“As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, SO WALK IN HIM, ROOTED and BUILT UP in Him and ESTABLISHED in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and EMPTY DECEIT, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily…” (Colossians 2:6-9)
Paul is condemning philosophy which is based on explicitly anti-Christian principles. In verse 4, he referred to these kinds of arguments as “empty deceit” using a Greek term which implies trickery or cheating. It’s the devils desire to “cheat” us out of our relationship with Christ.
You see we are, “…COMPLETE IN HIM, who is the head of all principality and power.” (Col. 2:10)
SO, WE MUST WALK IN CHRIST ROOTED AND BUILT UP, ESTABLISHED IN THE FAITH…
-Bill Stockham