Ever been enticed?
"And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.” ( Colossians 2:4 ) Any man can beguile us with words that are designed to capture our reason. The unusual word chosen by the Holy Spirit to describe the process is paralogizomai. The basic meaning is “alongside of reason.” It is used only one other time, in James 1:22 : “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” That self-deception is accomplished through “enticing words” (Greekpithanologia), used only here in Colossians. It couples the term for “reason” with “persuasion” and contains the foundation for the English word “analogy,” a very similar process of using familiar words to transfer a known idea to something else. It is deception accomplished by transferring truth onto an untruth. During His training of the disciples, Jesus often warned that it was possible for His followers to be deceived by those who would come and make attempts to claim some role with His au