Complete In Christ

Try to put yourself in the place of the people Paul is addressing in his letter to the Colossians. Today, Christianity is the world’s largest religion. Imagine that it did not exist in your world. The pagan religions are all around. The most important people believe in them. A brand new religion, based on the life and death of a Jewish rabbi, claims it is the true religion. It is not exactly brand new because it claims to be a fulfillment of Judaism. Further complicating the matter is that several “experts” in this new religion are teaching different things about it. Now you are in the place of the Colossians. And we find ourselves in a similar position. Have you ever been asked why you keep the Sabbath? Perhaps even certain memory texts in Colossians chapter 2 was used as "evidence" against it. Yet, the text was written not about the fourth commandment, but in response to errors taught by some false teachers in the church. What were these errors? First, the false teaching is described as "philosophy," "the tradition of men," "the basic principles of the world," and "not according to Christ" (Col. 2:8, NKJV). It also involved circumcision and the keeping of Jewish festivals (Col. 2:11, 16), along with Jewish purity rituals and regulations connected with food (Col. 2:16, 21). It involved the worship of or with angels or an attempt to emulate angelic worship (Col. 2:18). And, finally, it was based on "the commandments and doctrines of men" and possibly involved ascetic practices (Col. 2:22-23). These false teachers were clearly religious and sincere, but they also got the gospel wrong. This week we'll see why. And we will see why the memory verse has nothing to do with our keeping the seventh-day Sabbath. Let’s dive into our study of the Bible to understand how Paul argues for Jesus and the faith! God bless you on your journey! #DEEPER #HopeForTheJourney #RiseWithRob #PastorRobGee #PastorRobertoGuerreroSr. #HopeForTheJourney If you want to support the ministry, you can leave a donation on my CashApp below: $PastorRobGee Thanks for liking, commenting, subscribing and sharing our videos, Pastor Rob Get vidIQ to grow your channel faster! 🚀 https://vidiq.com/RobertoGuerreroS