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 handwritten 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. Let us look at 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 as for Paul writes “having
nailed it to the cross.” Nothing
remains.
I want to talk about the last words that Jesus said
before giving up His spirit: “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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