So how had the Colossians "received" Christ Jesus the Lord?
When we get a good rain we often say "we received a good rain from the Lord last week". We had nothing to do with the rain coming, we just received it. That is how I understand Paul when he uses the word "received" above. Humanity has received salvation from the Lord because Jesus brought "salvation it to all humanity".
"For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all humanity...The wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord."(Titus 2:11; Romans 6:23)
Humanity should walk and rejoice in the free gift it has "received" from GOD.
“For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him….The Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world…and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world."(John 3:17; 4:14; John 4:42)
Humanity will be saved because God thinks it is the right thing to do. It is clear to me that when God is finished with humanity, every human will be saved.
Humanity should walk and rejoice in the free gift it has "received" from GOD.
“For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him….The Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world…and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world."(John 3:17; 4:14; John 4:42)
Humanity will be saved because God thinks it is the right thing to do. It is clear to me that when God is finished with humanity, every human will be saved.
Humans should "walk in Him" knowing the glorious good news that the "grace of God" appeared. Jesus Christ our Lord was and is the grace of God in action, saving humans from our sin.
“Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, overflowing with gratitude. See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, ACCORDING TO THE TRADITION OF MEN, according to the elementary principles of the world, RATHER THAN ACCORDING TO CHRIST. For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, and IN HIM you have been made complete…you were dead in your transgressions...He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us ALL OUR transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.” (Colossians 2:6-15)
Again, what did Paul mean when he said “as ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him”? Sinners experience JOY and PEACE when they BELIEVE this good news. Then they walk in that knowledge every day knowing that the best is yet to come. They are not made "captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men".
Not many seem to care about the salvation of all humanity. Nevertheless, “joy will come in the morning” of the resurrection of humanity, when, at the name of Jesus...
"...every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God." (Philippians 2:10)