Don’t Be Fooled

Colossians 2:16–19 (ESV)

16 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. 17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. 18 Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, 19 and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

Introduction:

Proposition: Jesus is the only way to salvation.

Transition: Because of the sufficiency of Jesus Christ the believer has the assurance of salvation. Yet there are pitfalls and misleadings the one must avoid.

Ignore The Condemnations of Erroneous Rules (vv.16-17)

“16 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. 17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.”

Paul warns the Christians in Colossae against the heretical teachings that they needed Christ plus diet restrictions.

Avoid the Influence of Improper Worship Practices (vv. 18)

Avoid the Influence of Improper Worship (vv. 18)

“18 Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,”

“18 Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,”

Paul