Genesis One Christian Ministries Sermons

WE’VE TALKED ABOUT “THIRSTING” AFTER GOD IN ORDER TO KNOW THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD, WE’VE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD BE ASKING FOR “WISDOM” FROM GOD IN ORDER TO LEAD VICTORIOUS LIVES. BUT, THERE IS SO MUCH “INFORMATION” OUT THERE, HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT’S RIGHT??? WE ARE NOT THE FIRST TO HAVE THIS CHALLENGE IN OUR LIVES, AND AS USUAL WE HAVE TO GO TO THE WORD OF GOD TO UNDERSTAND THIS VITAL MESSAGE. IN APOSTLE PAUL’S DAY, SOMEONE HAD COME TO COLOSSE WHO TAUGHT AN ALLURING BUT VERY DANGEROUS PHILOSOPHY WHICH CAME TO BE KNOWN AS “GNOSTISCM”. THIS IS THE BASIS FOR MUCH HERETICAL TEACHING EVEN TODAY. REALLY BROADLY STATED, WHEREAS JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY, HOLD SALVATION IS THROUGH JESUS AND OBEDIENCE TO GOD, GNOSTICISM PLACES SALVATION THROUGH THE POSSESSION OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE WITHOUT THE GOD THAT WE KNOW. THIS LETTER FROM PAUL EMPHASIZES THE OMNIPOTENCE AND ALL