I believe most of us would answer this question, "Our sin was nailed
to the cross." In saying this, we fully understand the Bible truth that
our sins were taken to the cross by Jesus Christ. However, were our sins
actually nailed to the cross? Colossians 2:14 tells us, "Blotting
out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was
contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;"
Not too much study on this verse clearly shows us that it was the Law
that was nailed to the cross. Here, when Jesus was nailed to the cross,
our obligation to fulfill the ordinances of the Law was done away with.
Here, Jesus fulfilled the ordinances of the Law for us just as he promised, "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." (Matthew 5:17). PRAISE GOD for this!
When
it comes to this question, I still can emphatically answer, "Our sin
was nailed to the cross." This is easily revealed in that Christ became "sin for us"
(II Corinthians 5:21) and He was nailed to the cross. However, as I was
studying the cross this past Easter the answer to this question became
even clearer when I asked myself, "Why a Crown of Thorns?" I took the
first step that I do in any any word study and the answer was revealed
plain as day. Looking to the rule of first mention, I went to where
"thorns" first appeared in the Bible. This took me to the beginning
where Genesis 3:17-19 showed me that "thorns" represent the curse of
sin. I thought for a moment about the Crown of Thorns and about the Law
actually being nailed to the cross. Then it became so clear, my sin was
not nailed to the cross. Through the Crown of Thorns my sin was nailed
directly to my Lord and Savior! WOW! Do you see in this what I see? He
literally took my sin away, NOT THE CROSS! His literal blood took my sin
away, NOT THE CROSS! My faith is thus in His precious blood, NOT THE
CROSS (Romans 3:24,25; I Peter 1:18,19)! HALLELUJAH, before Christ even
made it to the cross, by the Crown of Thorns He was already shedding His
precious blood for my wicked sin! He took the curse of my sin and
LITERALLY NAILED IT TO HIMSELF! Thus, at the cross of Calvary, Jesus was
made both the curse of sin (II Corinthians 5:21) and the curse of the
Law (Galatians 3:13), each for me, taking each out of the way by His
precious blood, making then a perfect way of salvation through His blood! HALLELUJAH, WHAT
A SAVIOR!
