Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, And not holding the Head, from which all the Body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God (كولوسي 2:18-19)
بالإيمان والتجديد في المسيح, لقد صرت ابنا لله (وهذا ينطبق على كل من الذكور والإناث) and received an inheritance in Christ. You’ve been made righteous in Him and received power and authority to walk as a son of God in the truth of God on earth. (أ.و. جون 1:17, غلاطية 6:3:26-27, رومان 8:14-19, افسس 5:1-6, فيلبي 2:15, 1 جون 3:1-10; 5:2).
Jesus Christ is the Mediator of the New Covenant and Head of the Church
بعد ذلك, الاخوة, الجرأة للدخول إلى الأقداس بدم يسوع, بطريقة جديدة ومعيشة, الذي كرسه لنا, من خلال الحجاب, وهذا يعني, جسده; And having an High Priest over the House of God; دعونا نقترب من قلب حقيقي في التأكيد الكامل للإيمان, بعد أن رش قلوبنا من ضمير شرير, وغسل أجسامنا بالماء النقي (العبرانيين 10:19-22)
For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus; Who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time (1 تيموثي 2:5-6)
يسوع المسيح هو الطريق, الحقيقة, والحياة. Jesus made the way through the cross and His blood. لهذا السبب, the people that by faith in Christ are born again in Him, may come boldly before the Father. (أ.و. جون 14:6, افسس 2:18; 3:12).
The new man doesn’t need the mediation of angels and/or doesn’t need angels to communicate with God
يسوع المسيح هو وسيط العهد الجديد. The new man received the Holy Spirit and is connected with God the Father and Jesus Christ; الكلمة. لا شيء ولا أحد, not even angels, stands in between.
شعب, who walk in the vanity of their minds and are puffed up
لكن, هناك الناس, who don’t know the Word personally and are ignorant about the truth of God. هناك حتى الناس, who stand in the pulpit, who don’t know the Word personally. They’re ignorant about the truth of God and therefore keep the people ignorant.
They may seem humble in the eyes of carnal man, because of their pious words and humanistic behaviour,. لكن, they are not humble in the eyes of God.
They walk in the vanity of their minds and exalt themselves above God, by putting their words above the words of God and preaching human doctrines and carnal philosophies instead of believing and preaching the redemptive work and inheritance in Christ and walking in it.
Instead of repenting and walking after the Spirit in the truth of God, they remain carnal. They live as enemies of the cross in subjection to the powers, الحكام, and authorities of darkness and are inspired and led by them.
They don’t believe in the perfect redemptive work of Christ and don’t walk in the authority of Christ. بدلاً من, they walk in false humbleness and deny by their words and walk the greatness, قوة, and the work of God, the blood and the cross and deny Jesus Christ.
Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels
Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, And not holding the Head, from which all the Body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God (كولوسي 2:18-19)
Paul warned the saints to let no one beguile them of their reward and lose their salvation by voluntary humility and worshipping of angels.
Paul commanded them to stay faithful and obedient to Jesus Christ, رئيس الكنيسة. He commanded them to walk in His commandments instead of walking after the traditions of man, the rudiments of this world, and according to what carnal people beheld in the supernatural.
Paul commanded them to walk after the Spirit and not return to the flesh.
Because there were many false teachers, الذين كانوا جسديين. They walked from their state as the old man in تواضع كاذب and worshipped angels.
They were puffed up by their carnal minds and exalted themselves above others because of what they beheld in the supernatural. But they didn’t walk after the will of God and not held the Head of the Church, المسيح عيسى, ووصاياه.
By faith in Jesus Christ and obedience to the Head, the church receives the increase of God
It’s only Jesus Christ from which all the Body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increased with the increase of God. Therefore it’s only by faith in Jesus Christ and submission and obedience to Him and His commandments that the Church receives the increase of God.
But these false teachers placed the angels, who are servants of God, فوق يسوع المسيح. They denied the redemption of man and the reconciliation and unity between the new man and God. They preached all kinds of مذاهب كاذبة, whereby they deprived the saints of their salvation.
The lies and temptations of the devil
ولا عجب; لأن الشيطان نفسه يتحول إلى شبه ملاك نور. لذلك ليس عظيماً أن يتحول خدامه أيضاً إلى خدام البر; الذين تكون نهايتهم حسب أعمالهم (2 كورنثوس 11:14-15)
The devil has not changed and his lies and tactics are still the same. ول الاسف, they still work. All because of the ignorance of Christians and deviating from the words of God, وهي الحقيقة.
الشيطان (and his angels) come as an angel of light with his lies, which are wrapped up in a little bit of truth.
He comes through dreams and visions and tries to tempt believers and convince them of his truth.
ول الاسف, many people fall for his lies. They believe his lies above the Truth of God because of a lack of knowledge of God’s Word.
And so they walk according to the words of the devil in his wil instead of walking according to the words of God in His will.
There are many false doctrines that derived from the flesh through inspiration of evil spirits through dreams, رؤى, إلخ. They led many Christians astray and still lead many Christians astray.
العقائد الباطلة, which are wrapped up in a little bit of truth and are indiscernible from the truth of God to the old man. And because many people stay the old man, many false doctrines are allowed into the church.
لا يحرمك أحد من أجرك!
حارب جهاد الإيمان الجيد, تمسك بالحياة الأبدية, حيث أنت أيضا تسمى, وأعلن مهنة جيدة أمام العديد من الشهود (1 تيموثي 6:12)
طوبى للرجل الذي يحتمل التجربة: لأنه عندما يحاكم, سينال إكليل الحياة, الذي وعد به الرب للذين يحبونه (جيمس 1:12)
لا تخف مما ستعاني منه: هوذا, سيلقي إبليس بعضا منكم في السجن, لكي تجربوا; ويكون لكم ضيق عشرة أيام: كن أمينا حتى الموت, and I will give thee a crown of life (وحي 2:10)
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, وأنا أيضًا سأحفظك من ساعة التجربة, الذي سيأتي على كل العالم, ليجرب الساكنين على الأرض. ها, لقد أتيت بسرعة: تمسك بالصوم الذي لديك, أن لا يأخذ أحد تاجك (وحي 3:10-11)
But the Church is supposed to be spiritually awake and stay watchful. The Church should remain obedient to the Word and not deviate from the Word. Because only through submission and obedience to the Head Jesus Christ; الكلمة, you shall receive your reward.
لذلك, let no one beguile you of your reward and deprive your salvation. But stay in Christ and through obedience to Him stand on the Word.
"كونوا ملح الأرض"
