Colossians
2:18a
"Let
no man beguile (deceive, or trick) you of your reward
in a voluntary humility and worshiping of angels,…"
My
goodness, someone sent us a little booklet, and again I don’t have
to name the group that had given this little booklet to this person.
But they had given this booklet to their little 6 or 7 year old
child, and just asked them all to read it. Well they gave it to us
and I opened the very first page and there it was, "before God
made anything He created a special angel, and that angel He
designated to create everything else. That angel that God had created
in the booklet was a reference to what Christ would do." That
made Christ nothing more than a created angel. And that is so totally contrary to
what the Word of God says concerning Jesus Christ. For it states that He was created in mans flesh a little lower than the angles for a short period of time in Psalm 8:5 and then by the writer of Hebrews in chapter 2 in two locations in verses 7 and 9. and what do I say about any thing repeated in scriptures, it is done so to get our attention. Here is a warning
to the Church. Don’t be taken in by that kind of thing, don’t
establish a false humility and then try to worship something less
then the Christ of Glory.
Colossians
2:18b
"…intruding
into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by
his fleshly mind."
See
that is the new age movement and a few other false doctrines of man. They have to appeal to
the flesh, because there is no power of the Holy Spirit in it. Nor does it have God's backing or approval. So
that’s what they do, they will appeal to the flesh, and with their
high convoluted statements deceive those vulnerable because of a lack of knowledge. And this is why I do what I do. I looked at one of them again the other
day that someone had given me. It is a combination of higher
intellectual, highly educated people you could tell that, but there’s
not an ounce of truth in what they write, and yet people are falling
for it. Here Paul is warning us, "Don’t fall for these
things." Mans philosophy, theology and theosophy are all askew
with false perceptions and thinking. Why, here comes the answer....
Colossians
2:19a
"And
not holding the Head…"
I
said the Body goes up to where just below the Head, and the head can
be likened to a hub of a wheel around which everything consists and
spreads outwardly from it. That’s where we are, we’re members of
the Body, but Christ is the Head the central part of His nerve
center. It’s from Christ that the central nervous system in the
analogy would come from. It’s the Head that controls the Body, and
that’s what Paul is saying. "Don’t be beguiled by something
that will turn you from the Headship of Christ."
Colossians
2:19b
"And
not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands
having nourishments ministered, and knit together, increaseth with
the increase of God."
Where does it all originate? Christ the Head, the Head of the Body,
that’s where the increase has to come to us from.
Colossians
2:20
"Wherefore
(because of our union, our being conjoined to Christ)
if ye be dead with Christ (dead to that old sin nature of the
Adam-Satan nature as seen in all unredeemed people. They have to be
considered dead, and what is being dead, separated from God. And God
has considered us crucified with Christ) from the rudiments of
the world, (the
lusts and temptations of and the traditions of man) why,
as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,"
What
happened to those ordinances? They were nailed to the cross. Why try
to resurrect them and put us back under them, and what are they?
Colossians
2:21
"(Touch
not; taste not; handle not;"
Do
you see that? Oh that’s what the legalists and religionist try to
tell you to do. They both will always say, "You can’t do that,
or this, and you’ve got to do this or that." And that is what
Paul is calling beguilement, it’s deception, we’re not under that
set of circumstances. Our taking on the identification of the
ascended Lord, Christ Jesus, we are set free to aquire His Character
within ourselves. Restoring us to a Genesis 2 being the secret held
close to God Himself. Now made open to all but still not perceived by
many because they remain bond by their traditions which are ment to
perish.
Colossians
2:22a
"Which
all are to perish with the using;)…"
In other words
these works of the flesh, all will perish with the using. Everything
of this world is only of a temporary, temperal nature and will
wear-out or be consumed and corrupted and will be burned up one day. But for those crucified, sanctified in Christ who are His people they have NO part with the old things not do they have any part to do with the world of sin in darkness of man.
Colossians
2:22b
"…after
the commandments and doctrines of men?"
Paul
here tells us in plain language just what these traditions are. When you
look at all the religions of the world, and way at the top they have
one or two top kick men. And the whole group goes by what one man has
decreed, even though it may not line up with Scripture. Even the old
ones are in the same condition and you know which ones I'm referring
to. At least until the day of the Lord.
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