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NASB | Colossians 2:14 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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Colossians 2:14 having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of legal demands [which were in force] against us and which were hostile to us. And this certificate He has set aside and completely removed by nailing it to the cross. |
Bible Question:
Thank you, Kalos. I haven't heard that view of this verse before. I had understood the "handwritten dogma" to refer to the tablets of stone. We could never keep them, so they were against us as an accusator. Do others on this forum agree with Michael Morrison's view? But to follow up on my original question, I have read posts that say parts of the Mosaic Law were fulfilled by Christ, (i.e. the ceremonial, or sacrificial), and other parts were left to stand. Does anyone have a comment on this? |
Bible Answer: Hi, Mark! I would agree with Morrison's view. It is typical of the orthodox Protestant position. Regarding your question, it is dealt with in the theological term "justification." Here's a good definition: "Justification is a judicial act of God, in which He declares, on the basis of the righteousness of Jesus Christ, that all the claims of the law are satisfied with respect to the sinner." (Berkhof, Systematic Theology, page 513). Look at Hebrews 10:1-18. This is one of the passages on which we base the understanding that Christ satisfied the requirements of the Law for the elect in a way that the sacrifices in the old covenant did only inadequately and temporarily. In Him, Doc PS Here's another pertinent quote, by Charles R. Biggs: "It (justification) refers to the divine act whereby God freely makes humans, who are sinful and therefore worthy of condemnation, acceptable before a God Who is holy and righteous. Justification is forensic (that is, it is 'courtroom language'). We are declared, counted or reckoned to be righteous when God imputes the righteousness of Christ (an 'alien righteousness') to our account. In other words, the Judge of all the earth declares us 'not guilty' when we believe because Christ was pronounced 'guilty' for us on the cross. We are not first made righteous, then declared righteous; we are declared righteous by grace through faith in Christ, then made righteous! When we believe, God imputes Christ's righteousness to us 'as if' it were our own. However, it is HIS righteousness, that is why Paul says in Romans 1:17 that there is a righteousness that has been revealed from God, a righteousness not of our own, but a righteousness revealed from God and freely given to those who do not work, but to those who believe." |