Colossians 2:13-14 “When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 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.”
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The worst thing Imperial Rome could do to punish anyone was to nail him to a wooden cross. Hour after hour of extreme pain would be far beyond the limit of cruel punishment. So why, in the grand plan of God did Jesus have to endure it? It is an ugly picture of man’s worst.
It seems totally out of reason that one person should die for all. Jesus was slain for things He had not done. Yet without it, I am lost. That terrible death was for me! It was so I could have my shortcomings and willful disobediences separated from me. All that would weigh me down and slow me are rolled away. It is only at the cross that I can see the light of forgiveness and assurance.
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Lord, I am no longer living in my willful disobedience because I am living in you. I thank you and release my past for the best future.
# Just Larry