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Thankfulness Despite Circumstances, Part 1 (TMF:2499)

Thursday, December 05, 2024
Peace to Live By: Thankfulness Despite Circumstances, Part 1 (TMF:2499) - Daniel Litton
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       The mind uses the internal sin-nature to accomplish this by incorrectly focusing in on the negative and conveniently disregarding that which is positive. This sets up an artificial picture of reality. (It should be noted that mind can get so off-track that it eventually seeks to destroy itself—but we don’t want to get too off track here). So, the thankfulness from Paul is focused on the “faith” and the “love” of the Colossian believers. There’s the love that seemed to be missing from the opening. Anyway, Paul is happy because he had heard that the believers in Colossae are full of faith in Christ Jesus. That is, they believe the message that is his main focus—the message of the truth of reality. The Colossians didn’t believe in an unknown god, as Paul found that people in Athens, Greece, did, but they believed in the God of the Universe (see Acts 17:22, 23). They believed the message that they could be freed from their sins, things they did in their lives that didn’t bring them true fulfilling life.