Scripture: Colossians 2: 13-15
13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you[d] alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken 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.[e]
Scripture Commentary:
Before Christ we had no one to show us the way. We were condemned. God sent judges, prophets, and preachers to tell the people that they were wrong in what they were doing when sacrificing animals to atone for their sinful lives when their lifestyle did not change.
God then sent His Begotten Son Jesus Christ as the only unblemished sacrifice that would be accepted for our sins. He become our mediator to present our life before God. When Christ died on the cross, God declared us not guilty.
We do not have to live in sin.
That doesn’t mean we are perfect. We are not perfect but what is now different is that we can ask for forgiveness.
We have joined Christ in His death and resurrection.
The bondage of sin has no hold on us. Christ has freed us! And now we have an unbroken bond in the family of God that is eternal.
Our only judge and jury is Jesus Christ, and He paid our sin debt in full. God has forgotten our sins and we are clean.
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