Complete in Christ

“Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude. See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.” Colossians 2:6-8

After World Wars I and II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars, POW has become a universally understood acronym. But did you know that countless more billions have become spiritual prisoners of war through the enslaving philosophies of the world system?

Satan deceitfully crafts appealing schools of thought which promise men freedom but in reality bring only frustrating servitude. While the dead-end reasonings of Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates were with the ancient, we encounter our own clever but misguided rationales:

Materialism promises a fulfilled life through the accumulation of goods and objects. Perhaps it is best described in the bumper sticker that reads “He who dies with the most toys wins.”

Humanism teaches that man is the center of the universe and that God is irrelevant. In fact, humanism says that, in essence, man is God - able to do anything he really desires.

Hedonism is the pursuit of personal pleasure and happiness through whatever means - drugs, sex, recreation. “If it feels good, do it” is its motto.

The outcome is the same: spiritual bondage and eventual spiritual death because they lack the capacity to impart genuine spiritual life.

“...the world through its wisdom did not come to know God...” 1 Corinthians 1:21