30 Mar @ TBT

We looked at Colossians 2:6-23, and saw that in order to be right with God it is 100% Christ. There is nothing that can add to Christ, NOTHING. Not rules, not regulations, not laws, not the Old Testament shadows, not the old testament rituals, not the old testament festivals, nothing. Nothing should come between us and Christ, not angels, not people with puffed up visions about themselves, nothing.

We also saw that Christianity is not a relgion. All religions the world over are about what I have to do. Do this dont, do that. Do this, cant do that. But Christianity is about what Christ has done for us. The difference between Christianity and all world religions can be summed up in the phrase: do v. done. In religions, we have to do the doing. But in Christianity, it has been done for us. Done for us by Christ. Religions are about how I work my way up to heaven (or nirvana), Christianity is about how God came down to us as Jesus Christ to save us. Hence the Christian gospel (gospel means good news). It would not be good news if I had to do the doing. It is good news because it has been done for us ! Praise God.

Christianity is a faith because it has been done for us in Christ, and we have faith that he has done it. Our faith that he has done it means we dont even attempt to do it ourselves, otherwise we show we dont have faith that it has already been done.