Colossae (in Asia Minor or modern day Turkey). However, soon after, he heard that these young Christians were being led astray by false teachers, with a fake gospel, telling them that trusting in Jesus was not enough. They needed to do so much more to have spiritual fullness.
So Paul wrote to the Colossian church to assure them that Jesus is more than enough. In fact, Jesus is everything we need for true spiritual life, growth, and fruitfulness. For Jesus gives us complete fellowship with God, perfect forgiveness of our sins, and total freedom from every spiritual law and power over us.
As such, Paul urges these Colossians to stick with the Jesus who has already saved them.
Listen to the heart of his letter, from chapter 2, verses 6 and 7:
“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”
These are words that every Christian today needs to hear and heed. So, as we start working through this letter on Sunday, let’s pray that these very verses would be true of us, across the Holy Trinity churches:
Heavenly Father,
As we look at your word over the coming weeks, we pray that each one of us would continue to live our lives in Jesus, being rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as we were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness to you.
We pray this in Jesus’ saving name.
Amen.
Yours in Christ,
Mark Barry
Assistant Minister
Outreach & Community Connections
18 June 2025
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