Warning and Teaching

I can remember it was popular not to eat fat and the market was flooded with non-fat items. Then there was the Atkinson's diet and meat was king. Then vegetarian diet became the rage.

Do you remember cabbage patch dolls? How about tickle me Elmo's, Transformers, or now Wi games? Do you remember bell bottom pants, long hair on men? Now it's tattoos.

Humans have a tendency to over emphasis one thing or another

Centuries ago most sermons and teachings were on the fires of hell, warning people of the need to repent and soliciting terror of God. Then a drastic turn about occurred in preaching and more and more sermons were about the love of God and as a whole people lost any fear of God.

Paul says he warns every man and teaches every man (Colossians 1:28). He warns man because God is just and all sin must be punished. Without Christ taking our punishment for us we would be separated from God forever. He teaches every man about God and his character so that we can not only fear God but love him for what he has done for us. Our lives are changed.