The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1970

' 'Carried Away As Booty'' 1 ,, )I "' ...'. t 11 c \ I) "t l c Pa ti I 1 tt e • , ··ti "ttlarl, ,har~1 ,, .. 1rning t be– lie, c ('"'t1('Ctlllng tht: lrttc faith and l1c 1.11,c tcacl1cr "' ,, 11 arc pl) ing · 1c 1ct .. 1r1 ti, ,, l rk. f d cepti n and c l c 1t1n 1 he ,, arn1ng 1n the KJ T\: .. id .. Be,, are an\ 111an poi! you thr 1t gh phil · ph~ and , ·ain deceit." \\ n1lc th re are oth r intere ting ,, 1rJ in tht , er e. it i the verb pf>r,·· ,, 111 h ccupi our pecial atcenl1on Jt1 t ,, hat i the ignificance f Paul· n10 t intere ting tatement ..Be,, are 1 .. t an\' man poi/ you... "? - Th , erbal expre ion in thi en- ten~e i literal])· the articular pre ent participle ··11(J SLtlago 0 on.,, which with the f1n1te , erb in the entence ( "estai") ~ hould read: "Be\vare lest tl1ere shall be a11)·011e ,i·lzo spoils you...' There ,, ere fal e teacher in Colo e at thi \·er~~ ,, r1ting. ju t a there are de- ei,,er e,·er)' \\ here around us today, and the Colo ian aint mu t see to it that there hould not be a ingle ucce ful fal e teacher ' ' poiling' ' them. nd believer today are faced ,, ith the nece it)' of being so well armed \\ ith the truth that there shall not be an)' religiou deceiver who hall .. poil.. them. The en e of thi verb has been dis– puted. e,:eral of the Church Fathers and ome other writers hold it to mean impl) ~ rob". For example, Field ... -ote on the Translation of the 1 -e,,, Te tament, p. 195) ays: ..There can be no better rendering than ·1e t an}' man rob ) ' OU '. But oden 1 right when he point out that if uch be the case, then that of ,,,hich the a1nt are robbed should ha\'e bee:1 expre sed. Ioreover the idea in the , 1 erb 1s 1101 that of robbing the c:1ints of omething. i.e. taking omething a\Va} from them. The de– ri,,arion and usage of the v.'ord make thi clear. 1 -either does the word mean ..de poi]··. that 1s: to impair injure. render useless~ destrO}' . But rat:.er. the idea in the v. ord 1 that 14 NOVEMBER, 1970 of taA.ing t/1 e saint t/1e111selves as /J<><>L\', t111cl carr)1irzg tl1 e111 al-vay like prey··. T/1 e Greek 1vord ( lllagogeo) i.. ver vigorou and definite and pre- ent to the mind the picture of a per on dragging away another a bi booty or prey. Thi imagery i cor– rect, true to fact: religiou error and theological apo ta y make captive of follower and lead their victim away like war-booty. The Colos ian saints had been re cued from the bondage of darkne · they had been tran ferred into the kingdom of light; now there was d anger that they hould become attracted to philosophical religious views and enamored of those who pro– p agated them and thus be carried off by the e fal e teachers a so much booty. Same Need Today This is a sharp warning to believers today . The saints of God are the special object of pres ure and attack by Satan and hi agents and their re– ligious deception and delusion. Chris– tendom i filled with ecumenical apos– tate and all kinds of religious error– ists, who e specious schemes of reas– oning are based upon their own re– ligious notions. Their speculative pbi– lo ophical systems are in accord with The Word Of Life ~~da, &po.st Mwioru 111 t1:ttliti, 11s ll f ,11c 11 : 1hc ar n t i ) 11 s \\ 11 i I 1 111c 11 I 1 :t vc i r1 v n t • ll n 1-, ) u t •<l<I. n11tl ,vhi ch h~1vc 1 en 11i ckccl llJJ l1 v ,1th r 111 ·11 ~111cl t1 sc<I f <.)J' 1hcir ,v n , 11ur1J<>scs. ..-I h 'II tlcccitful anll c r11pty rcligi us J)J1ilt)sc11)l1ics ot tJ1 c f,ll e t ' :1c l1crs c I <)llf' (lay ;:1c ll1nll y deal wi th JJh 1 sica l 111 n tcrial things. with hu111an– l ' i 11 cn l c cl rt tic" a n cl r cg t 1 I a I i ons r c ga rcli11g lhc\C things. , ~hey have a re li gious sot, ncl , a re Iig iotts flavor a re I igiou\ a1Jpca ranee even ~ccm i ng lo po~~C'>\ a sc r1ptt1ral tone . Bt1t they ha vc a thci r \pcci fjc a irn and intc nt : c,1pt1vating innocent C hris tian<; , mak– ing them their victin15 and carryi ng thcn1 away a booty. And P au l 50tlncl the final and conclu ive note of warn· ing in the la t clau e of the ver\e: "no t c1c·c·orcling to C/1rist!" Believer have the great reality of Chri t Him elf - let them adhere to H i,n. A we have received hrist o walk in Hi,n, rooted and built up in Hi11 z. Believer have the Word ol God - let them keep to the Hol) Scripture and lay them to heart. The Word i the one thing that is able to build u up and make sure our in· heritance. The Word will keep u~ from error and is ever our bulwark of trengtb. Believers have the Hol) Spirit let them bear Him, and be ensitive to His pre ence and power He will guide us into all truth. Be· liever are blessed with the teachin~ and preaching and with the exampl£ of faithful servants of God who havt been called to lead and feed th( flock, and ever warn the lambs agains1 error and apostasy. Let the saints ap preciate and follow these servants oJ the Lord who watch for their souls These are the afeguards and preven tives which have been ordained b) God to keep the saints frorri bein1 carried away as booty by the religiou~ cheme of apo tate churchmen anc the at tractive but speculative and god le s philo ophies 0f religious charla tan . ' - . ESTABLISHING BAPTIST CHURCHES WHERE THERE WERE NONE United States a11d Ca11ada THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTISl