David Journal

Tag: Colossians

  • Seek those things which are above.

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    This sounds like “think celestial.” I notice that Paul closes all his epistles with a list of this who are working with him.

  • Types of Christ

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    It seems that the preeminent type of Christ is the sacrament bread.

  • The veil in reading the old testament

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    2 Corinthians soaks of the minds of the Jew being blinded in their reading of the Old Testament. It says that this cell that blinded them was taken away in Christ. It seems to me that it is taken away for those who accept Christ, but that for those who read the Old Testament without…

  • A testimony of the resurrection

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    A testimony of Christ is incomplete at best of it does not include a testimony of his resurrection from the dead. When the apostles sought to replace Judas they made a testimony of the resurrection of Christ one of the defining characteristics of who they would choose. A testimony today cannot be that He lived,…

  • Christ always pleased His Father

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    Jesus testifies that he always did that which was pleasing to Heavenly Father. That fits with the testimony of Heavenly Father that He was well pleased with Christ.

  • He came to serve and not to be served

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    While it is appropriate that people should sell to serve the Savior – that is about us and our recognition of our place relative to Him, not about what His purpose and expectation were. The same hold true for our current leaders. They sell not to be served even though we should sell to serve…

  • King of Kings

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    All things and all people are subject unto Christ and eventually all will acknowledge that to be true.

  • Mission of Christ

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    Christ came that he might glorify His Father and liberate the captive and reign over the people, especially the covenant people. Through His death he overcame death and liberated all mankind.

  • 1 November 2013

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    Colossians 3 – 4 Here is another admonition on his people should treat their family members—husband to wives, wives to husbands, children to parents, and parents to children (even servants to masters and matters to servants). it seems that all the epistles from Paul end with instructions to the recipients on what to expect from…

  • 31 October 2013

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    Colossians 2 I wonder if Paul, being younger than the original apostles, worked longer among the early saints than any of the apostles. John outlived him of course but he might have been required to make his ministry private even as Paul continued to send epistles to the saints.