"I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me."
John 14:6
"Drink and Never Thirst"
Yongsung Kim
Ben-Elohim, The Son Of God, Is Supreme
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
For by Him all things were created-in heaven and on earth,
the seen and the unseen, whether thrones or angelic powers,
or rulers or authorities.
All was created through Him and for Him. He exists before
everything, and in Him all holds together. He is the head of
the body, His whole community.
He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead-
so that He might come to have first place in all things.
For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,
and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, making
peace through the blood of His cross-whether things
on earth or things in heaven.
Once you were alienated from God and hostile in your attitude
by wicked deeds. But now He has reconciled you in Messiah's
physical body through death, in order to present you holy,
spotless and blameless in His eyes- if indeed you continue
in the faith, established and firm, not budging from the hope
of the Good News that you have heard.
This Good News has been proclaimed throughout all
creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.
Colossians 1:15-23
Living Out The Mystery
"Therefore as you received Messiah Yeshua as Lord,
so continue to walk in Him-rooted and built up in Him
and established in your faith just as you were taught,
overflowing with thankfulness.
See that no one takes you captive through philosophy and
empty deception, according to the tradition of men and the
basic principles of the world rather than Messiah.
For all the fullness of the Deity lives bodily in Him,
and in Him you have been filled to fullness.
He is the head over every ruler and authority.
In Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision
done not by hand, in the stripping away of the body of the flesh
through the circumcision of Messiah. You were buried along
with Him in immersion, through which you also were
raised with Him, by trusting in the working of God, Who
raised Him from the dead.
When you were dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of
the your flesh, God made you alive together with Him when
He pardoned us all our transgressions. He wiped out the
handwritten record of debts with the decrees against us,
which was hostile to us.
He took it away by nailing it to the cross.
After disarming the principals and powers, He made a
public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in the cross.
Colossians 2:6-15
The Danger Of False Wisdom
"Therefore, do not let anyone pass judgment on you in
matters of food and drink, in respect to a festival, or new moon,
or Shabbat. (Sabbath). These are a foreshadowing of things
to come, but the reality is Messiah.
Let no one disqualify you by insisting on false humility and
worship of angels (occult practices) -going into detail about what he
has seen, puffed up without cause by his fleshly mind.
He is not holding fast to the Head.
It is from Him (Messiah) that the whole body, nourished and held
together by its joints and tendons, grows with a godly increase.
If you died with Messiah to the basic principles of the world,
why-as though living in the world-do you subject yourselves to their rules?
"Don't handle! "Don't taste! "Don't touch!"
These all lead to decay with use, based as they are on man-made
commands and teachings. Indeed, these are matters that have an
appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and humility and
self-denial of the body-yet none are of any value for
stopping indulgence of the flesh.
Put Off The Old, Put On The New
"Therefore, if you have been raised up with Messiah,
keep seeking the things above-where Messiah is, sitting at
the right hand of God. Focus your mind on things above,
not on things on the earth.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Messiah in God.
When Messiah, Who is your life, is revealed, then you will
also be revealed, with Him, in glory!
Therefore, put to death what is earthly in you-
sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed-
for that is idolatry. Because of such things, God's wrath is
coming upon the sons of disobedience.
At one time you also walked in these ways, when you used to
live in these ways. But now, set them all aside-anger, rage,
malice, slander and foul language out of your mouth.
Do not lie to one another. After all, you have taken off
the old self with its practices and have put on the new self
that is being renewed in knowledge, according to the image
of the One Who created Him.
Here there is no longer Greek (Gentile) or Jew,
circumcised or uncircumcized, barbarian, savage,
slave and free; but Messiah is all, and in all.
Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved,
clothe yourselves in tender compassion, kindness, humility,
gentleness and patience-bearing with one another and forgiving
each other, if anyone has a grievance against another.
Just as the Lord pardoned you, so also you must pardon others.
But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfect harmony.
Let the shalom (peace) of Messiah rule in your hearts-
to this shalom you were surely called in one body. Also be thankful.
Let the word of Messiah dwell in you richly, teaching, and admonishing
one another with all wisdom in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with gratitude in your hearts to God.
And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the
Lord Yeshua, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Colossians 3:1-17
L'David Mizmor
(Based on Psalm 110)
Written by Shimrit Haynes
(2010)
Performed by Zemer Levav
(2011)
All scripture references were taken from
the "Tree Of Life" New Covenant
(New Testament)
Copyright (2002)
The Messianic Jewish Family Bible Project
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