by George Runyan | Sep 14, 2020 | A Study in Colossans, George Runyan
Now this I say lest anyone should deceive you with persuasive words. 5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. 6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. (Col 2:4-7 NKJV).
Deception through persuasive words: Words can be very persuasive, mostly when filled with man’s “wisdom” appealing to the base nature of the “flesh.” The flesh can take on many forms, such as natural reasoning, what one is affectionate about, lust, immediate needs not being met, or fear about one’s future. I am sorry to say that many doctrines taught today are focused on the want or need of man rather than the desire of Father God and His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Worship music, in both lyrics and style, can appeal to the flesh rather than focus on the glory of God. It can hinder us from knowing His revealed purpose through the scriptures. If we took away all the trimmings, would much of Christian music have the same appeal?
by George Runyan | Sep 10, 2020 | A Study in Colossans, George Runyan
COLOSSIANS Chapter 2:1-3 For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, 2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the...
by George Runyan | Aug 31, 2020 | A Study in Colossans, George Runyan
21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled 22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight — 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded...
by George Runyan | Aug 25, 2020 | A Study in Colossans, George Runyan
For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. 21 And you, who once were alienated and...
by George Runyan | Aug 15, 2020 | A Study in Colossans, George Runyan
17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.” (Colossians 1:17-18 NKJV). Last week, we ended with verse...
by George Runyan | Aug 11, 2020 | A Study in Colossans, George Runyan
7 as you also learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, 8 who also declared to us your love in the Spirit. 9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that...
