The enemy of Christianity works
tirelessly to counteract the Gospel. Think of all of the things humankind
subjects themselves to, and we find a list applicable to us, too. Today’s
penetrating worldview demands your confirmation of secular wisdom. Take the
Chinese virus, for instance.
Do this. Do that. Don’t show
your face. Don’t get together with family. For heaven’s sake, don’t go to
church.
Paul points out some principles
we should all live by, but Christians especially.
“Therefore, if you died with
Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the
world, do you subject yourselves to regulations—‘Do not touch, do not taste, do
not handle,’ which all concern things which perish with the using--according to
the commandments and doctrines of men? These things indeed have an appearance
of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and neglect of the body,
but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.” Colossians 2:20-23
Paul continues in Chapter 3:5
(remember the Bible wasn’t written in Chapter/verse, but rather in solid blocks
of text) to explain how the Gospel of Jesus relieves us from the burden of
things of this earth. “Therefore put to death your members which are on the
earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which
is idolatry.”
How much better would our
health, society, culture, and knowledge be if we focus on our heavenly example
given by Jesus Christ?
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