Colossians | Follow After Christ - Season 5, Episode 113
Why do sincere believers so often rest their security on rules, tribes, and checklists rather than on Christ? Preaching from Colossians 2:16-23, Pastor Dorrell examines how self-appointed spiritual umpires in Colossae turned dietary laws and holy days into tests of belonging. Paul calls these things a shadow; the substance is Christ. The sermon confronts two opposite ditches: a legalism and authoritarianism that measure holiness by external standards, and a license that treats grace as permission for the flesh. Biblical standards still belong in the Christian life, but as personal guardrails that protect the heart, not as measuring sticks for judging others. Listeners are challenged to bring their convictions into the light of God's Word, remove boundary markers Christ never built, and rest in his sufficiency.