Contemplative Bible Reading

Colossians 2:15 (New Living Translation)

15 In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.

Paul continues to write to the Christians in Colosse. Paul reminds them of how Jesus Christ died via execution on a cross.

The spiritual rulers of the earth had something on us all: we had sins charged to us. We weren’t free; we were criminals waiting and waiting to go to jail. We couldn’t do anything but wait for our punishment. Those spiritual rulers of the earth held this over us all the time. That was their weapon—the threat of jail.

Jesus died on the cross. Jesus nailed our sins to the cross and executed our sins. Poof. Gone. We were no longer criminals. The spiritual rulers of the earth no longer had anything on us. We weren’t waiting for jail. We could do anything because we weren’t waiting for punishment.

Thanks be to God. Thanks for freedom. Thanks for disarming these “rulers.”