having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
When you were dead [by reason of ] 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.
When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, [or, divested Himself] He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him. {alt, or through it - cross)
From another Unchained Hound: Thank you for posting this!
Promises Kept!
What really is delightful about this, imho, is Johnson was really a dark horse - seemed to me his election came out of nowhere.
A song was written about another 'dark horse' that no one expected to do what He did:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yImcX-YFcNQ --Dark Horse, John Fischer
Col 2: 12 - 15
having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
When you were dead [by reason of ] 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.
When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, [or, divested Himself] He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him. {alt, or through it - cross)
You nailed it. I was going thru some tough time recently and I just need to remember, Christ nailed my sins with him on the cross and I am forgiven.