Day 5 - Colossians 2:13-23

13 You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. 14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. 15 In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.

16 So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths. 17 For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that reality. 18 Don’t let anyone condemn you by insisting on pious self-denial or the worship of angels, saying they have had visions about these things. Their sinful minds have made them proud, 19 and they are not connected to Christ, the head of the body. For he holds the whole body together with its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God nourishes it.

20 You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as, 21 “Don’t handle! Don’t taste! Don’t touch!”? 22 Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them. 23 These rules may seem wise because they require strong devotion, pious self-denial, and severe bodily discipline. But they provide no help in conquering a person’s evil desires.


Tori's Comments:

We were dead. Empty and lifeless. God gave us life through His death. He put pep in our steps and joy in our hearts. Gave us purpose. And victory. 
We're free from the spiritual powers of this world! Woohoo! And from the law that bound us! Double woohoo! :)
Interesting how this ends.... It makes me assume that you can't heal an internal problem externally, but I still am eager to read what comes next!


Terrie's Comments:

I absolutely LOVE that everything that God has accomplished and wants to accomplish through us is always done by Him.  We are just putting our trust in Jesus and becoming a willing vessel for God to use.  

We were dead in our sins... We were made alive again BECAUSE GOD nailed our sins to the cross with Jesus!

HE DISARMED rulers and authorities

HE SHAMED them publicly

Christ is the head of the body which grows as GOD NOURISHES it.

JESUS FREED us from the spiritual powers of this world.

It is in Jesus alone that we have ultimate FREEDOM FROM EVIL.





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