Comments on: Colossians 1:23c http://versebyversecommentary.com/1996/06/04/colossians-123-3/ by Dr. Grant C. Richison Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:55:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Grant http://versebyversecommentary.com/1996/06/04/colossians-123-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1409 Grant Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:12:06 +0000 http://versebyversecommentary.com/1996/06/04/colossians-123-3/#comment-1409 Deb, I agree with you that the basis of all Christian living rests on the facts of truth and the gospel. In biblical parlance, emotions are always the appreciator of the soul. There can be no true emotions without objective truth. It is also possible to be sterile in our grasp of truth. What I am saying is that it is necessary to engage with truth as truth. Deb, I agree with you that the basis of all Christian living rests on the facts of truth and the gospel. In biblical parlance, emotions are always the appreciator of the soul. There can be no true emotions without objective truth. It is also possible to be sterile in our grasp of truth. What I am saying is that it is necessary to engage with truth as truth.

]]> By: deb wagner http://versebyversecommentary.com/1996/06/04/colossians-123-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1402 deb wagner Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:04:22 +0000 http://versebyversecommentary.com/1996/06/04/colossians-123-3/#comment-1402 I'm not sure if I entirely agree with some of your statements in this devo. . it would seem a little too subjective. . how do you measure something "gripping the heart". . to me the issue if a drifting away from the nuts and bolts of the gospel--the hope that is contained in the true gospel--I have written you before with gratitude for other of your devotions. . and I acknowledged a friend of mine who died this past year at 98. . He would tell me that in terms of knowing truth--you can't go by feelings . . what God's word says is true even if it makes me have strong feelings in a given moment or not. And perhaps it's just semantics but everything that comes to us as believers comes, to me from, Him. . and of course will always be consistent with His word. For me to not move from the hope of the gospel is to continue to respond to God's finished work at Calvary. . that is spoken of in Romans 5:8,9 and not move from this hope when other ideas contrary to this are expressed as "gospel truth". . even if some of them would evoke strong emotion. deb I’m not sure if I entirely agree with some of your statements in this devo. . it would seem a little too subjective. . how do you measure something “gripping the heart”. . to me the issue if a drifting away from the nuts and bolts of the gospel–the hope that is contained in the true gospel–I have written you before with gratitude for other of your devotions. . and I acknowledged a friend of mine who died this past year at 98. . He would tell me that in terms of knowing truth–you can’t go by feelings . . what God’s word says is true even if it makes me have strong feelings in a given moment or not. And perhaps it’s just semantics but everything that comes to us as believers comes, to me from, Him. . and of course will always be consistent with His word. For me to not move from the hope of the gospel is to continue to respond to God’s finished work at Calvary. . that is spoken of in Romans 5:8,9 and not move from this hope when other ideas contrary to this are expressed as “gospel truth”. . even if some of them would evoke strong emotion.

deb

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