Real power does not lie with the media or our universities or our governments or armies or the Rule of Law or social justice. Nothing in this world shapes and changes lives more than the message of Jesus. 

Christian maturity involves recognizing that all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are found not at Oxford or Harvard, or in the media, or in the opinion polls, or whomever the latest guru is this week. Nor are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge found in your favorite Christian website, your favorite celebrity pastor and definitely not in the author of this book!  

All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are found solely in Jesus Christ.  

—Richard Chin  

Source: Chin, Richard. Captivated by Christ. Sydney, Australia: Matthias Media, 2019. 

Colossians was addressing the situation in the 1^st century that is very much like the situation in the 21^st century. Both in terms of what we believe—ideology—and also in terms of how we live– the very practice and everyday living of our lives.

What was going on was a false teaching about Jesus. And because they were thinking wrongly about Jesus, they were thinking wrongly about every aspect of the Christian life, including the way they should live…

What is the theme of this book? The preeminence of Jesus Christ. Along with the book of Revelation, no book exalts the preeminence of Christ more than the book of Colossians.  

—Danny Aiken  

Source: Aiken, Danny. “Colossians.” Podcast Audio. This podcast originally appeared here at The Gospel Coalition.

Colossians 4 introduces another phase of our life in Christ, the outer life. We found we must build within, cultivating the virtues of the new life in Christ, but we also want our new life to be seen and felt among others (see Colossians 4:5). This is the way we present Christ to the world. Remember, “Christians” mean “little Christs.” Biographies of Christ are not written only by great authors such as John Paul Meier or fictionalized by such writers as Anne Rice. Christ’s life did not end when the Gospels were completed. Christ is living in us. His life is told today in living epistles that are known and read by all people who see us.

—Henrietta Mears

Source: This content is from What the Bible Is All About, written by Henrietta Mears. Copyright © 1953, 2011 by Gospel Light. Copyright assigned to Tyndale House Publishers, 2015. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, a division of Tyndale House Ministries, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. 

There can be no wisdom apart from a relationship with Christ. Remember how the Queen of Sheba came from far away to hear the wisdom of Solomon. However, Jesus said of himself in Matthew 12, “The Queen of the South shall rise up with this generation at the judgment and shall condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here” (Matthew 12:42).

Others spoke of God’s wisdom; Jesus is the wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 1:24; 30)! Others spoke of truth; Jesus is the truth (John 14:6)! Others proclaimed God’s forgiveness; Jesus brought God’s forgiveness by his death (Colossians 1:22). 

Is it any wonder why Paul could say in Colossians 2:3, “In [Christ] are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” 

—Randy Smith  

Source: Randy Smith, quoted from his message, “Am I Wise or Foolish” from the series, Proverbs II on Proverbs 1:1-7, preached at Grace Bible Church on August 27, 2017. Quote retrieved from Grace Quotes at gracequotes.org. 

Wisdom can be none other than the eternal Son of God. The Apostle Paul calls Him “the wisdom of God” (1 Corinthians 1:24). In him “are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:3). If you want to get to know the God of wisdom, study the life of Jesus Christ. As a boy, he “kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men” (Luke 2:52). When he began his public ministry, he taught with such penetrating perception and amazing authority that people asked, “Where did this man get this wisdom, and these miraculous powers?” (Matthew 13:54) He confronted the hypocritical scribes and Pharisees with such crisp thinking that they could not answer him (e.g. Matthew 22:46). They had the finest theological minds of the day, but their mouths were stopped before the wisdom of Jesus Christ. God gave the world the most complete and comprehensive demonstration of his wisdom possible when he sent his Son to earth. 

—Richard Strauss  

Source: Richard L. Strauss, Treasures of Wisdom. Copyright © 1996-2023 Bible.org, published with permission.