Forgiveness of our sins (3)

01/08/2009 by John Marsden.

Resurrection – Defeated the Enemy 1. Jesus is the Winner

“And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.” – Colossians 2:15

• The story of Jesus didn’t end with the cross.  In a lot of ways, that’s where it begins!  Jesus died on the cross for our forgiveness, but then he rose to life, defeating every power and authority in heaven and on earth.
• Unfortunately, for many Christians, Jesus is still hanging on the cross suffering, or at best lying in the ground dead and buried.  They’ve been forgiven, but there’s no real life of God operating in them.
• Jesus is our forgiveness in a complete sense of the word.  He didn’t just forgive us our past sins to let us continue living in them – He forgave our sins so that he could defeat sin and all its effects once and for all in us.
• When Jesus rose from the dead, He showed that He was the Lord and Master over all the earth – that He had won all authority.  See Matthew 28:18.
• If Jesus had stayed dead, we might still be forgiven for our sins, but sin and the power of the devil would still be in power on earth.  But Jesus “disarmed the powers and authorities… triumphing over them.”

2. We Win Too

“When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ…” – Colossians 2:13a

• Because Jesus rose from the dead and has all authority in heaven and on earth, we can walk in the same victory that He won.
• Just as Jesus was crucified and died, and our old nature dies with Him, so he rose again and lives, and our new nature lives with Him.
• Paul said, “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me” (Galatians 2:20).
• Because Jesus is our total forgiveness, we can walk in new life and be freed from all the effects of sin.
• We can be healed spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and physically.  We can be bold witnesses (Matthew 28:18-20).  We can walk in purity and holiness (Hebrews 10:10).  We are “more than conquerors” (Romans 8:37).
• Jesus is our forgiveness – He frees us from every effect of sin on our lives!

 “For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.” – Romans 6:6-7 

• We’ve been crucified with Jesus!
• Our old body of sin isn’t just forgiven - it’s dead and gone!

We’re freed from slavery to sin!  It’s time to serve God now.

Have a great day.

John

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