peace to live by

The Word Dwelling Within Us, Part 1 (TMF:2824)

Thursday, March 05, 2026
Peace to Live By: The Word Dwelling Within Us, Part 1 (TMF:2824) - Daniel Litton
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       Verse 16: “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom” (ESV). Speaking of the spiritual benefits we have received in Christ, we come roundabout back to Christ’s word, really, nowadays, the Word of God, and how we have that for our benefit. As we are aware, Paul talked a great deal about knowledge in chapters 1 and 2. For us now, in the twenty-first century church life, our knowledge of God and of Christ comes to us from the entirety of the Bible. The entirety of the Scriptures. The Colossian believers didn’t have that. The New Testament hadn’t been compiled yet. A lot of it hadn’t even been written by this point in time. But Paul says, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.” It seems almost as if they had some kind of copy of at least some of Christ’s Words—things he spoke about years earlier during his earthly ministry. We know Paul would refer to what Jesus said in his other letters.