Colossians 2:7 - "...strengthened in the faith as you were taught..."
Lately I've been having problems with religion(trying to do things to get right with God, which is impossible) and this verse made me think about where the line is for doing good things, and doing good things to try and be perfect. Well it made me think, what was I taught? I was taught lots of good things straight from the Bible by some people who are after God. Basically, I was taught things about Christian living and how to deal with things, some ways to spend time with God, etc.
But I took it back to what I had been raised with, religion, and I tried to do those things in order to BE a Christian. This verse I think makes the distinction. Think of it as "As you were taught, be strengthened" You don't practice "Christian things" in order to be a Christian. You practice them in order to be a stronger Christian.
