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"As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been
taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving." Colossians 2:6-7

What does it mean to be saved? To be a Christian? Salvation is to
receive a person, and that person is Jesus Christ ~ "As ye have
therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord."

"So walk ye in him." Now that you have received Him, walk in Him, walk
in the Spirit. Walking is not a balloon ascension. A great many people
think the Christian life is some great, overwhelming experience and you
take off like a rocket going out into space. That's not where we live
the Christian life. Rather, it is in our home, our work place, in the
schoolroom, on the street. The way you get around in this life is to
"walk." We are to walk in Christ!

"Rooted" means rooted like a tree, and a tree is a living thing. And we
are to be "built up" as a house. A house is not a living thing, but it
requires a tremendous foundation. Paul tells us in Ephesians that the
foundation is Jesus Christ. Having received Christ, we are to walk in
Him. Doing what? Being rooted, drawing our life from Him as a tree, and
built up in Him, our faith resting upon Him.

That is why he adds, "and stablished in the faith." Faith is the means
be which we lay hold of Christ.

God grant that you and I might be joined to Him in our daily walks. God
Bless You.