Colossians 2 vs 1 - 8 - Corps Night - May 9 - part 1
Colossians 2:1-8 May 9, 1984 Let's go to the book of Colossians. Well, anybody that's had their ears open these last few weeks, and I have done my best to catch up on what's been going on, really ought to have been blessed in a magnificent way if you can count to three. First of all, there is no trinity. But also Dr. Wierwille's great teaching from a week and a half ago on Sunday night, on the three judgments, which I think was absolutely tremendous. And some of the lines in there regarding what we should be working for is our real rewards which are future. And a lot of people really haven't locked into that yet; that our rewards are spiritual, they're future. Things that you get at the bēma and not the temporal rewards you get from the world. And that is certainly something we ought to keep our eyes on. But the three judgments...and he opened up a field that I think we can do a lot more work on as he suggested...and which a group of our research fellowship has been working on...and that ought to give them some great direction along that line. Now, of course, I didn't get to hear Rev. Fort's teaching from two weeks ago, but I heard Rev. Martindale's teaching from last week and it certainly tied into Galatians. And it'll tie into about anything in the Word, because behind all the things that were going on, like the doctrinal error at Colosse for example, you have the issue of people that were being persuaded or enticed or those that they had to beware of, look out for, because they were teaching vain deceitful philosophy that was contrary to the Word. Trying to get people into the same things the Galatians were getting into. Only this was a matter of just persuading them not to hold the head, who is Christ. And that's the third thing, is holding the head, which is where we were in Colossians a few weeks back. The doctrinal issue at Colosse: Colossians is written to correct the doctrinal error that crept into the church due to the misuse of the revelation given in the
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faith. As you have been taught. Not as you dreamed up on your own or had revelation about. It's as you've been taught. You learned it from the Word. Otherwise you say, well I learned it from this source, I learned it from that source, I learned something else from over here. Now, we've got several different heads again. We've got one head. Christ is the head, and we've been taught one doctrine. Not many doctrines. One doctrine. Well everybody's right. BALONEY. Truth is relative. BALONEY. There's one truth, there's one doctrine, there's one head, Christ. And that's what you've been taught. Abounding with thanksgiving. The word "therein" omitted in some of the manuscripts. Colossians 2:6, 7: (Literal) Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the lord [in you], so walk in him, strengthening your roots and being edified in him and being firmly established in the family faith as you have