Today's Passage - Col 2:3-5

River of Life Christian Church ︳www.rolcc.net/english Colossians 2:3-5   ...in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.  I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments.  For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how orderly you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.   We are in a time filled with deceiving things.  We are easily deceived because there are too many choices, but we don't know what to choose, so we really need God's wisdom.  It is the same at church, for some are stressing on knowledge, but knowledge only makes one proud; some are stressing experience, but experience makes one fall into the trap of mysticism.  Many are crying out for the solution and the right way, and some claim it's biblical hermeneutics, some said it's Sunday school education, and others say it's overseas missions.  What is the true solution and right way for the church?  What can really address our spiritual need?   Actually, all the wisdom and solution are in Jesus Christ.  Our eyes need to once again focus on Christ, and actively seek His face.  David said in Psalm 27:4 that "One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple."  The "one thing" is to seek the Lord's face.   Does that mean we don't need to spread the gospel or study the Bible?  No!  We ought to actively engage in any method that points to the way of Jesus Christ with gladness.  In the way of faith, our eyes must be focused, and our mind must be open.  God can use all kinds of method and all types of people, but only Lord Jesus Christ can bring us true satisfaction.   Many have uplifted themselves, tradition or rationality at church, much more than uplifting Christ.  Let our hearts not be deceived by the outside world, but simply be close to God, because all wisdom and knowledge are in the Lord.  Faith is very simple, for the Lord said that when we are close to God, God will come to close to us.  We, however, use all kinds of methods to make the process of being close to God very complicated, and it makes people think twice before they accept the faith.  The key to being close to God is to simply get closer to Him.  If you keep on staying close to Him, you will experience His presence.     Pray with Pastor Tong           Lord Jesus, I ask for your true wisdom, so that I may know your way among many different choices, and know your will among many different teachings.  Let me be close to you and know you, for only through knowing you will I find the source and beginning of wisdom.  Lord, please talk to me now!  I thank you and I pray in the victorious name of Jesus, amen!