Colossians 2:10-12, "And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead."

In approximately 62 A.D. Paul wrote a letter to the church at Colosse. Although he had never met them personally he understood the trials they faced.

Colosse was a city located near Laodicea in the southern part of ancient Phrygia, the host to Oriental mysticism. Because it was on a main trade route, Colosse was host to many different cultures and embraced the different religions and philosophies of each one. Gnosticism was one of the philosophies that crept into the early church. A philosophy by which Paul did not want them to become ensnared.

Paul's letter reminds the church to, "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ," (2:8).

Colossians 1:26-27, "Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."

Those who have the knowledge and wisdom of Christ know the hidden things of God because God has revealed them to us through His Son Jesus Christ. We are risen with Christ; therefore, we need to be passionate for the things which are above and not on the things in the world.

Paul's letter to the Colossians admonishes us that whatever we do in word or deed do it in the name of the Lord Jesus. For it is "Christ in you, the hope of glory," a mystery which the wisdom of the world cannot understand nor grasp.