Colossians 2:11-14; NKJV
11 In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. 13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
The Greek word translated “handwriting” (COL 2:14) referred to the handwritten certificate of debt by which a debtor acknowledged his indebtedness.
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All people (ROM 3:23) owe GOD an unpayable debt for violating his law (MATT 18:23-27), and are thus under sentence of death (ROM 6:23).
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When a person was crucified, a list of crimes was nailed to the cross to declare one’s violations (MATT 27:37; MK 15:26; LK 23:38; JN 19:19).
—The believer’s sins are nailed to the cross!
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Forgiveness – GOD wiping the ink off the parchment!
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The cross of Christ satisfies the just wrath of GOD against crimes requiring punishment in full!
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