Colossians 2:1-7 Part 2
Introduction
Prayer
Read Colossians 2:1-7
Review
Shallow sympathy usually makes people feel worse, but true spiritual encouragement makes them feel better. It brings out the best in people.
Blessed assurance
Two things are important in coming to the place of assurance:
The mature believer has assurance in his heart that he is a child of God. The spiritual knowledge that he has in Christ constantly enlightens him and directs him daily. I have often counseled believers who told me they lacked assurance of their salvation. Invariably, they have been neglecting God’s Word and living in ignorance.
In Jesus Church are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge
The basic attack of all false systems throughout history has been to deny either Christ’s deity, His sufficiency to save and sanctify, or both. Any group or person doing so is guilty of teaching “doctrines of demons” (1 Tim. 4:1). As purveyors of another gospel, they are accursed (Gal. 1:8). Believers need to have a settled conviction about Christ’s deity and sufficiency to be able to withstand the onslaughts of such false teaching.