Warnings are a part of everyday life. Don’t text and drive! Don’t use your blow-dryer in the shower! Don’t swallow poison! As people of faith, we have often been accused of having too many don’ts. In some circles, that has probably been the case. While imposed with good intentions, the impression created was that the gospel is about what we do and don’t do rather than about what we receive. Slowly but surely, people began to believe that their status with God was the result of their performance rather than the finished work of Christ. There is no question that the life of the believer should look different than the life of the unbeliever. The question is, “What should those differences be?” This has always created tension in the religious world. From the time of Christ’s earthly presence until our current day, the list gets murky. God has some don’ts for our good. However, religious people have often added to the list and ended up creating a cumbersome and toxic environment for the faithful and confusion for those who are looking in. The last part of Colossians 2 contains three don’ts that deliver us from polluting the gospel with our own ideas of what holiness and the spiritual life look like. Don’t miss it!