My Favorite Verses - Vol V (Feb 17 to Jun 17)
An illustrated collection of brief commentaries on some of the Bible’s most beloved (and some of its least understood) passages, parables, verses & sayings
An illustrated collection of brief commentaries on some of the Bible’s most beloved (and some of its least understood) passages, parables, verses & sayings
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Colossians 3:14 … Clothing ourselves with Love<br />
(04/19/20<strong>17</strong>)<br />
“Above all, clothe yourselves with Love,<br />
which binds everything <strong>to</strong>gether in perfect Harmony.”<br />
~ Paul (Colossians 3:14)<br />
The majority of scholars agree that 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy,<br />
Titus, Hebrews & Ephesians were almost certainly not written by Paul, and a<br />
portion of scholars cast their doubts on Paul‟s authorship of Colossians as well.<br />
That having been said, the majority of scholars believe that Colossians is an<br />
authentic Pauline biblical epistle, in which case it would have been the last one<br />
he ever penned – probably written while he was imprisoned in Rome near the<br />
very end of his life …<br />
Taking this all in<strong>to</strong> account, it should come as no surprise that he is seen here<br />
once again inadvertently “stumbling upon” The Way of Christ in this verse. For<br />
even though Paul never saw Jesus in the flesh, and even though Paul never once<br />
heard Jesus teach, and even though Paul was waylaid by a deceiving demon on the<br />
Road <strong>to</strong> Damascus (who posed as Christ and lambasted Paul with guilt & mindnumbing<br />
shame over his treatment of Jesus‟ true followers – see Acts 9 & Luke 10:18 et<br />
al), and even though Paul developed a theology thereafter that directly<br />
contradicted the teachings of Jesus in almost every way, still Paul regularly<br />
happened upon the Truth of that glorious, selfless, all-Loving Way – still he<br />
regularly left his passive-aggressive dysfunctions and vile condemnations of others<br />
behind long enough <strong>to</strong> whisper of the Life of real & perfect LOVE (see also<br />
Romans 2:1, Romans 2:13-15, Romans 8:5-6, Romans 8:14-16, Romans 12:10, Romans<br />
12:14-21, Romans 13:8-10, Romans 14:4, Romans 14:13-14, Romans 14:19, Romans<br />
14:22, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 6:<strong>17</strong>, 1 Corinthians 10:24, 1 Corinthians 13:2, 1<br />
Corinthians 13:8, 1 Corinthians 16:14, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Galatians 5:6b, Galatians 5:14,<br />
Philippians 2:4-5, Philippians 4:5, 1 Thessalonians 5:15-18, & Colossians 2:20) …<br />
And that he regularly did so means that he, just like you & I, was privy <strong>to</strong> the<br />
greatest of Truths – that he, just like you & I, knew what Jesus knew and was<br />
offered its same wonders:<br />
*He knew that Heaven was Here&Now, not coming sometime in the future<br />
(see Matthew 10:7 & Luke <strong>17</strong>:20-21) …<br />
*He knew that what many call God was an internal Essence (see John 14:12 &<br />
John 14:20-26) composed of perfect, unconditional, non-condemna<strong>to</strong>ry LOVE (see<br />
Matthew 5:48, 1 John 4:8 & 1 John 4:18 et al) …<br />
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