ETB Colossians 2:4-15
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The various metaphors fly by with blinding speed in order to develop a composite picture of the completeness of what happened when the Colossians committed themselves to Christ. Because they are metaphors or models, it is a mistake to press any of them too far, to develop a doctrine from what is not said as well as from what is said. We must not forget they are metaphors and models, not absolute descriptions of reality, for the reality itself is too incomprehensible to be fully captured in any human linguistic model.
Watch out for people who try to dazzle you with big words and intellectual double-talk. They want to drag you off into endless arguments that never amount to anything.
You don’t need a telescope, a microscope, or a horoscope to realize the fullness of Christ, and the emptiness of the universe without him.
When the body of the Son prays, it does not separate its Head from itself. It is one Savior of His body, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who both prays for us, and prays in us, and is prayed to by us. He prays for us, as our Priest; He prays in us, as our Head; He is prayed to by us, as our God.
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO*