SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 3/24/2017
10:25 AM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-6 “Complete
Forgiveness”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Colossians
2:13-14
Message of the
verses: “13 When you were dead in
your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive
together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, 14 having
canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was
hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the
cross.”
Paul gives us and illustration of God’s forgiveness for
when He forgave us He “canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of
decrees against us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the
cross.” Let us look what John MacArthur
has to say about the words “Certificate of debt” which “translates chirographos, which literally means ‘something
written with the hand’ or ‘an autograph.’
It was used to refer to a certificate of indebtedness handwriteen by a
debtor in acknowledgment of his dept.
Paul describes that certificate as ‘consisting of decrees against
us. Dogmasin
*’decrees’) refers to the Mosaic law (cf. Eph. 2:15). All peoples (including Gentiles, cf. Rom.
2:14-15) owe God a debt because they have violated His law.” Why was this certificate hostile to us? It was enough to condemn us to hell for
eternity because as seen in Galatians 3:10 we read ““Cursed be everyone who
does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.”” MacArthur says “Exaleipho (canceled out) means ‘to wipe off’ like erasing a
blackboard.” In ancient times the people
wrote on papyrus which was like our paper and also on animal skins. There was no acid in the ink they used so if
someone wanted to use it again all they had to do was wipe it clean, which is
what Jesus did for us for Paul writes “having nailed it to the cross.” Nothing remains.
I have to say that the last words that Jesus said before
giving up His spirit was “It is finished.”
I just listened to John chapter 19 this morning where this is
found. Therefore when Jesus had received
the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And He bowed His head and
gave up His spirit (John 19:30).” The
word in the Greek is “teleo tel-eh’-o” and it means “paid in full.” In my Greek/English dictionary on my online
Bible program it says “Christ satisfied God’s justice by dying for all to pay
for the sins of the elect. These sins can never be punished again since that
would violate God’s justice. Sins can only be punished once, either by a
substitute or by yourself.” After a
person who went to prison to pay for his crimes was released during this time
period he would receive a paper with this word “teleoteleho” on it showing that
his dept was paid in full.
Ok we have one more section to look at which MacArthur
entitles “Complete Victory,” and that section is shorter and only contains one
verse (Col. 2:15).
3/24/2017 10:50 AM
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