~1 Peaceful Liberty "...let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ" - Col. 2:16 ~2 Growth of the People-Together "...(such rituals and observances) are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God" - Col. 2:17-19 ~3 Joyful-Grief, in the "sweepstakes of life": "If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations — “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” ( referring to things that all perish as they are used) — according to human precepts and teachings? "These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh. "If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died (to this flesh-way of doing things, based on laws, codes of conduct and regulations; even self-will), and your life is hidden with Christ in God. "When Christ who is your life appears (even in your now-time conception with His Spirit), then you also will appear (to yourself, to be) with Him in glory (with Him in His spiritually glorious state)" - Col. 2:20 - 3:4. (interpretations added, for good reason!) conception = together-with an original-ownership-claim
Posted on: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 01:55:48 +0000
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