Colossians 2:16-23

Colossians 2:16-23
¹⁶ Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. ¹⁷ These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.

How God was to be worshiped was spelled out in very specific ways under the law.  Now in Christ we have freedom to worship without ritual or formality.  Yes our churches have structure during worship as God is not a god of chaos.  Just don't elevate your worship style to a level of "the only way" and don't allow others to do the same to you.

¹⁸ Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. ¹⁹ They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.

These are "spiritual" people who live their lives based on their personal experience and not on the word of God.  In reality they are not spiritual at all and have no real connection with God.

²⁰ Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: ²¹ “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? ²² These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings. ²³ Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.

So many people want nothing to do with Christianity because many organized religions have become just a list of rules.  We died with Christ.  That's it. We don't need any rules to save us.

Please note that Paul is NOT talking about rulers and authorities.  He is speaking of those who want to add rules and restrictions to faith.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.