Colossians 02 8-15
NAILED TO THE CROSS
Six
Things that Jesus Nailed to the Cross
These are six enemies that you are going
to face. When He was being nailed to the cross, He
nailed these things to the cross.
1…The
Condemnation of Sin
Verse 13:
My sin, your sin, our sin was nailed to the cross. What does that mean? It
means He paid my debt; He bore my punishment; and He has taken my sin, nailed
it to the cross.
Romans 8:1:
"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ
Jesus."
Romans 8:33
and 34:
"Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that
justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that
is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh
intercession for us"
He's not asking "Who will try to do it?" What he's asking is,
"Who is qualified to condemn us?" The only One who could ever condemn
us is God Himself, and God Himself has counted us righteous.
2…The
Curse of the Law
verse 14:
"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" The law is good. God's holy law is without blemish, without fault. But because we're sinners, to us, the law is a curse.
Galatians 3:13:
"Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse
for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree"
3…The
Charms of This World
verse
8: "Beware lest any man spoil
you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the
rudiments of the world, and not after Christ" This world will try to charm
you, and this world will try to entice you; and, this world is like a filthy
harlot that would draw away your love from the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the
Bridegroom.
When
we say the world, we're not talking about Planet Earth, nor are we
talking about the people. We're talking about an ungodly system that's against
our Lord and His Christ.
1 John 2:15, 16:
"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any
man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him."
·
It
doesn't mean that, because we love the world, the love of the Father's not in
us.
·
It
means we love the world, because the love of the Father is not in us.
4…The
Corruption of the Flesh
Verse 11:
"In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without
hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh by the
circumcision of Christ: buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen
with him to the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the
dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh,
hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses"
Now,
when the Bible says your flesh, it's not talking about your body; it's
talking about that old sinful nature that you were born with.
Galatians 5:24:
"And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the
affections and lusts"
Verse 12:
"Buried with him in baptism"
Romans 6:6:
"Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of
sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin."
5…The
Control of the Devil
Colossians 2:14, 15—not
only did He blot out the handwriting of ordinances which was against us, which
was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to His cross, but : "And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a
shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it"
Ephesians 6,
"We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and
powers"
Hebrews 2:14
6…The
Conquest of Death
Jesus' death was the death
of death. Colossians 2:12:
"Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through
the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead."
When Jesus nailed Satan to the cross, He also nailed death to the cross.
SUMMARY
·
I
don't have to be a slave to sin.
·
I
don't have to be condemned by the law.
·
I
don't have to be conformed by this world.
·
I
don't have to be motivated by the flesh.
·
I
don't have to be bullied by the devil
·
I
don't have to be intimidated by death, because of Jesus.
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