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The Pulpit Commentary — Colossians
George Gillanders Findlay [1849-1919] · 232,046 words · 247 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — Colossians — Section 61
"And in him all things consist.'' But for him, all things would fall nsunder nnd go bac-k into nothingness. There a.re laws, indeed, which reo-uhto and give stability to thin;:-s; but these laws subsist in Christ, are non-existent ~ut of him. His continued c>xistence is really the gnarantee for the sun rising every …
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ple!'oma, tmnsl!ltcd "tho fulness," mny b0 nttacher! the i,le:i. of "fillc,1-ur receptacll'." 'l'he word" plenitndo" seems nearer the meaning. It is applied to tha f11Jl complement for m!lnning a ~hip. As applied to Christ, it means the totality of the Divine perl'ections. '!'here were Eome who had the itlca that the n…
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which the ,Tc,rs were forbidden_ to repr~sent God under any bodily form wns that he had no bodily form. He was m the fifteenth verse declared to ho the invisible God. "Now, ii he had o. body and hid it from our eyes, he might be saicl not to be seen, but could not be Mid to be invisible" (Chamock). And yet he whose …
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fitness for presontalion to God, we mnst persevere, and persevere in tho righc way. Our posilion is to bo foith toward Christ. Within ourselves we have not the clement3 of strength. Wo are powerless to fonn chari.cter. We are not only to come into the position of faith, but we nre to reat in it. However our outward …
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ablC'. "Tiiat which is lacking" is properly "deficiencies." ThG word is distributive --{)DC cl,•ficicncy after another, The verb which governs "<lcfie.,cncics" is n doublG c0mr<>und. The simple verb would give this mcanina, "I fill the deficiencies of the ~mictions of Christ." The single compound would give this mean…
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known wh(\t ie the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which i~ Christ in yon, the Hope ?f glory." '!'here is glory in nature; the sun is a glorio11s object. 'l'horo was glory In the Mosaic economy (with all its limitatior.1s). But in thi, mystery God was pleased, and had it in view, to make known t…
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Vers. 1, ~.-The apostolic salutation, Pondering this salutation, we ask nbout it three questions. I. WHAT IT REVEALS ABOUT TRE APOSTLE. It indicates: 1. Hia dignity. 11 An npo_stle . . . by the will of God." This was a title (1) divinely derived ; (2) directly dcnved from God; (3) abundantly ;'usti,.fied, (a) by supe…
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depicts hope ae ltinclling faith and love. (1) The faith is Christ-ccntml. "In Christ Jesus." (2) The love is practical, It clistributes "to tho necessities of saints." (8) The hope is secure. It is stored up-" laid up in he11ven." So it is a.hove fire anrl. flood and all destructive forces. 2. For the means by which t…
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Vers. 15-29.-0hrist all in all. The truth taught in our text is that Christ is all and in all, the one absolute Mediator between God and man, the only Heconciler of heaven and earth. We notice- · I. THE DIVINE PRE-EMINENCE OF CHRIST. This includes : 1. His supremacy in ,·elation to God. He is his Image, Likeness, R…
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Vere. 23-29.-The ministry of the mystery. In these words the apostle dwells on his own part in carrying out Christ's work of reconciling men to God. That he rloes this in no boastful spirit goes without Baying; but that he does so without any affecta- tion of reserve or of modesty is equally plain. Indeed, he sets fort…
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n: cning ~cnlonco we learn four things respecting the writer and his follow-Christiane to whom rderence is mnde. I. PAUL'S CONSC~OUS1'""ESS ?F AUTRO~ITY AS AN APOSTLE, Observe how quietly Paul takes for grantc-d his npostohcal authority. Where it was assailed ns nt Corinth or in Ga latia, he was prepared to defend …
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or they o.re wHnoss against ue. H ie not enough to be called" faithful;" "it is req11ircd in stowards that a man befowndfaitliful" (Ps. cxxxix. 23, 24). IV. PAuL'B AFFECTIONATE anEETING To THEM, "Grace" is the initial good and· "pence" the final good, Grace is "the well-spring of all mercies, peace the crown of nil bl…
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hns not w<irk~;" "Can _tbnt ~-iith,s~v~ n 1~s ~J,,s. ii. 17, 11)? Ours is a II faith working thr0ngh lo,,·. The qmckcnrng :Spmt w1thm 11s will bring forth" fruit arLer his kind" (Gnl. v. 22, 23). One o_f th~ most cha~acteristic f11.1its is love. "The lo,e which yo hnve townrd all the sarnts. We chensh love toward them…
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Vere. 9-12.-Tlie intercession. The news brought by Epaphras had a further effect on the apostle. It prompted him, not only to thanksgivings, but to intercessions. In the Christian life some prayers receive definite answers and need not be repeated. But new subjects are perpetually coming before us. Thus there is a call…
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render service in the lower sanctuary of" this present evil world." 'l'hc "saints in ,ight" are "without blemish," "faultless." God, who is himself" light," is our pledge, that in that mberitanee there shall be "no darkness at all," nothing "that defileth," etc, (Hcv. xxi. 27). II. A CHANGE OF CHARACTER. "Who made …
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Vere. 15-17.-771e glory of tlte Son. The blessings which flow to us from the love of tho Father (vers. 12-14) are only enjoyed by union with "the Son of his love," "in whom" we are {l Cor. i. 30), and "in whom we ha.ve our redemption " and all its allied blessings. Who is this Son of God? In answering this question the…
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'' Tliougl,t, I'< press thy '1'cnk cu,lcavour I Here must rcRson prostrato fall· Oh, the inoffnblc for ever, ' Aud the clcrnal nil in all I" I r. TnE m,onv OF ,·nE So:,s n- RELAT10:-. TO TIIE CREATION. This is unfol,lc,1 by f,,ur truths respecting him. 1. He is "the Firstborn qf all c1·eiltiun." In tho New 'l'est…
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mnterial universe. We may linger on the exhnustlcss theme of the glory of Christ ns we sec further illustrations of it-- I. IN me nELATION TO THE CHURCH, 1. "He i3 tlie Ifead of the body, the OT,urch." For he is its Founder; the Church is his creation (Mau. xvi.18 • xviii.17-20). Havin" " 11II power m• h ea".en _an d …
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1 Pc-t. i. 12). The entrance of sin and its sprMd amona the human rnce mn.y hnve rrotlncc<l, t.hc,n~.h not distrust, yet something like dismay. Ilut tho death of Christ I:c1·cnlc<l the ml\Jesty and mercy of God as they had never been combined before. 'l'ho ,·ery fact. thl\t the lost sons of men could be "ma.de nioh" …
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Ver. 24.-The privilege of suffering. Following the Revised Version, and omitting "who," we notice that there is an abrnptness in the way in which the apostle breaks forth into thanksgiving at the thought of bis sufferings. "Now I rejoice," etc. The underlying thought seems to be this : "If ever I have been disposed to …
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Vers. 24--29.-St. Paul's view ef his ministry. In these verses we have a compre- hensive view of the ministry of the apostle, which suggests truths respecting tlie nature, subject, and object of every ministry that claims to be apostolic in its spirit. lie teachts us the following truths : - . I. THAT ms JIIIKISTr.Y W…
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immortality to light in a world wliich sorrowed over its dead as having" no hope." 6. The ideCll hum[l[1it.y of Obrist(" the Son of man'') pointed him out as" the Way t•> the FC1ther" for nil men apart from the hedges and barriers of the Jewish fold (John x. lCl), 6. The reception of Christ in any soul brinas a new lif…
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THE KNOWLEDClE wmoH rs MOST SUPREMELY IMT'ORTANT. 1. Tho knowled_qe of God is the most important knowledge attainable. Many are eager in pursuing the investi- gation of curious questions of human affairs who are quite indifferent to the truth nbout the Being who fills heaven and earth. Others are busily searchina in…
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throne needs o. special training in order that he may enter upon the duties as well as the privileges of royalty. H would be useless to bequeath a library to a man who had no interest in literature, or to leave an art collection to a man of boorish tastes. The heir must be suited to the inheritance. We hear much of the…
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0n ~0~e object. nnd is r~flected to us. ~o'."1's nniversA!ly diffused presence requires such rcOcd1011 for us to 8ee 1t. ,ve h11ve this ln some degree in the works of natl\l'O-l!tar 8ea, and flower reflecting God's glory. But it is only in Christ the perfect Imacre thnt we can have the rerfoct manifestRtion of God. …
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Ver. 20.-'/'lie great reconcilir1tion. The world wants not only education, impro>"e- ml'nt., nncl development; it has a torer need-the necessity of forgivcnc8s, recon~,iliation to God, renewal, and restoration. It is the glory of the gospel that it recognizes this deep fact, too often ignored by philosophic schemes of …
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Ver. 27.-Ch:rut, the Hope of glory. I. CHRISTIANITY BRINGS A HOPE OF GLOBY. 1. It brings a hupe. ,AU men who live at all live in the future. 'l.'he past is irretrievable. 'l'he present is but a passing moment. Life reaches out to what lies before it. For this we need to be buoyed up by some hope- " Ever by a mighty…
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with his peoplo. Thon the Christian glory is just a shnre of this glory of Christ's. It is no selfish thing, mnch less is it an earthly, corrupt thing like much that degradeR tho no.me of glory among men. 3. Christ himself is the Centre of this glory. Christ is tho Hope of glory, not merely the teachings of Christ, the…
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EXPOSITION. CHAPTER II. own Lardner nnd a fow recent critics, contended that tho apostlo distinguishes Vers. 1-7.-SECTION IV. TllE APOSTLE'S here between Cok•ssians ancl Lo.odioonne (or CONCERN FOR THE CoLOSSIAN CHURCH. So at least the former), and those tolw had not far the contents of the letter have been seen his…
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This combinntion of" love and lmowlcdgo" evirlcnce. Meyer ohjccts to the rendering appears in nll St. Paul's letlers of this period we hnvo followed (that of Ellicott, Lightfoot, ( oomp. Eph. iv. 12-16; Phil. i. 0; and con- Hevisers), that the apostle, if this be bis trast 1 Cor. viii. 1-3 ; xiii. I, 2, 8-13). meaning,…
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comm1md. The tenso of the verb indion.tes will lead them to lnrgcr spiritu!l.l o.tto.in- nn npprehension 118 to what may be now ments (eh. i. 10; see note). "Ye received" (!Ding <>n (vers. 8, 16, 18, 20; eh. i. 23). We (1rapll."-liµ.8d.v.,, not Uxoµcu, ns in eh. iv. 10: shnll see afterwords (n•rs. 8-23) what WM comp…
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the building o.bove" (Meyer). And atab- truth which is the practical application of liahed in ( or, by) your faith, aooording as ye the theological teaching of the first chapter. were taught (eh. i. 6-7, 23: 1 Cor. i. 6-8; Ver. 8.-Beware lest there shall be some 1 These. iii. 2: iv. 1: 2 These. ii. 18-15; one who maket…
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wl10~e essence consists in the pursuit o.ud doctrine of Christ, but Christ himself is conlempluiion of pure spiritual truth. tho substitute for these discarded rudimenl.- llfoses and the patriarchs e.r,:-, with him, (vers. 17, 20). His Persou is the norm and n ii "philosophers;" tho writers of the Old test of truth …
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tho moterinl world which wae the chief spiritu!\I completeness; but fmm n. dilfcrcnt prnctieal tenet of the e1tme school ( comp. sto.ndpoint, and in o. m1mncr cliffcrcn t l"rom notes on eh. i. 22 ond ii. 23). tho.t of the Pharisaic J udaizers of G:ilatia. Vor. 10.-And (bccnuee) ye are in him and of Acts xv. 1. By the …
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and ennbolic, putting BWRY of the orgnnio the dead," eh. i. 19. Rising from the bap- life a,id domination of sin which mnde the tismal watel'B, the Christian convert deolnres body its ePnt nud its instrument. The geni- the faith of his heart in tlll\t supremo act of tin• "of Christ" is neither objecti'\"e ("under- G…
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givenessonlyin thisnnd the Ephesian Epistle by modem interpreter~. In the New Te!!la- (oh. iii. 13; EJ?~· iv. 82: .~omp, Lu~e vii. ment (comp. Luke ii. 1 ; Acts xvi. 4; 42, 48; 2 Oor. u. 7, 10; :m. rn), pomts to Heb. xi. 23), ns in classice.l Greek, dogma is the oause or prinoi pie of forgivenesij in the o. decree, set…
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jusl UBed the nonn l,.,rl1<llutris (ver. 11) in a returns to the point from which ho et:u·tetl corresponding scnso (see note in loc. on tho in ver. 10. He h11s just declared that God force ofilie double compound). He employs has oancelled and removed tho La.w as o.n compnuu<ls of~""' in tho middle voioe seven- instr…
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xxii. 43; llfolt. xxviii. 2, etc.). "Openly" tho final Iv abrrji to Chri.1t (ver. 10), though ('" 1ra~~Tl,,./'f: literally, in freedom of speech, incorrectly implying "Christ" 11,~ subject a favourito worcl of St. Po.ul's) implies the of the verse. It was not only "in the cross" absenco of reserve or restraint, rnthor …
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(R0m. xi\·. 5, (,; Gal. iv. !l, 10). The yearly Ver. 18.-Let no one defrnud you of your Jens/,, the monthly ne10 moon, Rnd the weekly prire (eh. i. 5, 23; iii. 15; l'hil. iii. H; ,al,batl, (1 Chron. u:iii. 31; ho. i. 13, 14) Gal. v. 7; 1 Cor. ix. 24-27; 2 Tim. iv. 7, co,·er the whole round of Jewish saered 8; Jns. i. …
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2; Phil. ii. 9; olso Acts xx. I !l; I Pet. v. soncr" first of all (vers. 4, 8). Accorrlin:;ly 5). This quolity is asm·ibed ironically to the he in,;eetigntes ichr,l he hn., s~en; in'}uircs false teocher (compare the '"pulfed np ' of into the import, of his ,·isir,ns, rationally the next clouse, ond for similar irony se…
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tho king,loms of nRlure Rnd of grnce. So however, the gmwth appears ns proper to tho the nposLle falls bnek once more (comp. vcr. body, rnsulting from its very constitution: JO) r>n the foundation laid down in eh. i. here, ns a beetowmcnt of God, dependent, J.'i-20, on which his whole polemic rests. therefore, upon …
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to put upon a lovd with the former. In Mntt. xv. 9; ]\,fork vii. 7; vcr. 8; I Cor. ench easo the decree is nn external enforce- i. 20; ii. 5, 13); the only pnssnge in this ment, not au inner principlo of life, Epistle which dbtindly alludes to the Ver. 21 ~ivcs examples of the deci·ees language of the Old Testament.…
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the ~olitnr11 µ,v in enoh a connection is I\ sparing treatment of (the) body-not in any well-c>slnhlished clnssfoal icliom (see Winer's honour (as) a.g&inst surfeiting of the flesh or A. Duttmann's 'Grnmmar;' also Meyer). (vers. 16, 21, 22; Phil. iii. 19-21; 1 Tim. It i• supc>rlluons, thereforo, as well as con- iv. …
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Rom. i. 24) "in eanctillcntion nnrl honour" (" whose god is their l,olly, and their glory (comp. 1 Oor. vi. 13-20 for the o.postle'e in their shame") contai11e the snme oppo. teaching respecting the dignity of the eition of "hononr" to "fleshly indulgence" human body; olso Phil. iii. 19-21). The ns that supposed here, …
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the insi.Jio11s nn,l ,k1<lly nalnre of t~e assault being made upon their faith, of whose rcnl chnractrr they seem to have been httle aware. ,ve expect- therefore in this passage n re~urrence of !-he stra~n of thought pursued in_ tbe prayer'or the fi(st clrn.pter. Vve find a hke prominence given to knowledge, the clu…
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mystery of God surpasses nnd includes all others; for (Jhrist, in nature and in grace, in history o.nd personal experience, "is all and in all." In view of this Mystery, no wonder that t~e apostl~ says that we a.re" being renewed unto knowledge" (eh. iii. 10). We can conceive no obJect worthier of the pursuit of the…
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Vcrs. 8-15.-Scct.. 5, The <Jh'l"istian's comp7eteness in <Jhr-ist I. A FALSE PBILO- FClrHY OF RELIGION. (Yers. 4-, 8, 11, 16-23.) "Not according to Christ" (ver. 8) is the fatal sentence which the apostle pronounces upon the system of doctrine that was finding l'ntrance at Colossro. However 11lausible in argument (v…
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age of sensuous "feeling 11fter God," with the most bare and abstract, the most arid an,l joyless, conceptions of his nature, or of a nature that is their substitute for him. The combination of" philosophy" and "circumcision" (vers. 8, 11), of eloquent and subtle reasonings with minute and arbitrary rules as to "ea.Un"…
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God for us'.' (Heh. ix. 24), ~?d whom o?c dlly we shall sec (eh. iii. 1-4; Phil. Ill. 20, 21; 1 Pet. 1. 8, 9; 1 John 111. 2; Acts 1. 11)-" the Man Christ Jt'slls" "who is over nil, God blessed for ever" (Rom. ix. 5). This was the vision that dying' Stephen beheld in the presence of Saul of Tarsus (Acts vii. 05-60), …
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comes to know tho lifo of God (Eph. ii. 1-5; Rom. vi. 7-11); he is 1·econci1ed, and a now existence of peace nncl purity is born wilhin him (2 Cor. v. 17-21), to culminate in his final presentation perfect in O/irist (eh. i. 21, 22, 28). (3) Of this passing from death to life, not circumcision, but baptism, i.~ the app…
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Vers. 16-23.-Scct. 6. The claims of thefalse teacher. The Colossian error is the earliest Chriftian l,eresy, understanding the word in its stricter sense as denoting a move- ment in the direction ol e1Tor, originating within the Church itself. Itfirst answers to the terms of St. Paul's prediction in Acts xx. 29--31.…
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perforce bo mado to pay homago to it and fit himself into some limited and vacant 11pace where it '!light be nbl_e _tu mako room for him l Not in Christ, it appears, but in themselves and m "the tracht10n of men," were "the treasures of wisdom and know- ledge," out of whic~ the Cliristian teaching, in its uncultured cr…
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decoration, and under the sensuous impressiveness of a eplendid and elaborate rltuallem, But thi_s is no~ wha_t "the Father s~eketl~" (John iv. 23, 24), and such aids to devotion often hrnder his children from seekmg hnn. Our worship must. indeed havo ite forms• and order and propriety (1 Oor. xiv. 4.0) must be stud…
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nre rociprocnlly linked together, and advance pari passu. Compare the teaching of Christ in promising the Holy Spirit to his discipl(ls (,John xiv. 15-24). The cloctrine of the Holy Spirit was indirectly but vitally affected by the Colossian error; and this topic, though not brought forward in this Epistle, is prominen…
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t:lkc them out of tho world, but that thou sbouldest keep them from its e'l"il I" who bids his disciples be" the salt of tbti earth,"" the light of the world" (John xvii. 16; Matt. v. 1:~, 14). Let us have faith in the power of his Spirit, who can so sanctify our mortal body that "sin shall not reign in it" (Rom. vi…
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t'ney being knit together in love, anrl unto all riches of the full assurance of under- standing, that they may know the Mystery of God, even Christ, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden." He thus indicates how the threatened danger was to be averted. '!'heir hearts were to be comforted and stre…
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their rrop7c a_qainst t_hcm. Ilowoflen did th_e apostle say," De not deceived;" "lle 11ot cnmcd nbout with ~rn_ry w1!1d of do~tnnc, by the sleight of men, and cunuiug crnrtJtJcss, whereby t.hey he in wait to decen·e" (Eph. iv. 14) I Ministers are thus to •• take heed to the flock of God, over which the Holy Ghost ba…
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lll. TIii!: CONDITIONS OF A rror.v WALK IN CnmsT. "Having been rooted and bein1 built _up i~ him, and b:i~g e~tabljshed in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding therein with thanksg1vmg. 'I here is here an expressive variety of metaphor. 1. The believ(fl' must be firmly rooted in Ghrist. '!'his is done once for…
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. V~rs. 9, 10.- Christ tl1e Fulness of the Godhead, and our relationship to him, "For Ill !nm dwellcth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily; and in him ye ere made full who is the Head of all prindpality and power." The apostle is here condemninc, on~ of the false principles that underlay the teaching of the Gnosti…
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completeness of the spiritual cba.nge and its effects upon both body and soul. 1. The body of flesh is more than the mere body, which is not" put off," for it is not evil, but becomes "the temple of the Holy Ghost" (1 Cor. iii. 16; vi. 19). It is the body in ile fleshliness, regarded as the seat of the lusts which w…
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