… by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.
Summary: In this passage, Paul gives us a rule about rules.
Let’s review the entire verse before we start our meditation:
“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.”
Paul begins with “Therefore…” referring to his prior statement that God made us “alive in Christ” (Col 2:13) and has canceled our “legal indebtedness” (Col 2:14) by means of the cross, “do not let anyone judge you by legalistic requirements.“
This is not a mysterious statement or a confusing metaphor. Paul is speaking as plainly as humanly possible here. There is no chance that anyone would or could misunderstand his point.
Except we do.
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