Monday, March 26, 2007

Colossians 2:15

It’s a new week my friend. Allergy season at its worst. But you have to enjoy some good sunshine finally. Hope you have a great day and good week ahead.

David

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When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.
Colossians 2:15

Whenever I see a cross, I think of the victory that Jesus Christ won over our souls. All of mankind was under the curse and sold into darkness due to sin. That darkness rules the earth and all the powers of this world follow it without even knowing what they are doing. Jesus dying on the cross meant that we would not have to spiritually be dead any more. We were promised that eternal death and separation would no longer be an issue. 

There was great victory the day that Jesus was crucified. He was up on the cross of wood in the place of all people. He shamed all the powers and authorities of this world. All of the people who thought they knew their own ways into heaven and could do all of this on their own, are condemned. Only through the cross do we have life, for it was after the death that there was resurrection. 

In the new life that Christ gives us, we are given hope and promise for a future. The powers of this world have no control over us anymore and cannot decide our destiny. God’s divine power displayed in love, for His love is power. His death was the salvation to draw all men away from the curse and darkness and bring us into His Kingdom and into the light.

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