Let God's Word Richly Dwell Within

Colossians 3:16

companion Scripture Eph 5:18-20

Richly dwell. Let the Word of Christ richly dwell. Let what Christ has said live in your heart richly. To be rich is to have way more than enough.

Have the Word of Christ be so abundant that you have way more than enough Scripture for your need and your life.

To richly have the Scriptures is to learn wisdom from what it says. To learn wisdom is not only know what it says. It is also to do what it says. And not only to do what it says but to have what you do become effective in the purpose that you set out to accomplish.

With this acquired wisdom, comes teaching others. To tell them how you got it done by the direction of the Holy Spirit working with you. And teaching them how to get it done directing them how to hear the Holy Spirit and how you got it done.

Admonish is to challenge them to go beyond the comfort area they are currently in and branch out to further outreach.

Also if there is sluggishness or sin to get them to see the advantage of a life lived in obedience to the Holy Spirit.

Now the singing and thankfulness should come as a means of fellowship. To jam together and enjoy life together.

This is not intellectual ideas. This comes from the heart of believers as they have learned it from the Heart of God. This heart life comes from devotion to God and others.

v17 Do all in the name of Jesus. Wow what a statement. We are representatives of Christ. Ambassadors so to speak 2 Cor 5:20 As ambassadors we represent our King to others. So we are doing service to God and others in the glorious name of Jesus.

Now if we do things in the name of Jesus we have prayed for God to bless our work before hand in the name of Jesus. If we pray in the name of Jesus we have the requests we have asked. John 14:14; 1 John 5:14,15

Acting in prayer in Jesus name is to then do it with success. The key is for Scripture to richly dwell within. It is the starting point and the life giving point. And from the life of Jesus teaching, wisdom, singing to God, thanksgiving from our hearts springs forth and this will result in our speaking and acting in accordance to the life God is giving us. And give that out to others.

Jesus Expalined in Colossians

I wanted to start this blog with an introduction of Jesus. I went through Colossians and wrote down the passages that refered to Jesus. The references in parentheses are related passages.


1:1 Paul is Jesus’ apostle.

1:3 God is the Father of our lord Jesus Christ.

1:11 We are strengthened like Jesus for steadfastness and patience.

1:12 The Father has qualified us to share the inheritance of the saints in light. (Jesus is the light John 8:12)

1:13 We have been transferred into the kingdom of Jesus. (Matt. 3:17)

1:14 Our sins are forgiven by Jesus . (Eph 1:7)

1:15 Jesus is the image of the Father. (John 1:18)
Jesus is the first born of all creation. (Rom 8:29)

1:16 Jesus created all things. (Hebrews 1:2)

1:17 Jesus is befor all things. (John 1:1)
Jesus holds all things together. (Hebrews 1:3)


1:18 Jesus is the leader of the Church.(Eph. 1:22)
Jesus is the beginning . (John 1:1)
Jesus is the first born from the dead. (Acts 26:23)
Jesus has first place in everything.


1:19 All the fullness dwells in Jesus. (John 1:16; Eph. 1:22,23; 3:19)

1:20 Through Jesus all things are reconciled with the Father. (2 Cor 5:18)
Jesus made peace through the blood of the cross. (Eph. 2:14)

1:22 Jesus has reconciled us in His fleshly body through death.

1:27 Christ in us is the hope of glory. (Rom 5:2)

2:2 Christ is God’s mystery (1Cor. 16:25

2:3 In Jesus are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Isa. 11:2)

2:5 Our faith is in Christ. ( Acts 16:31)

2:6 We are to walk with Jesus the same way that we received Him. (Gal 3:2)

2:8 Let Christ be the center of your teaching and not the world. ( Gal 1:8,9)

2:9 In Jesus all the fullness of God dwells. (John 10:30)

2:10 We are made complete in Christ. (John 1:16)
Jesus is the head of all rule and authority. (Eph,. 1:21,22)

2:11,12 We are now circumcised in Christ, which is water baptism.

2:13 Jesus made us alive. (Eph. 2:5)
Jesus forgave all our transgressions. (Rev. 1:5)

2:14 Jesus canceled the certificate of debt against us.. (Eph. 2:15)

2:15 Jesus disarmed the rulers and authorities. (Heb. 2:14)

2:16,17 The Sabbath regulations are only a shadow of the reality who is Christ. (Heb. 8:5)

2:18,19 Don’t delight in regulations but in Christ. (Ps. 51:16,17)


2:20-23 Rules to regulate our actions won’t work. Dieing with Christ to the world will. (Gal. 3:2,3)

3:1 If you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above. (Matt. 6:33; 16:23)

3:3 We have died with Christ. (Gal. 2:20)
Our lives are hidden with Christ in God. (Eph 2:6)

3:4 Christ is our life. (Phil 1:21)
We will be revealed with Christ in glory. (Phil. 3:21)

3:11 Christ is all.
Christ is in all. (Heb 1:3)

3:13 Christ has forgiven us. Follow that example. (Eph. 4:32)

3:15 Let Christ’s peace rule in your hearts. (John 14:27)

3:16 Let Christ’s word richly dwell in you. (Josh. 1:8)

3:17 Do everything in the name of Jesus. (1 Cor 10:31)

3:23 Do your work for Jesus not for man. (Eph. 6:7)

3:24 Jesus will give us the reward of the inheritance. (Eph. 6:8)
It is Jesus that we serve. (Gal 1:10)