Colossians 2:13-15 The charge against us has been cancelled!

2:13,14

The attacks of the false teachers may have troubled the minds of the Colossians, Paul reminds them that God made us alive with Christ, while we “were dead in our sins”, i.e. when there was nothing to commend us to the Lord. In this entirely unattractive state God “forgave us all or sins”. He cancelled  the legal charge against us. We could look at the Law and come to the right conclusion that we are in big trouble. We were legally indebted, but God has cancelled the charge. Now it was God’s law that stood against us, He has the right to cancel it. How did He do this? By nailing the charge to the cross. The charge of guilt against us is now completely without foundation.

2:15

God has disarmed the powers and authorities. He made a public spectacle of them on the cross. The cross was a public event, open for all to see. Accusation is one of the weapons that Satan uses, but we should be aware that this weapon is now absolutely useless. God just looks at the cross and declares that we have now been cleared.