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In the Name of Jesus
Read together: Colossians 2:13–14; Romans 8:1; Psalm 103:10–12; Acts 4:10–12; Philippians 2:8–11; Romans 10:9–13
Do you ever lie awake and wonder whether God is really listening? Or kneel at the foot of the Cross for the hundredth time, still carrying a sin you confessed long ago? Many believers know they are forgiven, yet live as though the debt is still on the books.
Read Colossians 2:13–14. Paul says that when we were dead in our sins, God made us alive with Christ and forgave us all our trespasses. He cancelled the record of debt that stood against us, setting it aside by nailing it to the Cross. Not reduced. Not postponed. Cancelled. The record of everything we owed was nailed up where Jesus hung, and He paid it in full.
That is why carrying cancelled guilt is not humility; it is forgetting what God has done. Read Romans 8:1 and Psalm 103:10–12. There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. God does not deal with us according to our sins; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. When old shame comes back, the answer is not to pay for it again but to remember Who already did.
All of this comes to us through one name. Read Acts 4:10–12. Standing before the very council that had condemned Jesus, Peter declared that salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved. Read Philippians 2:8–11. Because Jesus humbled Himself to death on a cross, God exalted Him and gave Him the name above every name. Forgiveness is not found in a religion, a ritual, or our own effort. It is found in Jesus.
And that name is offered to everyone. Read Romans 10:9–13. Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. This song’s invitation is the Bible’s invitation: all may come, all are invited in. If you have wondered whether life simply ends, or what to do with the weight of your sin, Jesus answers both. He rose from the dead, and He forgives everyone who comes to Him.
A moment to respond: Read Colossians 2:13–14 this week. If there is a sin you have already confessed but still carry, write it down, then write across it “Cancelled—nailed to the Cross,” and thank Jesus that the debt is paid. If you have never trusted Him, call on His name today. Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Let's pray: Lord Jesus, thank You that in Your name there is full forgiveness of sin. Thank You for cancelling the debt we could never pay and nailing it to the Cross. Forgive us for carrying shame You have already taken away. Teach us to glory in nothing but You. And for everyone still wondering whether there is hope, let them hear that all may come—and let them come to You today. Amen.
Our desire at UnrelentingJesus is that you would lay down every cancelled sin and live in the freedom of the name above every name—Jesus.



