Colossians 2:16-23
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Transcript of Colossians 2:16-23
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Colossians 2:16-23
Let No One Judge You or Cheat You
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Colossians 2:16-23
• The error had a Jewish influence.• The error also incorporated aspects of
asceticism.– “The religious doctrine that we can reach a higher
spiritual state by rigorous self-discipline and self-denial” (Webster’s).
• The error embraced the worship of angels and the idea of achieving spiritual maturity by means of transcending into the spiritual realm.
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1. Exalts the Shadow Over the Substance - vs. 16-17
• “So let no one judge you” • food, drink, festival, new moon, sababths • We must not allow anyone judge our
faithfulness to God by holding us accountable to the Law of Moses.
• The restrictions from the Law of Moses were a mere shadow of the reality that is found in Christ (Heb. 10:1).
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2. Replaces Christ with Mystical Religion - vs. 18-19
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2. Replaces Christ with Mystical Religion - vs. 18-19
• “Let no one cheat you of your reward” (NKJV). • “Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize”
(NASV). • “Let no one disqualify you” (ESV).
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2. Replaces Christ with Mystical Religion - vs. 18-19
1. “False Humility” - asceticism 2. Worship of Angels3. Intruding into Things Not Seen– “taking his stand on visions he has seen”
(NASB)– “going on in detail about visions” (ESV)
• “Not holding fast to the Head”
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3. Ignores the Christian’s Death with Christ - vs. 20-23
• Their death with Christ delivered them from the “basic principles of the world.” Why then would they subject themselves to such regulations or ordinances?
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3. Ignores the Christian’s Death with Christ - vs. 20-23
• perish with the using• Food perishes when we consume it. It is not
an important matter. • All food has been made clean (Mark 7:19; 1
Tim. 4:4). • Neither eating or abstaining from eating helps
us draw closer to God (1 Cor. 8:8).
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3. Ignores the Christian’s Death with Christ - vs. 20-23
• according to the doctrines and commandments of men
• These restrictions came from the mind of man (Matt. 15:9).
• We all have access to the one source of illumination and we are duty bound to take our orders from the one Master.
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3. Ignores the Christian’s Death with Christ - vs. 20-23
v. 23 - “These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.”
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Let No One Judge or Cheat You
1. We are not to follow the shadow – the substance is in Christ!
2. We are not to discard the Word of Christ for someone else’s experiences.
3. We have died to the doctrines and requirements of men.