02/22/21 SATAN WANTS TO REMOVE DIVINE COHESIVENESS

02/22/21 SATAN WANTS TO REMOVE DIVINE COHESIVENESS

I spend a lot of time studying and preparing messages and lessons, but I also share a lot of info impromptu. When I make a mistake or leave a thought dangling, i try to correct it with my congregation.

I was making a point during service last night but could not remember the word, "CONSIST." So, here is the word and a little background documentation.

CONSIST
Jesus is what (Who) holds us together as individuals, marrieds, families, communities the universe and all that is in it. Satan wants to separate us from Christ, the Great Cohesive that holds us together with God. Satan will use politics, education, economy, and really stupid stuff, in order to turn our eyes, our hearts from Christ.

Colossians 1:17
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

ROBERTSON'S WORD STUDY
Consist (sunestēken). Perfect active indicative (intransitive) of sunistēmi, old verb, to place together and here to cohere, to hold together. The word repeats the statements in Col_1:16, especially that in the form ektistai. Christ is the controlling and unifying force in nature. The Gnostic philosophy that matter is evil and was created by a remote aeon is thus swept away. The Son of God’s love is the Creator and the Sustainer of the universe which is not evil.

VINES WORD STUDY
Consist (συνέστηκεν)
Cohere, in mutual dependence. Compare Act_27:28; Heb_1:3. For other meanings of the verb, see on Rom_3:5. Christ not only creates, but maintains in continuous stability and productiveness. “He, the All-powerful, All-holy Word of the Father, spreads His power over all things everywhere, enlightening things seen and unseen, holding and binding all together in Himself. Nothing is left empty of His presence, but to all things and through all, severally and collectively, He is the giver and sustainer of life.... He, the Wisdom of God, holds the universe in tune together. He it is who, binding all with each, and ordering all things by His will and pleasure, produces the perfect unity of nature and the harmonious reign of law. While He abides unmoved forever with the Father, He yet moves all things by His own appointment according to the Father's will” (Athanasius).