Insights on Philippians, Colossians, Philemon by Charles R. Swindoll

Author:Charles R. Swindoll [Swindoll, Charles R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / New Testament
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00

[1:2] Greek faithful brothers. [1:7] Or he is ministering on your behalf; some manuscripts read he is ministering on our behalf. [1:11] Or all the patience and endurance you need with joy. [1:14] Some manuscripts add with his blood.

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I’ve noticed throughout my life of ministry that false teachers tend to target new believers or those who haven’t properly matured in their faith. They rarely go after the well-trained Christians, the pastors, the teachers, or the theological thinkers in the church. I guess that makes sense. If false teachers had solid biblical evidence and strong doctrinal arguments, they’d find ready ears among the more biblically and theologically astute. Instead, like ravenous predators, false teachers prowl around the edges of the flock, scoping out the stragglers, the newborns, the spiritually weak and sick—easy victims of deception and confusion.

Why is that?

First, false teachers know that those who are well grounded in Scripture and mature in their theology will be centered on the truth; they won’t be easily led astray. True knowledge that comes from God’s Word strengthens and stabilizes believers. Second, false teachers know that those with a growing knowledge of God will have a greater awareness of doctrinal lies. These often know heresies by name. Third, mature believers have had experience in discerning the difference between truth and falsehood, between good and evil, and between light and darkness.

In the small, newly established church in Colossae, false teachers were trying to take advantage of the believers’ spiritual youth and ignorance. Whatever the spiritual disease brought by these teachers—worldly philosophy, pagan mysticism, Jewish legalism, or pious asceticism—the cure was the same: knowledge of the truth of Jesus Christ and acceptance of His sufficiency for all things.

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