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If this child is born to you, you are a child, and the question arises, are you so? Man grows from childhood up to manhood naturally; in grace men grow from manhood down to childhood; and the nearer we come to true childhood, the nearer welcome to the image of Christ. For was not Christ called “a child,” even after he had ascended up to heaven? “Thy holy child Jesus.” Brethren and sisters, can you say that you have been made into children? Do you take God’s Word just as it stands, simply because your heavenly Father says so? Are you content to believe mysteries without demanding to have them explained? Are you ready to sit in the infant class, and be a little one? Are you willing to hang upon the breast of the church, and suck in the unadulterated milk of the Word – never questioning for a moment what your divine Lord reveals, but believing it on his own authority, whether it seemed to be above reason, or beneath reason, or even contrary to reason? Now, “except ye be converted and become as little children,” this child is not born to you; except like a child you are humble, teachable, obedient, pleased with your Father's will and willing to assign all to Him, there is grave matter of question whether this child is born to you.
C.H. Spurgeon

Guidance of the Spirit through the mind toward a life of obedience and toward truth is propounded in Scripture as essential Christianity. Nowhere though does the Bible teach that direct guidance by means of impressions must be the experience of the believer. Those who argue that such experiences are to be regular fare for the Christian virtually always make their case on the basis of the narrative or story sections of the Bible and not on those that are didactic or teaching sections. I have not been told by God in His Word that divine visitations of unusual nature constitute authentic Christianity. I have not been commanded to have them or seek them. Interestingly enough, Christ Himself said that it is an evil and adulterous generation that seeks a sign (Matthew 12:39).
Jim Elliff

FREE Online Serbian Bible. Colossians Chapter 4:1-18.

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Colossians 4

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COL 4:1 Gospodari! Pravdu i jednakost èinite slugama znajuæi da i vi imate Gospodara na nebesima.
COL 4:2 Da vam se ne dosadi molitva; i stražite u njoj sa zahvaljivanjem.
COL 4:3 Moleæi se i za nas ujedno da nam Bog otvori vrata reèi, da propovedamo tajnu Hristovu, za koju sam i svezan,
COL 4:4 Da je javim kao što mi treba govoriti.
COL 4:5 Mudro živite prema onima koji su napolju, pazeæi na vreme.
COL 4:6 Reè vaša da biva svagda u blagodati, solju zaèinjena, da znate kako vam svakome treba odgovarati.
COL 4:7 Za mene kazaæe vam sve Tihik ljubazni brat i verni sluga i drugar u Gospodu,
COL 4:8 Kog poslah k vama za to isto, da razbere ko ste vi, i da uteši srca vaša,
COL 4:9 S Onisimom vernim i ljubaznim bratom našim, koji je od vas. Oni æe vam sve kazati kako je ovde.
COL 4:10 Pozdravlja vas Aristarh, koji je sa mnom u sužanjstvu, i Marko, neæak Varnavin, za kog primiste zapovesti (ako dodje k vama, primite ga);
COL 4:11 I Isus, prozvani Just, koji su iz obrezanja. Ovo su jednini moji pomagaèi u carstvu Božijem koji mi biše uteha.
COL 4:12 Pozdravlja vas Epafras, koji je od vas, sluga Isusa Hrista; on se jednako trudi za vas u molitvama da budete savršeni i ispunjeni svakom voljom Božijom.
COL 4:13 Jer ja svedoèim za njega da ima veliku revnost i brigu za vas i za one koji su u Laodikiji i u Jerapolju.
COL 4:14 Pozdravlja vas Luka lekar ljubazni, i Dimas.
COL 4:15 Pozdravite braæu u Laodikiji, i Nimfana i domaæu crkvu njegovu.
COL 4:16 I kad se ova poslanica proèita kod vas, uèinite da se proèita i u laodikijskoj crkvi, i onu što je pisana u Laodikiju da i vi proèitate.
COL 4:17 I kažite Arhipu: Gledaj na službu koju si primio u Gospodu da je dovršiš.
COL 4:18 Pozdrav mojom rukom Pavlovom. Opominjite se mojih okova. Blagodat sa svima vama. Amin.

 



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