28/10/2022
Topic. It was all shadows
28-10-22
NLT Bible. Colossians 2:16-18,20-23
[16]So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths.
[17]For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that reality.
[18]Don’t let anyone condemn you by insisting on pious self-denial or the worship of angels, saying they have had visions about these things. Their sinful minds have made them proud,
[20]You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as,
[21]“Don’t handle! Don’t taste! Don’t touch!”?
[22]Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them.
[23]These rules may seem wise because they require strong devotion, pious self-denial, and severe bodily discipline. But they provide no help in conquering a person’s evil desires.
What l have realised is that all those who set these human rules are the ones 100 % breaking them .So they impose it on you inorder to control you which is not bad but this is not connected to salvation at all .ln the old testament these rules were shadows of the reality that later came .The reality being Jesus Christ .read vs 17 .When you are soaked in this reality bad deeds will run away from you .when you have understood Christ your Spirit will reject sin ,the reality who is Jesus will whisper ooooh no stop it .
Recieve Jesus if you havent done so .Nguva haimiriri munhu zvayo.
Blessed morning to you all.