Contemplative Bible Reading

Colossians 2:14 (New Living Translation)

14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.

Paul is writing to Christians at Colosse. In this sentence, Paul is reminding the Christians what Jesus Christ did for them. Jesus took the record of charges against them (and me), i.e., the record of all their (my) sins and canceled the record. Jesus hit the “Delete” key, the permanent “Delete” key, the one that deletes the record in all locations in the cloud, the backups, the smartphone, everywhere. Yes, even in that other place we forgot about, too.

The charges are gone. We are free. We are clean. All those things were nailed to that cross. Gosh. That cross had to be heavy. Gosh. That cross had to be crowded. Yet Jesus stayed on it and suffered. I struggle to imagine that. Yet, it is true. Thanks be to God and Jesus Christ.