Disgracing the powers of darkness
This week's verses are Colossians 2:6-15 : Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead. And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions. He has destroyed what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross. Disarming the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross. These verses are an awesome testament to the power of God over the rest of the universe. We sometimes raise other things up to the same level as God in our heads, and allow those things to intimidate us or define us. But these verses put it all into stark perspective. When we become Christians, none of that stuff can touch us without going through God first. An