Triumphing Over Them by the Cross

Colossians 2:13-15

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Colossians 2:13-15 When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses, 14 having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross! 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

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In context, the apostle Paul was addressing false teachers who taught that you needed something more than faith in Christ and His finished work on the cross.

He explained that before you were made alive in Christ, you were dead in your trespasses. When you put your faith in Christ, all your trespasses are forgiven and your debt is canceled. You do not need to do anything more to earn forgiveness or be justified before God. Paul then explains that God took that debt and nailed it to the cross. Your debt was paid through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

When Jesus paid the penalty for our sins on the cross, He disarmed the powers and authorities. This means that when you put your faith in Christ, you are delivered from the power of sin and darkness and no longer face the condemnation of sin. Through His death and resurrection, Jesus triumphed over the powers of darkness. The cross was the means of His victory.

Spend time thanking God today that, through faith in Christ, you can share in His victory over sin and death. Understand that you cannot earn forgiveness because Christ paid the debt for your sins once and for all. The debt has been canceled. Walk in the freedom and victory that Christ has given you. ~ Jeff M Newman

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