Galatians 2:4
2:4 Now this matter arose
because of the false brothers with false pretenses
who slipped in unnoticed to spy on
our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves.
Galatians 4:9
4:9 But now that you have come to know God (or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless
basic forces?
Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?
Matthew 23:4
23:4 They
tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.
Acts 15:10
15:10 So now why are you putting God to the test
by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke
that neither our ancestors
nor we have been able to bear?
Colossians 2:16-22
2:16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you with respect to food or drink, or in the matter of a feast, new moon, or Sabbath days –
2:17 these are only the shadow of the things to come, but the reality is Christ!
2:18 Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind.
2:19 He has not held fast to the head from whom the whole body, supported and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God.
2:20 If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?
2:21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”
2:22 These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are on human commands and teachings.
Hebrews 9:8-11
9:8 The Holy Spirit is making clear that the way into the holy place had not yet appeared as long as the old tabernacle
was standing.
9:9 This was a symbol for the time then present, when gifts and sacrifices were offered that could not perfect the conscience of the worshiper.
9:10 They served only for matters of food and drink
and various washings; they are external regulations
imposed until the new order came.
Christ’s Service in the Heavenly Sanctuary
9:11 But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,