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, 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.

 Canceled out the certificate of debt:  

 

Colossians 2:13-14

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.

 

            There was a long list of things we “owed” because of our sinful life. When Christ died on the cross, that whole list was canceled out. When He was nailed to the tree, so was that list of debts we owed God. It wasn’t because of something we did to deserve it either. It was done almost two thousand years before we were born. It’s hard enough to do something unpleasant for someone we know loves us. How hard would it be to do the same thing for someone we’d never met? Yet Jesus did it for us. It no longer stands between us and God. It was taken out of the way when Jesus was nailed to the tree.

            “I owed a debt I could not pay. He paid a price He did not owe. I needed Someone to take my sins away.”

 

If you could hear God speak, I believe this is what He would say:

            "My children, there were a lot of things crying against you before you came unto Me. The devil had full charge over you and he had many claims against you. When you came unto Me, all that was removed. It was done away with because of the death of My Son. You could not be free as long as He did not die for you. When He died for you, you were set free. You did not know it at the time and you did not experience it until you came unto Me. When you came unto Me, sin died and you were made alive in Me. You are My special ones and I have made provision for you to walk in victory through My Son. He it is who set you free and made you alive unto Me. You cannot die as long as He is in you and you are in Him.”

 

            96. When they nailed Him to the tree, His death canceled out the certificate of debt that I owed.