FAITHFUL BROTHERS – AT COLOSSAE

FAITHFUL BROTHERS - AT COLOSSAE

9/7/2021

SEPTEMBER 7 - START YOUR DAY RIGHT DEVOTION

Colossians 1:2 To the holy and faithful bothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.

FAITHFUL BROTHER - AT COLASSAE

Paul wrote to the Colossians because false teachers were coming in among the believers in the church in among the believers in the church there and proclaiming that devotion to Jesus Christ and loyalty to the teachings of Christ’s apostles (Acts 2:42; 14) were not enough for a true Christian’s faith and spiritual salvation. This false teaching mixed human “philosophy” and “tradition” with the gospel (Colossians 2:8) – the true message of Christ – and called for the worship of angels and mediators between God and humans (Colossians 2:18). These imposters (pretenders who presented themselves as true Christians) also demanded a strict obedience to certain Jewish religious requirements (Colossians 2:16, 21-23). They justified their misguided rules by claiming to have received special revelation through visions (Colossians 2:18).

The same basic philosophy behind these errors appears today in the teaching that Jesus Christ and the original message of the New Testament are not completely adequate to meet our spiritual needs (2 Peter 1:3).
Paul speaks out boldly against this heresy (false teaching that contradicts the true and proven basis of faith as revealed in the Bible). He does so by showing that Christ is not only our personal Savior (the One who forgives sins and rescues us from spiritual death), but also the head of the church and Lord (the supreme authority) of the universe and all creation. For this reason, Jesus Christ (and His power in our lives) – not human efforts, ideas, or wisdom – rescues us from sin’s power, puts us in a right relationship with God and saves us eternally. We do not need any other mediator – human or spiritual – to go between us and God. We may approach Him directly.
Being a believer means showing true faith in Christ and His message by actively yielding the guidance and keeping of our lives to Him, loving Him, obeying Him, and living by His purpose. We must never add anything to the gospel – the “good news” and true message of Christ – nor support any other experience, teaching or philosophy that is offered in its place.

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