
Christ Has Made A Public Spectacle Of The Devil
The apostle Paul, in Colossians 2:14–15, gives a vivid picture of how powers, principalities, and authorities were publicly disarmed and triumphed over by the cross of Christ. He extensively explains that, through the cancellation of our legal indebtedness, we have been victoriously set free and rescued from the dominion of darkness, and brought into the kingdom of the Son He loves—in whom we have redemption, salvation, victory, and the forgiveness of sins through the cross.
The cross symbolizes and represents the redemptive work of Christ—the suffering, agony, pain, and shame He endured to bring salvation and reconciliation through His death and resurrection.
The cross is the Christian’s weapon and tool of boasting in Christ’s sacrificial work on our behalf: offering Himself as an ...