“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.” Colossians 2:8
Paul
writes to the church of Colosse while imprisoned in Rome, concerning the
teachings of philosophy, man’s wisdom.
Gnosticism was spreading, believing that matter, the physical, was evil
and the spirit was good and therefore Jesus could not be confined to a body and
thus crucified. Paul countered by
affirming that God in all His fullness dwelt in the body of Christ (vs 9 & 19).
As a gifted philosopher himself, Paul warns about any philosophy of life based
on human ideas and experiences. Any teachings that credit humanity, not Christ,
with being the answers to life is false teaching. Notice Paul references “least
any man spoil you…” often man’s
greatest weakness is his desire for self and his efforts to seek and find what
is self-serving and edifying for his fullness.
However, Colo 2:10 says…”ye are complete in him (Christ)…” not man. By
this one word “complete” defines all that is required, all that is needed is
found in and through Christ. You want
thoughts, look on the bookshelf or sit in the majority of Universities and you
will be inundated with man’s thoughts or you can turn to Christ and God’s word
and get the answer.
Be
wisely worldly, not worldly wise…
HSAY…Todd
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