Freedom from Tradition and Rules - Colossians Study Part 8

Hi Everyone.

In this verse by verse study through the book of Colossians, author and minister Rob Cartledge focuses upon Colossians 2:16-23, and discourses upon how Jesus set us free from traditions and rules.

Colossians 2:16-23

¹⁶ Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.¹⁷ These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. ¹⁸ Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. ¹⁹ They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.

²⁰ Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world,why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:²¹ “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? ²² These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings. ²³ Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.

Series: Truth, Judgment and Eternity - What you hold as true, is it really Truth? Will what you believe get you through on Judgment day? Are you keeping to the pattern of sound teaching held out in Scripture? (2Timothy 1:13) In this series, Truth, Judgment and Eternity, I intend to deliver messages that check the solidness of our Christian Foundation so as to guard the good deposit that was entrusted to us as Christ's Ambassadors on this earth. (2Timothy 1:4)

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Preached 7/4/13

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Rob is pastor of CityEast Church in Adelaide, South Australia www.cityeastchurch.com.au

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Author of the 3 Stirring Books

 "God's Heart Cry for Revival" 

"Taking Up Your Cross" 

"So You Think You Are Baptised With the Holy Spirit?" http://www.robcartledgeministries.com/#/books