![]() ![]() And suddenly he was grabbed at the back of his neck by a soldier who dragged him away to prison for interrogation. Upon reaching the city for his first time, he recognized it from his dream, found the bridge and went underneath to look for the treasure. The man was determined to walk all the way to Prague to see for himself. For the next two weeks, he dreamed of the particular city, the same bridge, and the buried treasure. This is a Jewish story I love sharing: One night, a poor Jewish man named Isaac from Krakel, Poland, in a vivid dream, saw a buried treasure hidden under a particular bridge in the distant city of Prague. 2 My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. And there is no greater rule above every power and authority in heaven.ġ I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally. There is no stronger ground than to be rooted and built up in Him. ![]() There are no greater riches than the riches of His wisdom and knowledge. ![]() In chapter two, he presents what we have in Him because of who He is. He is the Creator of the heavens and the earth (Col 1:16-17), the Lord of the living and the dead (Col 1:18), and the Mediator between God and man (Col 1:19-20). ![]() In Colossians 1 (Col 1:15-19), Paul succinctly addresses who Jesus is. Some people think Christianity is for the unintelligent, uneducated and unsophisticated, but Christians are, by far, the most knowledgeable religious group, with plenty of doctors, scientist and educators as adherents. The scientists cried out, “Help! We can’t swim!” The boatman called back, “I hate to say it, but you seem to have wasted your WHOLE lives.” “I hate to say it,” said the physicist, “but you seem to have wasted a good part of your life.” The boatman remained silent.īy now they were out in the middle of the lake, far from shore. He asked him, “What do you think of these ideas?” The boatman replied, “I didn’t understand any of it.” The astronomer asked him how far he had studied. The biologist noticed the boatman looking at them from the corner of his eyes. As they sat in the boat, they discussed string theory, bubble universes, the Gaea Hypothesis and other abstruse topics. After the first day’s proceedings, a mathematician, a physicist, an astronomer and a molecular biologist hired a boatman to row them around on the lake. A scientific convention was held at a lakeside resort. ![]()
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