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Colossians 2:8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty
deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of
the world, and not according to Christ.
Colossians 2:9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;
Colossians 2:10 And you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality
and power.
I. WHAT IS THE WARNING OF PHILOSOPHY?
Colossians 2:8 Beware lest anyone cheat you …”
Matthew 7:15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing,
but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Philippians 3:2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilation!
Colossians 2:8 (Amplified) See to it that no one carries you off as spoil or makes
you yourselves captive …”
Matthew 23:15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel
land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice
as much a son of hell as yourselves.
2 Peter 2:1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there
will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies,
even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.
2 Peter 2:2 And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way
of truth will be blasphemed.
1 John 4:1 “… many false prophets have gone out into the world
II. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF PHILOSOPHY?
Colossians 2:8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy …
Can someone who believes life has no meaning lead a meaningful life?
III. WHEN IS PHILOSOPHY DECEIVING?
Colossians 2:8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty
deceit, …”
John 8:44 “He … does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the
father of it.”
Question: Why do people have to tell lies?
Answer: Usually it’s because they want something. They are afraid the truth
won’t get it for them.
Lyrics
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world,
IV. WHERE DO PHILOSOPHIES COME FROM?
#1 – Tradition.
Colossians 2:8 “… according to the tradition of men, …”
Colossians 2:8 (NLT) ” … high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking
Philosophy is the best humans can come up with if they don’t believe in God.
Mark 2:7 “… Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
1 Peter 1:18 “… your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,
Deuteronomy 12:32 “Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you
shall not add to it nor take away from it.”
It’s subtraction by addition.
We subtract God’s word and add in it’s place man’s word.
1 Corinthians 8:1 … Knowledge puffs up …
# 2 – Rudiments of the world.
Colossians 2:8 “… according to the basic principles of the world, and not according
to Christ.
A recent poll showed that 40% of Americans had a favorable view of socialism.
Charles Spurgeon writes:
You will philosophize men into hell, but never into heaven.
Colossians 2:8 “… and not according to Christ.
Surveys reveal that the main objection currently that people have to Christianity
is intolerance.
2 Peter 3:9 “… Not willing that any should perish but that all should come to
repentance.
V. WHAT IS THE ANSWER TO PHILOSOPHY?
Colossians 2:9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;
Colossians 2:10 And you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality
and power.
Lyrics “He’s All You Need” by Steve Camp
When you’re alone, your heart is torn, He is all you need.
When you’re confused, your soul is bruised, He is all you need.
He’s the rock of your soul, He’s the anchor that holds
Through your desperate time.
When your way is unsure His love will endure, a peace you will find
Through all your years, the joy, the tears, He is all you need.
