Since neutrality is actually unbelief, Paul instructs Christians to be rooted in Christ and to avoid the assumptions of unchristian thinking (Col 2:8)
When Col 2:6 says “As you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him”, what does this actually mean?
- We did not become Christians through our own intellectual understanding because
- The world in it’s wisdom does not know God (1 Cor 1:21)
- The world considers the cross to be foolishness (1 Cor 1:18, 21)
- Therefore we received Christ through faith that was given to us by the Holy Spirit
- We now have the mind of Christ through the Spirit ( 1 Cor 2:12-16)
- We can now understand things freely given us by God (1 Cor 2:12)
- Our faith rests not on the wisdom of men but the power of God (1 Cor 2:5)
- As a Christian, Jesus is now LORD over all things in our life, therefore
- We must love him with all things, including his mind (Matt 22:37)
- All thoughts are to be brought captive or in subjection to him ( 2 Cor 10:5)
- Therefore, the Christian’s walk will not honor the thought patterns of worldly wisdom, but will instead submit to the authority of Christ in all areas of thought and knowledge.
- This means our presuppositions are that the Word of God is true, God is true and God is supreme and we are none of those things.
- If we believe these things we will be rooted in Him and will be able to hold steadfast in the faith
God speaks through the Bible. Therefore, the Bible does not admit that man has any ability or authority to judge what it says. Instead it speaks with absolute authority. It expects us to understand that we, along with our intellect, were created by God and are therefore inferior to God and must be subject to the authority of God.
As a result, the Christian and non-Christian systems of thinking cannot co-exist, because one assumes that God exists and the other does not. Neutrality is not possible.
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