Sermon
Free in Christ
Mercy Hill Church - Cincinnati
Speaker: Ernie Bonnoitt
October 13, 2025 · 41 min
Summary
Paul warns the Colossian church against three false spiritual systems—legalism (justification by works), mysticism (truth based on feeling), and asceticism (self-imposed suffering)—showing how each misses the sufficiency of Christ's complete work on the cross.
Highlights
Why would you embrace the shadow when you have the substance? Jesus is the actual substance of our justification.
The most faith-filled, obedient thing you can do is to do the thing God is telling you regardless of how you feel about it.
External rules and external restraints do not produce internal righteousness or change. What it does create in people is pride.