May many ‘Paul\’s’ arise in the end-time church! Colossians 2:18-23
In Colossians 2:18-23 we are told, “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, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body,
nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from
God. Therefore if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though
living in the world, why, do you subject yourselves to regulations— ‘Do not touch, do not
taste, do not handle,’ which all concern things which perish with the using—according to
commandments and doctrines of men? These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in
self-imposed religion, false humility, and neglect of the body, but are of no value against the
indulgence of the flesh.” What we are studying here is how each member of the Trinity
specifically empowers and declares to us that we are not only the inheritance of Christ, but
we have the privilege to live like it, walk like it and act like it. Hebrews 9:14 says, “How
much more shall the Blood of Christ who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without
spot to God purge our conscience from dead works to serve the Living God.” This passage in
Hebrews makes it plain that we are Blood-bought and the manifestation of that is a clear
conscience. He is our faithful High Priest so we can have a true heart in full assurance of faith
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. Paul is our example of having a
conscience cleansed from dead works to serve the Living God! Paul understood the
incomparable benefits and power of the Blood of Christ. His life following His conversion
and throughout his ministry had supernatural Kingdom fruitfulness of significant proportions.
May many ‘Pauls’ arise in the end-time church! And may the preparation start now!