Charles Spurgeon Commentary Colossians 2:16

"Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:" — Colossians 2:16 (ASV)

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

Do not let anybody come in and tell you that it is necessary for your salvation that you should abstain from this meat or that drink, that there is a merit in fasting for forty days in Lent, or that you cannot be saved without observing such and such a holy day. Your salvation is in Christ. Keep to that, and add nothing to this one foundation which is once for all laid in him.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you.

Alexander had a casket of gold studded with gems to carry Homer's works. Let your own heart be a casket for the command of Christ. Let the word of Christ dwell in you.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days;

Do not put yourselves under rules and regulations which God has not ordained. If you think it is right for you to abstain from certain drinks, do so, but do not act in this way simply because others do so.

If you abstain from certain meats, because they have been offered to idols, and the consciences of others might be offended if you partook of them, do not act in this way as though it would save you. Do not make yourself subject to the judgment of others, for Christ is your Lawgiver and Lord.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

Do not put yourself under the bondage of any rules and regulations that may be made by men. If you choose to do anything, or to abstain from something else, because you judge it to be right and beneficial, do so. Christ is your only Ruler and Leader; and if he does not command anything, it should not matter to you who commands it.