For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
Summary: Once again, Paul challenges us to use our understanding to discern what he means by life and death and to figure out what he means by being “hidden with Christ.”
You might remember from our meditation on Colossians 2:20, where Paul says, “Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world …”, that we have already explored the concept of “death” according to the parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15: 11-32).
In the story of the Prodigal, he leaves home, and when he does, Dad says his son is now “dead” to him (Luke 15:24,32). Now, he doesn’t mean “dead” in the sense of cutting someone off. Some people say, “You’re dead to me!” as a way of saying, “I hate you!” It is obvious from the story that the dad does not hate his son.
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