Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Vital Doctrines)
我夜间的歌曲《重要教义-救恩》
Text: Colossians 2: 18
MSITN VITAL DOCTRINES – CHRISTOLOGY
“Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind.”
Colossians 2:18
BEWARE OF FALSE PROMISES
1. The cunning of the false teachers was subtle and deadly.
2. They made false promises to all who would follow them.
a. One of the doctrines they taught concerned angels.
i. They promised that the angels would help them.
ii. The Scriptures teach that angels are ministering spirits to the children of God (Hebrews 1:14).
b. The false teachers taught their followers to worship angels.
i. The Scriptures are very clear on the subject of worship.
ii. Idols are not to be worshipped (Exodus 20:4).
iii. Angels are not to be worshipped also (Revelation 19:10; 22:8-9).
c. The false teachers taught that the worship of angels is expressing humility.
Paul rejected this as “false humility”
i. Worshipping idols is not humility.
ii. It is falsehood.
iii. It is disobedience.
iv. There is no reward for the worship of angels.
d. The false teachers were cheating people of the true rewards of God.
i. When believers walk in the light of God.
ii. When they walk in wisdom.
iii. When they walk in love.
3. What is the source of the false teachers?
a. It is essentially their imagination.
i. Vainly puffed up in the fleshly mind.
ii. Their teachings reflect their thoughts.
iii. They were not revelation from God at all.
b. They intrude into regions that they had not seen.
i. They are very presumptuous.
ii. They were seeking to draw disciples to themselves.
c. They had not seen angels nor the realm they live in.
i. They cannot verify the worth of their teachings.
ii. They cannot cite Scriptures to support any of their teachings.
我夜间的歌曲-重要教义-基督论
经文：歌罗西书 2
“不可让人因着故意谦虚和敬拜天使，就夺去你们的奖赏。这等人拘泥在所见过的[，随着自己的欲心，无故地自高自大”
《歌罗西 2:18》