HE NAILED IT

Colossians 2:14 Amplified Bible (AMP) Having canceled and blotted out and wiped away the handwriting of the note (bond) with its legal decrees and demands which was in force and stood against us (hostile to us). This [note with its regulations, decrees, and demands] He set aside and cleared completely out of our way by nailing it to [His] cross. Many believers don't realize all that Jesus nailed to the cross. When you nail something, it's meant to be permanent, unchangeable, unmovable, fasten, steadfast, and secure. Nailing is also symbolic for vows, words, doctrines, or covenant promises. When Jesus took our sins, our hurts, and failures, he permanently nailed them to the cross and gave us a new covenant promise that overpowers every accusation of our past made by the accuser, Satan. This means that which Jesus died for, we should never pick it back up again because HE NAILED IT. The blood was shed so that we can break out the limitations of our past sins and rise up to higher levels because we now belong to God! (1 Corinthians 7:23) Satan is a strategist and he will use people to bring up your past to try to keep you bound. Sometimes he will use your own thinking to set up limitations in the mind. He will release thoughts like “I'm not good enough”, “ I never really was good at anything”, or “My past is so messed up, no one will ever listen to me”, etc. The truth of the matter is your past probably was a “hot mess” but God set aside and cleared completely out of your way every sin and demonic assignment against your life.

God gives good futures! (Jeremiah 29:11) This does not happen automatically you must receive and appropriate what God has done through Christ Jesus on the cross. Jesus died for the sins of the world but the whole world is not saved until they confess and receive Jesus Christ. This principle also applies to believers who have not fully received (appropriated) all that Jesus died for, but pick up their bondage again. This is why we as the church need so much deliverance! Your past sin has legal authority only if you choose to walk in it, but once you realize He Nailed It, then you will walk in the power of freedom. This is why Satan strategizes to get you to pick it up again because he doesn't have the power to remove it from the cross but the power of free will enables you to. Jesus disarmed Satan's kingdom (Colossians 2:15) but that doesn't mean that they don't have legal authority. Sin gives them legal authority, so let sin stay on the cross. As long as sin is on the cross and out of our lives, we will see victories. Another strategy of the enemy is legalism. Satan will use religious folks with their dogmatic rules to keep you in bondage. Don't let man's unscriptural traditions cancel out what God's word says concerning you (Mark 7:13). Walk in freedom because He Nailed It!