A Violator Cannot Forgive His Own Trespasses

Scripture: Colossians 2: 13-14

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.

Scripture Commentary: Jesus is the sacrificial lamb to cleanse us of our trespasses

How foolish for us to think that our good deeds may one day cancel out our trespasses.  Our good deeds are defective because we don’t honor God in the way we do them.  Are our good deeds done in joyful dependence on God, acknowledging Him as the author of our life?  Are we fulfilling the command to serve?

The strength that God supplies is so “that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ.”**  Without Jesus’ exalting faith, our deeds signify nothing but rebellion.

God does not save through good deeds.

If we are saved from the consequences of our bad deeds, it will not be because they weigh less than our good ones.  It will be because our debt was nailed to the cross of Jesus Christ.

God does not save sinners the way that we think.  Jesus, with His suffering, death and resurrection, cancel the record of our trespasses so that they are blotted out.  There is no balance, no debt!

The cancellation happened when Jesus was nailed to and died on the cross.  God loves us, He will forgive and forget all our sins when we turn to Jesus, who is the light and path to the Father.

Read the Entire Chapter:
Colossians Chapter 2

**Additional Reading:
1 Peter Chapter 4

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