{"id":4231,"date":"2014-10-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/dont-let-anyone-capture-you-with-empty-philosophies-and-high-sounding-nonsense-that-come-from-human-thinking-and-from-the-spiritual-powers-of-this-world-rather-than-from-christ-colossians\/"},"modified":"2014-10-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T00:00:00","slug":"dont-let-anyone-capture-you-with-empty-philosophies-and-high-sounding-nonsense-that-come-from-human-thinking-and-from-the-spiritual-powers-of-this-world-rather-than-from-christ-colossians","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/dont-let-anyone-capture-you-with-empty-philosophies-and-high-sounding-nonsense-that-come-from-human-thinking-and-from-the-spiritual-powers-of-this-world-rather-than-from-christ-colossians","title":{"rendered":"“Don\u2019t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ” (Colossians 2:8 NLT)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Human thinking is marred by sin’s mind-twisting effect. And it is further limited by its tiny perspective across time and space. Yet, this does not dissuade its foolish claims for superior wisdom. Paul calls man’s thinking “empty” and “high-sounding nonsense.” Instead, he calls us to place our trust in the revelation of God’s wisdom given in Christ. Christ is the Wisdom and the Power of God (1 Cor. 1:24). For those who would be lifted out of sin’s tangled-thinking and know the renewing of the mind, Christ is the answer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Human thinking is marred by sin’s mind-twisting effect. And it is further limited by its tiny perspective across time and space. Yet, this does not dissuade its foolish claims for superior wisdom. Paul calls man’s thinking “empty” and “high-sounding nonsense.” Instead, he calls us to place our trust in the revelation of God’s wisdom given in Christ. Christ is the Wisdom and the Power of God (1 Cor. 1:24). For those who would be lifted out of sin’s tangled-thinking and know the renewing of the mind, Christ is the answer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1318],"scripture-chapter":[1335],"oyb_day":[1806],"location":[],"class_list":["post-4231","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-colossians","scripture-chapter-1335","oyb_day-october-6"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/4231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4231"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=4231"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=4231"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=4231"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=4231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}