Living The Complete Life
Let us begin to muse today from Colossians 3:5-9 and the thought of living the complete life in Christ. Paul in Colossians 3:1-4 gave us the positive side of our position in Christ and he now turns to the real work of living out what we…
A Seeing Practice
Let us muse again today from Colossians 3:3-4 and our thoughts on heaven to go to heaven in. If we are to know heaven on earth we must enter into a seeing practice. We must see in verse three the past work of Christ on the cross. Paul tells…
A Setting Practice
Let us muse today from Colossians 3:2 an our thoughts on heaven to go to heaven in. If we are to have heaven on earth there must be a setting practice. Paul speaks of the thought, set your affections on things above. The word set means fix…
A Seeking Of Practice
Let us muse again today from Colossians 3:1 in our thoughts on heaven to go to heaven in. Today we find in order to have heaven on earth there must be a seeking practice. The word seek has the idea of looking up. In Hebrews 12 we find…
Heaven To Go To Heaven In
Let us begin today to muse from Colossians 3:1-4 and the truth of heaven to go to heaven in. In chapters 1-3 Paul has dealt with the doctrinal thoughts of our completeness in Christ. In chapters 3-4 he will deal with the practical side.…
Warning Against Things That Enslave
Let us muse from Colossians 2:.20-23 and a warning about things that enslave. Paul here speaks of aestheticism. It was something done to the outward man to try to control and show off the inward man. In the Middle Ages they would sleep on hard…
Warning Of Being Beguiled
Let us muse again today from Colossians 2:18 and the warning of let no man beguile you. The word beguile means to declare unworthy of the prize. It is a term used by an umpire when he disqualifies one for not obeying the rules. The word intruding…
Fleeing From Legalism
Let us muse today again from Colossians 2:16 where we are reminded to flee from legalism. Paul begins in verse 16 with the word therefore which gives us the basis of freedom. When we see the word therefore it always refers back to the previously…
Warnings Of Beware
Let us begin today to muse from Colossians 2:16-23. The phrase let no man, in verse 16, 18, an implied in verse 20, is a phrase of warning. There are several signs of warning in the physical world. There is the railroad crossings. The skull…
Victorious In Him
Let us muse today from Colossians 2:15 and drawing from our position in Christ. Today let us draw from our position the truth that we are free from the law in Him. Our text describes our Lord's journey to present the blood to the Father on…