Today’s verses for reading and meditation, are Colossians 2:11-12 (NIV), as follows: “In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature, not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through [...]
Colossians 2:10 (NIV): “… and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.” Selwyn makes the point that we cannot find our God, Jesus, in other religions and philosophies – it is untrue to say that there are many paths to God – as Jesus is in [...]
We are now up to verse 9 of Chapter 2, of Paul’s letter to the Colossians (NIV): “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,” What an amazing verse – here, in a very clear and concise way, Paul is saying that: ‘there is nothing in God that isn’t in [...]
Selwyn now looks at Colossians 2:8 (NIV): “See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.” It’s fairly obvious to real Christians that most philosophies (that which attempts to explain ultimate reality and the [...]
The next two verses in Colossians, which Selwyn looks at today, are (2:6-7, NIV): “So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” My first comment is based on Selwyn’s conclusion: [...]
We now move on to the next two verses in Colossians (Chapter 2:4-5, NIV): “I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments. For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how orderly you are and how firm [...]
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Today, Selwyn looks at Collossians 2:13-14 (NIV): “When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it [...]
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