"The VANITY of PHILOSOPHERS!"

           "Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the traditions of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him who is the head of all principality and power."
                                                                            
                                                                       (Colossians 2:8-10)

The Apostle Paul offers all Believers a stern warning that putting your trust in vain philosophers will cause you to be cheated and deceived.

Socrates, Aristotle and Hippocrates are all considered great philosophers. Much of the Greek culture and their various writings, debates and public demonstrations have influenced, captivated and infiltrated the American institutional church in the form of pagan rituals and traditions that have bastardized the priesthood legacy born out of the life of Christ Jesus.

These men were, in essence, paid entertainers who traveled from house to house, village to village and city square to city square telling stories in attempts to provoke thought, persuade influence and sway public opinion. This term has been defined as rhetoric. The basis of the arguments did not merit truth as much as it invoked passionate exchanges between the participants. At the end of the day, the winner would be rewarded with cash, gifts and, most importantly, an enhanced reputation for being a great rhetorician.

The calamity in this paradigm is that man has wrestled the alpha position away from God for vainglory. Mankind has allowed intellect to overtake wisdom and pride to circumvent reverence and fear of the Lord. It always amazes me that Christians are shocked that Lucifer desired the "place of God" in the spiritual hierarchy of the ethos. Why are we shocked? We are doing exactly the same thing as the devil in the earth realm today.

God gave us the highest ranking position in the earth realm; dominion over ALL CREATION! He gave us free will; the right to choose whether or not we would worship and praise Him (even after He created us from nothing)! The shocking thing to me is that so few Christians really BELIEVE HIM and LOVE HIM and HONOR HIM and WORSHIP HIM and SERVE HIM. The sad reality is that the majority of Christians will ever really get to know Him in true fellowship with the Holy Spirit.

The vanity of philosophers is that they are in essence criminals. They are hijackers, murderers and thieves. They have corrupted the Body of Christ and done irreparable damage to the institutional church; and the truly unforgivable thing is that they have done it all...

In the Name of Jesus! Selah....