Colossians 2:20-23 (NASB)
20 If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as, 21 “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!” 22 (which all refer to things destined to perish with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men? 23 These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against fleshly indulgence.
The Big Idea: We must not add any type of works, worship, or ways to what the Lord Jesus Christ has already accomplished on the Cross for our eternal salvation.
Outline:
Last Sunday – Two wrong ways to salvation that you must reject, and the One right way that you must embrace for salvation.
1) Wrong Way #1 – Ritualistic religious works (2:16-17)
2) Wrong Way #2 – Seemingly spiritual worship (2:18)
3) The Only Way – Clinging to Christ alone (2:19)
Today – A third wrong way to salvation that you must reject, and the death that leads to true life.
1) Wrong Way #3 – Self-defeating, self-depriving ways (2:20-23)
2) The Way of Life – Dying with Christ to the world (2:20a)
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