Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. ~ Psalm 100:1-3

Gnosticism was beginning to infiltrate the church in Colossae. The apostle Paul wrote to the church while imprisoned in Rome. He wrote of the dangers of human philosophy, legalism, and…