in view of the finished work of jesus christ on the cross, paul wanted to stress the danger of going back to a legalistic relationship with god, so he warned the colossians. “let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of christ.”

there are those today who still desire to judge us. they stress their belief that we are still bound to keep the sabbath, for instance. but the sabbath, as a day of rest, was just a shadow of christ, who would give us true rest. he is our sabbath. don’t let anyone judge you.