Walk Of Life – Day 3, March 2021-C R O S S Of Calvary
CONSEQUENCES OF SIN NAILED AT THE CROSS
“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;” – Colossians 2:14
There is no child on earth who needs to be taught to tell lies or to be angry or to do any other mischief. A child of few months also will start demanding to cry with anger if the food is being delayed. No child is taught to be jealous but it comes naturally.
In the garden, God told Adam he was free to eat of every tree except from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil because death came with that tree (Genesis 2:17). The literal translation means, ‘in dying you shall die’. This of course means many things, but one thing we as humans experienced was a continual deterioration into the grasp of sin. It utterly and completely defeated us, killing us in the process.
That’s the bad news; the good news is that God made us alive with Christ! God started speaking redemption over humanity the moment Adam sinned. When we were dead in sin, God made us alive in Christ! He did this in two ways; first by forgiving our sins and then by blotting out the written code that accused us.
Jesus Obliterated Sin’s Indictment Against You!
“He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross” (vs. 13b-14).
In Jesus, by faith we undergo a change in legal status. Because of sin there was a charge against you. In other words, there was an written arrest warrant or bond, that charged you with the indictment of being a sinner. It was a serious accusation because ‘the wages of sin is death’ (Romans 6:23).
One of the amazing things that Jesus did, was obliterated the legal charge of indebtedness against us by forgiving our sins and then justifying us. “Forgiveness deals only with a man’s acts, justification with the man himself” A.W. Pink; The Doctrine of Justification. When Christ justifies you, it is as if you had never sinned in the first place; but more than that, you are given Jesus’ perfect record so no one can bring a charge against you.
Here is how God did this is a perfectly legal way; He acted as both judge and the one who took the punishment as offender. Paul said in the book of Romans, “He did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus” (Romans 3:26).
Imagine you are standing before a judge. You are charged with breaking the law and you are guilty. The judge has to give the guilty verdict because the law was broken. If the judge were to excuse the offense then he wouldn’t be just or doing his job. In the same way, God couldn’t overlook sin He had to be just; He had to judge accordingly and pronounce a guilty verdict to mankind (Romans 3:19).
The good news today is that our consequences of our sin is nailed to the cross and has made us alive in Christ by forgiving our sins and canceling the charge sin had against us.
Prayer: Lord, thank you for nailing all my sins at the cross. I praise you for making me alive. Lord , there are no words good enough to praise you for the goodness shown to the unworthy vessel. Do accept my praises. Amen.
