See To It That No One
Takes You Captive
Through Philosophy
As you therefore have received Christ
Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him
and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
See to it that no one takes you
captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition,
according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to
Christ. For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have come
to fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority. In him also
you were circumcised with a spiritual circumcision, by putting off the body of
the flesh in the circumcision of Christ; when you were buried with him in
baptism, you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who
raised him from the dead. And when you were dead in trespasses and the
uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive together with him, when he
forgave us all our trespasses, erasing the record that stood against us with
its legal demands. He set this aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the
rulers and authorities and made a public example of them, triumphing over them
in it.
Colossians
2:6-15
The Bible clearly acknowledged the
presence of invisible but very real spiritual beings, or powers. In Ephesians,
Paul declared that our primary warfare is against an army of rebellious angels
headed by Satan. The bad news is that they are more intelligent and powerful
than we are. The good news is that Jesus defeated them by His death on the
cross.
There are many things beyond our
control, but we need not fear. We who have placed our trust in Jesus are on the
winning side.
Satan may win
some battles, but he cannot win the war.
Our Daily Bread –