Colossians 2:14 Nailed to the Cross

Passage

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. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Objectives

• Learners will understand that the significance of the crucifixion is forgiveness.
• Learners will actively identify sins they have committed and confess those sins to Christ.

Main Body

Once Dead 13a

Before liberated we must realize that we are dead, separated from God because of sin.

Made Alive 13b-c

However, God has made us alive, no longer separated.

Forgiven 14

The picture is one of forgiveness. He canceled our certificates of indebtedness. What is that? The idea is that we each break God's standards for our life. When we do this we sin. God takes those and by laying them on Christ at the crucifixion he very literally nails them to the cross giving us complete forgiveness.

Victorious 15

You may be here thinking that what you have done is so bad that it cannot possibly be redeemed. I want you to know that the victorious Christ has forgiven those sins if you will only accept his forgiveness.