{"id":55,"date":"2009-12-23T06:38:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T11:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/?p=55"},"modified":"2013-06-26T11:31:57","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T15:31:57","slug":"but-is-sounds-so-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"But is sounds so good!"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments.”<\/em> (Colossians 2:4)<\/p>\n

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“I say this” points to all Paul has been saying regarding his ministry on behalf of the Colossian believers in 2:1-3.\u00a0 But it points specifically to the apostle’s statement in v.3 concerning the all-sufficiency and exclusivity of Jesus Christ.\u00a0 In Him ALONE “are hidden ALL the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paul insists upon Christ’s all-sufficiency and exclusivity for a specific purpose (“in order that”).\u00a0 He is concerned that someone “may delude” the believers in Colossae.\u00a0 The Greek word translated “delude” is a compound: “beside” + “to reason.”\u00a0 It has the notion of miscalculating something and then extends to describe someone intentionally misleading someone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

All ideas are not created equal.\u00a0 Some are wrong.\u00a0 Not everyone in the marketplace of ideas is well-intentioned.\u00a0 Some are wicked.<\/p>\n

This danger is marketed through “plausible arguments.”\u00a0 Here too is a compound word: “persuasive” + “word.”\u00a0 It is used only here in the New Testament.\u00a0 It is a neutral word, but clearly carries a negative connotation in this context.\u00a0 Plato used the word to describe “popular oratory” in distinction from “cogent proof.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

We are easily swayed by media-rich presentations, emotion-laden appeals, and poorly-reasoned, but well-marketed falsehoods.\u00a0 These lack “cogent proof,” but their “popular oratory” makes their words persuasive.\u00a0 Our challenge is not to be taken in by the emoitonal\/visual\/popular appeal and find the basic line of thought behind it and examine it against the straight-edge of Scripture.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When, in Christ, you already have “all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,” you can rest assured that you will not find a better offer, a hidden-wisdom or secret answer to the struggles of life.\u00a0 Look again to Christ and His Word!\u00a0 The fear of the Lord is the first and essential rung on the ladder of wisdom and understanding (Prov. 9:10).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments.” (Colossians 2:4) “I say this” points to all Paul has been saying regarding his ministry on behalf of the Colossian believers in 2:1-3.\u00a0 But it points specifically to the apostle’s statement in v.3 concerning the all-sufficiency and exclusivity of Jesus Christ.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colossians","post-preview"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgYGxX-T","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1646,"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/1646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}