My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
Paul's goal for them is:
1) encouraged 2) united 3) full understanding of Jesus
Sounds like good goals for us too!
"Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"? These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings. Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.
Colossians 2:2, 21-23 NIV
http://bible.com/111/col.2.2-23.NIV
Jesus calls us to be holy but the human tendency is to create a bunch of rules to make that happen. Instead of getting bogged down in many rules we need to keep our focus on Jesus!
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