Colossians 2

Do not be deceived by slick arguments that Jesus was not God. This includes the fact that earthly traditions (practices) are the key to salvation and peace with God. Christ circumcised your life for you. Circumcision was a Jewish, outside sign that you belonged to God. Problem was, you could have the sign but your heart was far from God. Christ, on the cross and through his resurrection, accomplished what our religious practices could not – peace with God. Through Christ, we are pleasing to God.

 

Do not be lead astray by fussy religious practices. They are not where the actions is. There is nothing wrong with them but they can not do what trust in Christ can do – make us alive and at peace with God. If you read our Baptismal service, a lot of these images in chapter 2 come into play.