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.
-Colossians 2:16 (NIV)
My question is How?
How would you go about stopping someone from judging you? Do you follow a strict set of rules... are there creeds of right belief and codes of right conduct that we are obliged to follow??
I believe that our devotion to Christ through certain expressions bears witness to Christianity, and this happens because the gospel has transformed us... our character ... we become a changed people and hopefully know what is right and live accordingly.
Faith should expect moral results.
But what is Paul trying to actually say here?
The apostle Paul says this is a problem with the law: We keep excluding people based on jot-and-tittle questions, such as what they eat or drink, how they celebrate a holiday, or if they wear a tie on Sunday (Colossians 2:16).
Aren't we wallowing in our own slf-righteousness? Is our devotion measured by how drab and dreary our Christian life is?
NO!
God comes in grace, saying, “The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love” (Galatians 5:6 NIV).
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