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 your faith in Christ is.”
Today, we constantly hear new theories about Jesus or religion in general. The recent translations of some of the gnostic (‘gnostic’, from a Greek word that has a meaning similar to;  ’esoteric knowledge’) gospels (Thomas, Judas, Philip, Mary, etc) has also spawned a swarm of documentaries, presenting the ‘untold’ (false) facts about Jesus. They often fail to say that these particular gnostic documents were written long after the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke; as well as Paul’s letters. These documents are good examples of how easy it was for people to be deceived by fine-sounding arguments; and they reflect the need for all other belief systems (including sects and cults) to have their own books, to justify their own unique way of re-inventing God.
I liked Selwyn’s conclusion, concerning verse 5, above: “Firmness of faith in Christ and good order are root and fruit. Loss of faith in Christ and disorder are also root and fruit. In Him we are in good order; out of Him we are in disorder.”
As the world, in general, moves further away from Jesus; so too we move into an era of chaos and disorder – it’s as natural as night following day. What do you think?
‘In good order’
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 your faith in Christ is.”
Today, we constantly hear new theories about Jesus or religion in general. The recent translations of some of the gnostic (‘gnostic’, from a Greek word that has a meaning similar to;  ’esoteric knowledge’) gospels (Thomas, Judas, Philip, Mary, etc) has also spawned a swarm of documentaries, presenting the ‘untold’ (false) facts about Jesus. They often fail to say that these particular gnostic documents were written long after the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke; as well as Paul’s letters. These documents are good examples of how easy it was for people to be deceived by fine-sounding arguments; and they reflect the need for all other belief systems (including sects and cults) to have their own books, to justify their own unique way of re-inventing God.
I liked Selwyn’s conclusion, concerning verse 5, above: “Firmness of faith in Christ and good order are root and fruit. Loss of faith in Christ and disorder are also root and fruit. In Him we are in good order; out of Him we are in disorder.”
As the world, in general, moves further away from Jesus; so too we move into an era of chaos and disorder – it’s as natural as night following day. What do you think?