Colossians Bible Studies Audio Book

COLOSSIANS BIBLE STUDIES
	Worship, Humility, and Self-Denial Challenged by Paul Warns of Persuasive Preachers Reveals Secret of Christian Growth Proclaims Christ the Essence of All
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The Colossians Bible Studies challenges the religious practices of most church systems and Christians in their worship, their humility, and their self-denial.
In one of the most provocative letters written by Paul, the letter to the Colossians challenges the religious practices of the visual church in every generation. He specifically named worship, humility, and self-denial (2:23) as practices that destroy the vitality of the believer's relationship with Christ. Although many modern churches thrive on these three activities, Paul boldly declared "touch not; taste not; handle not; which all are to perish with the using" (2:23). Even though they seem like the things that men should do, they have no spiritual benefit (2:23). Paul made these challenging statements after giving the Colossians four warnings. He first stated that all believers could be present "holy and unblameable and unreproveable" to the Father through Jesus Christ (1:23). Believers could continually be presented to the Father "if [they would] continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel . . ." (1:23). With "moved away" meaning "to be stirred to another place," Paul was warning the Colossians that the possibility of their downfall would come from being stirred away from the gospel. In Paul's second warning, he stated how that stirring would occur: "And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words" (2:4). The danger of delusions ("beguile") would come from persuasive language" (enticing words"). Stirring, persuasive, charismatic preachers would be the means of their fall. The third warning of Paul stated the reason why a man would want to use persuasive preaching. He wrote, "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit . . ." (2:8). Men, fond of their wisdom ("philosophy"), would use persuasive preaching to capture their hearers and carry them away as booty ("spoil;"). If the enticing preachers were successful, the people would come under their spell. Their lives would now be controlled by the preacher. Finally, Paul warned the Colossians "let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary [activity] and worshipping of [the messenger]" (2:18). How the persuasive preacher would entrap them would be by stirring them into acts of worship, humility, and self-denial (2:23). Being thus stirred, they would lose the prize ("reward") of the life of Christ (3:4). The gospel contained in these tapes will bring the hearer of the Word into the real essence of what it means to experience the life of God, what it means to be a believer in Christ.