Something About the Risen Life: Part 3 (Colossians 3:16-25)

We live in a world saturated with distractions. Every day, we are bombarded by messages, advertisements, and noise that pull us away from the most vital, most soul-sustaining, most life-giving truth available—the Word of Christ.

The question for us today is not whether we are being influenced, but by what are we being influenced? What is shaping your mind, your heart, your decisions?

If you are not allowing the Word of God to dwell in you richly, something else is. And the stakes could not be higher.

Paul commands us in Colossians 3:16 to “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.” This is not just a suggestion or an option for those who have extra time. It is an urgent and vital command for every believer.

If the Word of God is not filling your mind and saturating your soul, you will be starved spiritually, and you will begin to drift. There is no middle ground here.

Either the Word of God is dwelling richly in you, transforming your mind, and guiding your steps (Romans 12:2), or the world is creeping in, filling the void with its own empty promises.

But Paul does not stop with the command to dwell on the Word. He emphasizes the richness of it—“dwell in you richly in all wisdom.” This is not a shallow, surface-level engagement with Scripture. What Paul is talking about is a deep, transformative, life-changing relationship with the Word.