2. In fact there was not even the thought of striving to be dead before the death of Christ came; and when He died, the Spirit in due time revealed not alone that He died for us, but that we died in Him. The word he uses for struggle is a vivid word; it is agon ( G73) , from which comes our own word agony. To receive it as the faithful blow of our best friend in His own word may not seem the readiest way toward comfort; but the comfort that we get in the end from Him who thus smites is both real and stable, and rich in profit to the soul. He might well, therefore, say (and what a serious occasion for the Colossians that it was needful to say it as an admonition!) They don't go to the beach to proclaim their ideas. Colossians 2-4 (1982-85 Audio) (Chuck Smith) Living in a Nation Under God's Judgment (Jon Benzinger) 2 Corinthians 5 (1982-85 Audio) (Chuck Smith) . There was much that was blessed at Colosse; and the apostle loves to give full credit for it. The language does not in the smallest degree insinuate that there is any uncertainty for a believer. Paul may be saying, "These false teachers claim that they are giving you knowledge which is very advanced and very profound. Cause he's not telling about himself, but he's boasting in the Lord and what the Lord has done.So, Jesus brought an end to the rule that the law had over man. There's this particular saint who lived in this area, and it might be wiser if you would pray to him to intercede for you. Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility in the worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind ( Colossians 2:18 ). You're complete in Him. [Note: Dunn, p. For assuredly God is not trusted where there is so much as a desire thus to alter or turn aside a single word, for one's own convenience or any pretext whatsoever. Should any one choose to interpret it as referring to the mystery, the meaning will be, that all the wisdom of the pious is included in the gospel, by means of which God is revealed to us in his Son. Observe, The treasures of wisdom are hidden not from us, but for us, in Christ. [ See verse text ] After mentioning mystery in the previous verse, Paul notes that Christ is the one "in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." Treasures are often hidden for the sake of keeping them safe. My righteousness has to do with my faith. And so, those that chose to go with Satan were probably equally out of each the various ranks. [Note: Geisler, p. What we do need is new experiences in the established truth. We may proceed to trace now the course of the Spirit of God in this deeply instructive epistle. And he got hung on his own gallow; so often happens that way.Satan, bringing Jesus to the cross, raising up the people against Him, but it was at the cross where Jesus defeated him. 2:2-7 My struggle is that their hearts may be encouraged, that they may be united together in love, that they may come to all the wealth of the assured ability to take the right decision in any situation, to the knowledge of that truth which only God's own may know, I mean of Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge. It literally means an autograph; but its technical meaning--a meaning which everyone would understand--was a note of hand signed by a debtor acknowledging his indebtedness. A father's stroke that chastises the erring is a mercy. He was God's chosen One in the highest sense; He was the holy and beloved. There was the view of those who said that in itself it was enough to put a man right with God. This is called the riches of the full assurance of understanding. e. And then, that they might experience the riches of full assurance. Besides, when men, thus slur over its true force, and would extract consolation where God intends warning, it is a proof not of firm but of weak faith. The Revealed Jesus, the treasury of all wisdom and knowledge (2:2-3). While there is not much difference between the one or the other, I rather prefer the latter view, and it is the one that is more generally received. It was his confidence in their love; and this is shown not merely in his desire to hear about them, but in the conviction that they would like to hear about him. A. Exhortations to persevere in the truth 2:1-7. Note well again that it is not here man striving to become dead, which is a notion unknown to the revelation of God, new or old. That is, he brings in His authority, for there can be no mistake for the Christian more profound than to suppose that the presentation of the Lord as such is the more elevated for the saint. The Christian never stood on any such fleshly ground. How can man brook that lie, and the world that he has built up since he lost Eden, should be made nothing of? A blaze of light springs up among the hills; the storm ceases; the gloom is . (iii) There are the Gnostic special visions. In the epistle to the Colossians, glory is always that which we are waiting for. ( Colossians 2 Commentary) The struggle here is not the struggle against God, but although not directly stated appears to be most likely the intense effort of the one praying. I do not reckon that there is any great difference between wisdom and understanding in this passage, for the employment of two different terms serves only to give additional strength, as though he had said, that no knowledge, erudition, learning, wisdom, can be found elsewhere. Jesus is the first-born, no matter when He appeared. (ii) It may well be that there was another struggle going on in Paul's mind. Ought I not to share my Master's shame and dishonour here? Man is no longer a criminal who has broken the law and is at the mercy of God's judgment; he is a son who was lost and can now come home to be wrapped around with the grace of God. We are not Jews; we have our place in Christ dead and risen, or are nothing. We may be content to be hidden while He is hidden; but He is not always to be out of sight. for if we have any part or lot in Christ, if we belong to the church of God, we ought clearly to know the character of our own blessing. Let no one rob you of your prize by walking in ostentatious humility in the worship of angels, making a parade of the things he has seen, vainly inflated with pride because he is dominated by his sinful human nature and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, supplied and held together by the joints and muscles, increases with the increase which only God can give. You test materials in order to know their strengths and their weaknesses, and as God tests us, we come to the understanding of those places of weakness. Then he brings in, accordingly, his first solemn caution. What does Colossians 2:3 mean? Just as the house stands fast because it is built on strong foundations, so the Christian life is resistant to any storm because it is founded on the strength of Christ. It would have been easy to play the coward and abandon the truth for the sake of safety. For since the Father has manifested himself wholly in Him, that man wishes to be wise apart from God, who is not contented with Christ alone. He wants all churches to be strong, through the believers loving one another and having a full understanding of their riches in Christ. [Note: Johnson, 475:236.]. Suddenly the whole aspect of the heavens is changed. Is this the truth? 1 6.21). To the Jew, the ritual was circumcision, which was to be the symbol that I'm going to live after the Spirit not after the flesh. Thus it is that He rises into a new condition, leaving behind that which had fallen under vanity or death through its sinning chief, the first Adam. And that is why they are usually pointed back to their roots, because those who are evangelical, those who are really out bringing the lost to Jesus Christ are usually prompted by the truth of the gospel.And the gospel has always, as its natural effect, evangelism, reaching the lost, but not so those who are carriers of heresy. Paul, sufficiently the child of his age to believe in these elemental spirits, answers: "You need nothing but Christ to overcome any power in the universe; for in him is nothing less than the fullness of God and he is the head of every power and authority, for he created them.". These men offer a philosophy which they declare is necessary in addition to the teaching of Christ and the words of the gospel. The Gnostics pretended that they had higher knowledge of mysterious things. As we have seen, the Gnostics considered all matter to be essentially evil. (i) Men were dead in their sins. He means exactly what Jesus did when he said that food and drink are eaten and digested, and then excreted from the body, and flushed away down the drain ( Matthew 15:17; Mark 7:19). The dealings of God were not only not on the principle of a body on earth, united to a glorified Head, once dead and risen, but incompatible with such a state of things. Not appreciating His glory and fulness, they did not see that the secret of true wisdom and blessing, is in going on to know more of Christ than is already possessed. When they talked of the worship of angels, both the Gnostics and the Jews would have justified it by saying that God is so great and high and holy that we can never have direct access to him and must be content to pray to the angels. While there is no doubt that which requires to be cut down or pruned on every side, there is a gradual development of divine life in the saints of God; and this, as being through the Spirit's use of the truth, by no means can be all at once. Nor is this all. Human words fail to add to such a thought. The Colossians, like others, would have liked this well enough; it is just what they were about, and the very thing that the apostle is here correcting. He it is who works in the various gifts of Christ, welding them together, so that it may be truly Christ through His body. As they saw it, the simple truth preached by Jesus and preserved in the gospel was not enough. It was up to that point, but He was the end of the law to those who believe. Lenski argues that wisdom, in this verse and in 1 Corinthians 12:8, refers to a full and complete understanding of the gospel plan and that knowledge means a comprehension of the prophecies of the Old Testament and how they relate to the gospel (185). It is not a mere duty that has to be done; but the heart is in presence of the objective fact that He died for us, His body. What a wonderful thing when a church is just tied together in the love of Jesus Christ. See, he's always getting the tables turned on him and you'd think he'd get discouraged after a while. 2:11-12 In him you have been circumcised with a circumcision not made by man's hands, a circumcision which consists in putting off the whole of that part of you which is dominated by sinful human nature, which you were able to do by the circumcision which belongs to Christ. The real knowledge, the real fullness of God, is in Jesus Christ. It is comparable to "riches" in verse 2. If ye be dead with Christ As by receiving the ordinance of baptism ye profess to be; from the rudiments, or elements, of the world See on Colossians 2:8.From those ceremonies, which persons among the Gentiles or the Jews are apt to place so much dependance on; why . No one will deny the visions of the mystics, but there is always danger when a man begins to think that he has attained a height of holiness which enables him to see what common men--as he calls them--cannot see; and the danger is that men will so often see, not what God sends them, but what they want to see. The needed and only remedy was to turn the eyes of the saints from other objects, even their own privileges, and to fix them on Christ. "He is the head of all principality and power: in whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the flesh [for so it runs] by the circumcision of Christ: buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen.". If you died with Christ to the elements of this world, why do you continue to submit yourselves to their rules and regulations, as if you were still living in a world without God? The Gnostic prided himself upon special visions of secret things which were not open to the eyes of ordinary men and women. It was at the cross of Christ And so it was that, when all seemed to fail, all was won. The meaning, therefore, is, that all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hid in Christ by which he means, that we are perfect in wisdom if we truly know Christ, so that it is madness to wish to know anything besides Him. In the Spirit are both built together for God's habitation. Colossians 3:1-2. Nor is continuance in prayer all; but vigilant watch in the same, which does not let slip the just occasion for supplication; and as all things were to be done with thanksgiving, so prayer also, which would assuredly not forget the need of those in the forefront of the spiritual warfare and toil of love. Babes, young men, and fathers: such is in grace as in nature the divine way with us. He says, however, that the treasures are hidden, because they are not seen glittering with great splendor, but do rather, as it were, lie hid under the contemptible abasement and simplicity of the cross. The epistle to the Ephesians views the saint as already blessed by God in heavenly places in Christ. Utterly impossible that man should see Him who is invisible: he needed one to bring God down to him, and display His word and ways, and Christ is that one image of the invisible God. He said to them, "You demand circumcision; but you must remember that circumcision does not mean simply the removal of the foreskin from a man's body; it means the putting off of that whole part of his human nature which sets him at variance with God." The guilt which a broken law charged on the conscience is gone by an act infinitely more glorifying to God than the personal righteousnesses of all the men that ever lived, not to speak of the conscious pardon which is also secured to those who possess it. You've renounced the life of the flesh. The word used for built is the word which would be used of a house erected on a firm foundation. In the New Testament we find the picture of the Gentiles as having, not the written law of God which the Jews had, but the unwritten law in their hearts and the voice of conscience speaking within ( Romans 2:14-15). (ii) They wished men to accept a system of astrology ( Colossians 2:8). And that means that I do not depend upon my works as a righteous basis in my standing before God.I don't say, "Well, I'm righteous because I pray so many times a day. The incarnation, blessed and precious as it is, never reconciled man to God. This may be understood either of the mystery of the Gospel, which contains the rich mines and hidden treasures of all divine truths; so called, because of the richness and intrinsic value and excellency of them; and because of their variety and abundance, being the unsearchable riches of Christ: or of Christ himself; and not so much of his personal wisdom, either as God, being the all-wise God, the wisdom of God, an omniscient Being, that knows all persons and things whatever, within the whole circle of wisdom and knowledge; or as man, whose wisdom and knowledge, though created, was very large and abundant; or as Mediator, on whom the spirit of wisdom and understanding, of counsel and of knowledge, rests; but of that fulness of truth as well as grace, which dwells in him as in its subject and fountain; by whom it comes, and from whom it is derived unto us; and our highest wisdom and knowledge lies in knowing him, whom to know is life eternal; and the excellency of whose knowledge surpasses everything else; it is the greatest riches, and most valuable treasure; nor is there anything worth knowing but what is in Christ, all is laid up in him: and being said to be "hid" in him, shows the excellency of the wisdom and knowledge that is in him only valuable things being hid, or compared to hid treasure; that this cannot be had without knowing him; that it is imperfect in the present state, and is not yet fully and clearly revealed; and therefore should be inquired after, and searched for, and Christ should be applied unto for it: , "treasures of wisdom", is a phrase used by the Targumist q. F.F. And the law is important for us to study only to understand completely what Jesus has done for us in His sacrifice for our sins. He says, "These things perish as they are used" ( Colossians 2:22). Epictetus was not a Christian, but that little, old, lame slave who became one of the great moral teachers of paganism, wrote: "What else can I, a lame old man, do but sing hymns to God? We've become the children of God. Our struggle is never for ourselves alone; always the honour of Christ is in our hands and the faith of others in our keeping. When we not only believe with the heart, but are ready, when called, to make confession with the mouth. So, Jesus has authority over all the principalities and powers. Certainly they have no relation to me now risen with Him. Those who would be wise and knowing must make application to Christ. 2:13-15 God made you alive with Christ, when you were dead in your sins and were still uncircumcised Gentiles. 2. The more stedfast our faith in Christ is, the better order there will be in our whole conversation; for we live and walk by faith, 2 Corinthians 5:7; Hebrews 10:38. This is called the riches of the full assurance of understanding. Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Colossians, chapter two.Paul had never visited Colosse. When our faith grows to a full assurance and bold acknowledgment of this mystery. It was executed and put clean out of the way, so that it might never be seen again. It was they that yielded to these feelings of hostility. They don't prey on the sinners; they prey on the saints. "Lord, I'm going to pray more. There the apostle reminds the Colossians that ascetic regulations are of no real value in restraining indulgence of the flesh. To understand that word is to understand the amazing mercy of God. Read Chapter Compare Images for Colossians 2:2-3 If it were not for Satan, God would really not know, except that He has all knowledge. "The opening verses of chapter 3 sustain the closest connection with the closing verses of chapter 2. The Holy Spirit brings in that which completely judges and sets aside all such speculations. Neither completeness in Christ, nor joyful sense of heavenly relationship, nor heed to our own relations in this life, should weaken for an instant, but rather minister to an increased sense of the need and value of depending on God. Never will it be received, either by the world's religion, or by its philosophy. There is no feature of the present day more remarkable than the success with which Satan is massing as it were, his forces, bringing together at the very same point, where they are wanted, these two parties; that is to say, the heavier arms of human tradition, and the lighter ones of man's philosophy. Faith was not enough; circumcision had to be added. But the great spiritual leaders of Israel and the great prophets took a very different view. If you died with Christ to the elements of this world, why do you continue to submit yourselves to their rules and regulations, as if you were still living in a world without God? You see, because God has made righteousness something that He imputes to me through my faith, it totally eliminates boasting, except in Jesus. Can anything be sweeter than this genuine simplicity of affection and mutual interest? This is the meaning of "perfect." of wisdom and knowledge: But what are these treasures, all of which are hidden in Christ and Him alone? Then follows that which could be said of us alone. Christ on earth was a blessed pattern of forgiveness and forbearance. They weren't to eat certain kind of meats. Yet it remains true, that "the hope is laid up for you," as he says, "in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; which is dome unto you, as it is in all the world: and bringeth forth fruit and groweth, as also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth." And when Satan, who was one of the highest ranking of spirit beings in God's creation, when he rebelled against God, there is an indication in the book of Revelation that a third of the angels joined in his rebellion. What happened was this. He is our Sabbath; He is our rest. 3. He is the upholder of all creation, so that the very universe of God subsists in virtue of Him. And if you come across someone who is boasting in their efforts, boasting in their sacrifices, boasting in their works, you have a classic example of what I'm dealing with. It was not wonderful that he said in Colossians 1:1-29, "If ye continue in the faith rooted and grounded, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel." The Gnostic teachers offered an additional philosophy; Paul insisted on the triumphant adequacy of Christ to overcome any power in any part of the universe. Here we enter not merely what clears one out from the rudiments of the world, but what introduces us into the new thing. "Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. They have access because of relationship. All momentous and blessed, but nevertheless by no means the same fulness of privilege of which he could discourse at once in writing to the Ephesians. The cross terminated the awful struggle and heartbreaking sight of man thus manifestly led captive of the devil at his will. For, even if I am absent from you in the body, I am with you in spirit, happy when I see you maintaining your ranks and the solid bulwark of your faith in Christ. He can go so far, no further. Colossians 2 - less Greek PAUL APPLE - modern commentary - 139 pages - includes outlines, questions, devotional thoughts, quotes for reflection. An *apostle is a person whom God sends to lead Christians. They both are thoroughly and essentially ignorant of Christ; but the Christ that they ignore, for religion or reason, is that blessed Person not so much as He who here lived and laboured, as especially dead and risen. And I was endeavoring by my efforts, by my works, to be accepted by God and to be righteous before God. He knows everything and feels everything. Don't touch that!These may show some wisdom in discipline of the body and in humility as you are disciplining or neglecting the body. So to the church he says, "I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church: whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation [or stewardship] of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God. Regardless, Jesus has authority over them all. One cannot therefore be quickened together with Christ without having one's trespasses, yea, all (for if not all, none) forgiven. Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man." The sentence is blotted out; the power of Satan is spoiled openly; Christ risen triumphs over all. And so the purpose of the testings and the provings is for our benefit, that we might know exactly where we stand. These are rules which are humanly taught and humanly imposed, and they are rules which deal with things which are destined for decay as soon as they are used. There are many portions of the scriptures that do not by any means suit or suppose the estate and path of the Christian. That was the answer of the prophets centuries before: and that was still Paul's answer to the false teachers. Infinitely vainer is the thought for any man to impart fresh worth to Christ, than for David to have met Goliath in Saul's armour. And you had to really be initiated into their little club to be able to understand these mysteries, and they were always prating on this term, "the mysteries." And though having not seen them, yet he is greatly concerned for them. (i) They wished to teach men an additional philosophy ( Colossians 2:8). And in us, poor feeble souls, why should not this peace rule in our hearts, to the which also we are called in one body? As this epistle then is not said to have been addressed to Laodicea, we may gather that it was either from that church, or, if apostolic, going its round from one assembly to another. We do that by believing that His death on the cross grants us forgiveness of our sins. It was contrary to you. "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: for which things' sake, the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: in the which ye also walked sometime. You cannot add to it. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days ( Colossians 2:16 ): Now, these were all things under the law. Paul only. Amplified: And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth. The very life that I have in Christ is a witness that my sins are forgiven. To outsiders the ritual would have been a mystery." Do you say, Yes, but why not God create by the highest as an instrument? The hope laid up for us in heaven supposes a position on the earth. For in him dwelleth all of the fullness of the Godhead bodily ( Colossians 2:9 ). Why do you want to go back to Jewish legalism and abandon Christian freedom?" James notoriously presents what many think hard in my judgment quite reconcilable, equally inspired of God, and most important for man, but not the same thing, nor for the same end. Nailed it to His cross, that's the end of the law. It is of this Christ is the objective centre and Head. Jesus has stripped the powers and authorities and made them his captives. No matter what may be the demand, love is after all most essential and influential too. Wherefore The inference begun Colossians 2:16 is continued. The Spirit of God applies the truth of Jesus Christ, which resists all such thoughts as human. "Knowledge" is genuine understanding and "wisdom" genuine truth (cf. The Gnostics appoint themselves teachers, but Paul was appointed by Christ. 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