In Colossians 2:2, we read, “That their hearts might be knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ” (KJV). Paul was writing to the Colossians to assure them that the Gospel they had obeyed was the truth. He wanted them to stand against any teachings that stated Christ was not the actual Son of God. He wanted them to know that the truth he received from God was the same truth that Christ and the Father taught. He wanted them to know that the truth they had obeyed was the only spiritual truth.
Then, in the verse above, Paul told them that rather than being divided, they needed to be united in love. They needed to stand united in knowing with assurance that they were already receiving the true spiritual riches that can only be found in Christ.
The English words “knit together” tend to give a picture of a passive act of joining hands. There is not necessarily anything wrong with that picture, but the Greek word has a basic meaning of driving or forcing things together. With that understanding, one gets a mental picture of Christians having an internal driving force that compels them to join hands. Without joining hands in unity, there is an intense feeling of something lacking. Each Christian would feel incomplete and disjointed unless that knitting together was a reality. The intended strength of unity that God desires for the church would be weakened immensely without that knitting together, and the assurance of understanding the riches of God would be put in question.
Study your Bible. Learn about our great God. Learn about His love and all the rest of the spiritual riches He wants you to have. Then, do what you can to knit together with other Christians. If any of this is hard to understand, ask an adult to help you.
