His Grace Is All We Need!

Colossians 2:8-10 – His Grace is all we need

We are so easily deceived by persuasive words if we are not grounded in the truth. Simply put, listening to men’s persuasive (false) arguments will cheat you out of the blessed life Christ offers. Paul calls them vain philosophies and empty deceits. The Greeks were keen on philosophy, and many of the early church members had been saved out of the systems of belief that held a worldview totally contrary to Christianity. However, it is often difficult to completely let go of deeply held beliefs, so some of these found their way into the church. Perhaps they were dealing with teachers who didn’t truly believe in the deity of Christ and the sufficiency of His shed blood. Whatever the issue, the heresy was that salvation came from faith in Jesus plus something else. Traditions? Rituals?

Stuck on the traditions of men, certain groups demanded that Gentiles be circumcised in order to be saved. Others insisted that following Jewish dietary restrictions were required. Still others felt that following other traditions was an imperative, and some of these were extremely rigorous.  But the traditions of men stifle, imprison, and even kill us spiritually. Today we do the same things. We hold onto our traditions and demand others follow them as well. “If you don’t speak in tongues, you aren’t truly saved,” some say. “If you don’t believe exactly like I believe, you can’t be saved,” others say. “If you don’t worship the way that we worship, you can’t be saved.” Sadly, in our insistence, we are telling people that salvation isn’t by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ. We are saying that His shed blood is not sufficient. But if we listen to the One Who was with God in the beginning, the One Who is God in the flesh, the triune God evidenced as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we will find life, freedom, and power – we will be COMPLETE! For He is power, and His grace is all we need!