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Abraham
According to a traditional Hebrew story, Abraham was sitting outside his tent one evening when he saw an old man, weary from age and journey, coming toward him. Abraham rushed out, greeted him, and then invited him into his tent. There he washed the old man’s feet and gave him food and drink.
The old man immediately began eating without saying any prayer or blessing. So Abraham asked him, “Don’t you worship God?”
The old traveler replied, “I worship fire only and reverence no other god.”
When he heard this, Abraham became incensed, grabbed the old man by the shoulders, and threw him out his tent into the cold night air.
When the old man had departed, God called to his friend Abraham and asked where the stranger was. Abraham replied, “I forced him out because he did not worship you.”
God answered, “I have suffered him these eighty years although he dishonors me. Could you not endure him one night?”
Pray for the right heart transplant for friend, Gene.❤️His doctors told him last night at midnight it was a "no go" with the available heart that they had.
Question: What does "living in Christ" (Colossians 2:6) involve? See Colossians 1:10-12.
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See Colossians 1:10-12.
Colossians 2:6 "Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,"
"Living in Christ" is also called "walking in Christ" as you can see from this other Bible translation of this verse.
What does "living in Christ" (Colossians 2:6) involve? See Colossians 1:10-12.
Colossians 2:6 "Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,"
"Living in Christ" is also called "walking in Christ" as you can see from this other Bible translation of this verse.
Colossians 2:6
“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:”
King James Version (KJV)
Based on Colossians 2:6, “walking in Christ” means living out the reality that you have received Jesus Christ as Lord, and this walk is described in Colossians 1:10-12 as a lifestyle of bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with God’s power for endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father. The song “O To Be Like Jesus” (based on Colossians 2:6-7) reflects and applies these truths, showing that walking in Christ involves being firmly rooted in Him, strengthened in faith, growing in truth, overflowing with thanks, enduring to the end, never going astray, and continually following and obeying Jesus as a heartfelt aspiration rather than a mere duty.
Here are the lyrics:
Since we have received
Jesus Christ as Lord
We must walk in Him
We must be conformed
We are firmly rooted
Strengthened in our faith
Growing in the truth we
Overflow with thanks!
O to be like Jesus
To always walk in Him
O to be like Jesus
Enduring to the end
Since we have received
Jesus Christ as Lord
We will walk in Him
We will be conformed
We are firmly rooted
Strengthened in our faith
Growing in the truth we
Overflow with thanks!
O to be like Jesus
To always walk in Him
O to be like Jesus
Enduring to the end
O to be like Jesus
To never go astray
O to be like Jesus
To follow and obey
–"O To Be Like Jesus (2:6-7)" by Our Pilgrim Songs (from the album Colossians: Walk in Christ, based on Colossians 2:6-7).
See https://classic.net.bible.org/bible.php?book=Col&chapter=3&tab=xref
Question: How can we guard against being deceived by "persuasive arguments" today?
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Paul warns in Colossians 2:4 that we can be deceived not by obvious falsehoods, but by "plausible" or "persuasive arguments." Such arguments often have an "appearance of wisdom" (Col 2:23a). They may be logical, strict, or spiritually impressive, but Paul concludes they are ultimately worthless because they "lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence" (Col 2:23b). Therefore, a persuasive argument that produces pride ("Knowledge puffs up," 1 Cor 8:1), anxiety (in contrast to "do not be anxious," Phil 4:6), judgmentalism ("Let no one pass judgment on you," Col 2:16), or enslavement to rules ("Why do you submit to regulations?" Col 2:20–22) is immediately suspect. The truth of Christ, by contrast, produces very different fruit: thankfulness ("abounding in thanksgiving," Col 2:7), freedom ("the truth will set you free," John 8:32; "for freedom Christ has set us free," Gal 5:1), and love for others ("faith working through love," Gal 5:6; "the aim of our charge is love," 1 Tim 1:5). Thus, the best guard against being deluded by persuasive arguments is not more cleverness, but a heart deeply rooted in the gospel. When genuine thankfulness, freedom, and love are present, empty plausibility loses its appeal.
