Colossians 1:21-23, “And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister.”
I wish I could get all my web visitors to start listening to Alexander
Scourby read the King James Bible every day. What a blessing it has been,
and continues to be, in my daily life!!! While listening to the King James Bible today,
something jumped out at me in the following passage, the phrase... “to
present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.” What a
beautiful TRUTH!
The vilest, dirtiest, most murderous,
adulterous, person who has been born-again by faith in the Gospel (Good
News) of Jesus Christ is presently UNBLAMEABLE and UNREPROVEABLE in God's sight. Romans 8:34, “Who is he that
condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is
even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.” What a
great Savior!!! When God looks at us, presently, even though we sin every
day because we are still in the flesh, as far as our position in Christ is
concerned, the Father sees the blood of Jesus and the righteousness of His
dear Son on our heavenly record, and not our sins. This is the
imputed
righteousness of God.
These truths are very important to know. No believer can ever live a
victorious Christian life who struggles with doubts about salvation, worries
over missing Heaven because of sin, or guilt over past sin failures and
wickedness. We can let that all go in Christ our Savior. We are forgiven in
Jesus Christ, more than conquerors by the blood of the Lamb.
During the future Tribulation period, which is coming upon the sinful world,
the Bible says that the saints will overcome the Antichrist BY THE BLOOD OF
THE LAMB. Revelation 12:11a, “And they overcame him by the blood of the
Lamb.” Likewise, we can overcome guilt over past sins by that same blood of
the Lamb. We can know that we are saved by our faith in the blood of the
Lamb. Feel welcome to ask questions if you have any, as I want to help you
grow in the Lord. There is no joy like knowing that one's name is written in
Heaven, and we have a caring God living in our very being, Who wants to be
near to us, if we'll draw near to Him (James 4:8-10).
Don't Be Moved Away From the Hope of the Gospel
I
also want to point out an important and beautiful TRUTH in our text passage.
The ONLY requirement given to be UNBLAMEABLE and UNREPROVEABLE in God's sight
is to, BELIEVE THE GOSPEL. Here is the passage again...
Colossians 1:21-23, “And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister.”
The be “grounded” and “settled” simply means, to be immovable in the foundation of our faith in Jesus Christ. The best way to interpret the Holy Bible is with the Holy Bible. Here Paul says the SAME THING, but in different words...
1st Corinthians 15:1-4, “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.”
Paul is NOT saying that a person can lose God's salvation. David in the Psalms makes oft mention of “THY SALVATION.” Psalms 13:5, “But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.” It is God's salvation. Romans 10:3-4 teaches that we are saved by SUBMITTING TO GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS!!! Amen! Paul is simply saying that it is possible to live the Christian life without ever being born-again! It is possible to MOVE AWAY FROM THE GOSPEL. Paul didn't say not to be moved away from salvation; but rather, from the “HOPE OF THE GOSPEL, WHICH YE HAVE HEARD.” Case in point, consider the horrifying trend that is taking place in churches all across the country. Sadly, the fastest deteriorating group in America today are independent Baptists. I am amazed in grief as I read the tracts in Baptist churches today, which embellish the Gospel with a bunch of junk. Most religious tracts are NOT Gospel tracts!!! How can they be, when they don't even present THE GOSPEL?
Churches all across the world are being MOVED AWAY FROM THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL, because the Gospel is being obscured and perverted by the corrupt Alexandrian Bible versions. Should it be surprising that dozens of different Bible versions would produce dozens of different plans of salvation? I think not. One Bible means one Gospel!!!
The ONLY way to be UNBLAMEABLE and UNREPROVEABLE in God's sight, is to have hope in the only GOSPEL. If you move away from that Gospel, you will go to Hell. That's what the book of Galatians is all about. The apostle Paul marvelled in amazement how gullible the Galatians were, following after “another Gospel” so easily, just as half the independent Baptist churches in the United States have done today. Take for example, Pastor Charles Lawson, who attacks Dr. Jack Hyles (accusing him of leaving off repentance and thus not being saved). No, Charles Lawson is not saved!!!
Galatians 1:6-9, “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.”
Paul said, “You heard the Gospel truth preached unto you. Yet, to my surprise and bewilderment, you have MOVED AWAY FROM THAT GOSPEL, to follow after ANOTHER GOSPEL (which is really not another, because there is ONLY one true Gospel). And anyone who teaches another gospel is CURSED BY GOD.” Folks, it doesn't get any simpler than that. What Dr. John MacArthur is teaching today is ANOTHER GOSPEL. Mr. MacArthur is NOT teaching the grace of God for salvation. Evangelist Alexander Marshall (1846-1928) got it right, but some dirty deceiver changed his tract to reflect Alexandrian theology in the modern PERversions of the Holy Bible.
Today's
shameful Bob Jones University crowd have it WRONG! By promoting and even
selling the
The
big problem is that we DON'T have those original autographs available today.
All we have are translations of the originals. So either God is an impotent
God, or He is a liar, or we DO have a perfect Bible today!!! But an even
bigger problem is that Satan has introduced an entirely NEW Greek text, that
was intentionally corrupted to attack the deity of Jesus. This Alexandrian
text was popularized in 1881 by two reprobate, unsaved, Anglican ministers
named Brooke Westcott and Fenton Hort. It is upon the work of these two Bozo
clowns that EVERY modern Bible version is based, either in part or whole.
Satan is behind the modern Bible revisions. The biggest problem in the
churches today is complacency, indifference and tolerance of the Devil's
Bible versions. 
