TODAY’S DEVOTION (MONDAY 11TH May 2026)
“And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.” Colossians 2:13-15 NKJV
WELCOME TO THE 131ST DAY OF OUR YEAR OF STRATEGIC VICTORY.
With all the Holy Ghost fuses that blew on us in yesterday’s service, we entered a fresh day of a beautiful week the LORD have made with faith, hope and zeal. We believe the daily benefits of each day of the week was given to us, especially how to live and have them beautifying our lives.
The high point of the service was the Holy Ghost truths rained on us on how to live our earthly lives at Christ’s expense. To God be the glory for such outpouring of the Spirit.
In fact, when we read what the Bible says in the Book of Joel 2:28, what the words impresses on our minds by default is the outpouring of God’s power. But when Jesus said in John 16:13-17 that the Spirit that would be poured out is the Spirit of Truth that the world cannot receive, it gave us a fresh understanding on what to expect.
There are times the outpouring comes as an outbreak of God’s power, and there are times it comes as an outpouring of God’s Truth, oozing strongly from the pages of the scripture and hitting us strongly to ignite our faith and fire. In the Cry of the Spirit, we experience both in our services. I mean, every week. Yesterday was one of the days that both manifestations came together.
They were beautiful and eternal in impact.
Today we will be building on one of the bombs of the Spirit of Truth, the Holy Ghost, that blew away paradigms of ignorance; it flew from the pages of the scriptures and set our hearts on fire. The bomb exploded from the Scripture of our devotional text. It says:
“Having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.”
THE LINE WE WANT TO LOOK AT SAYS, …AND HE HAS TAKEN IT OUT OF THE WAY, HAVING NAILED IT TO THE CROSS. HALLELUJAH!!
The question that pub up in my spirit when I read that says, “if He has nailed it on the cross, what is it doing in your life, our thoughts, your paradigm, your body, your soul and even your spirit.?” If the balanced answers are not given to questions like this, we will slip from God’s version of grace to man’s version, called extravagant grace.
Extravagant grace is a false grace. It is a grace that does not confront us with sin, does not transform us from the practice of sin to a life of practical righteousness, it just preaches positional righteousness and sees no need for practical righteousness. That kind of grace presents salvation by faith without a life of sanctification and purity.
That is a false grace because the Bible says, “without Holiness no eye shall see the LORD.” It also says, “blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.” Warning the early church about this extravagant grace that has drowned the salvation of many today, the book of James said:
“What is the benefit, my fellow believers, if someone claims to have faith but has no [good] works [as evidence]? Can that [kind of] faith save him? [No, a mere claim of faith is not sufficient—genuine faith produces good works.]
“You believe that God is one; you do well [to believe that]. The demons also believe [that], and shudder and bristle [in awe-filled terror—they have seen His wrath]! But are you willing to recognize, you foolish [spiritually shallow] person, that faith without [good] works is useless?
Was our father Abraham not [shown to be] justified by works [of obedience which expressed his faith] when he offered Isaac his son on the altar [as a sacrifice to God]?
You see that [his] faith was working together with his works, and as a result of the works, his faith was completed [reaching its maturity when he expressed his faith through obedience] James 2:14, 19-22 AMP
THIS SCRIPTURE MADE ME LAUGH. APOSTLE JAMES CALLED PEOPLE FOOLISH AND YET NONE GOT UPSET. NONE SLANDERED HIM.
It is indeed apostolic to find the Spirit of God using your lips to call people foolish for being foolish. He said to them, “But are you willing to recognize, you foolish [spiritually shallow] person, that faith without [good] works is useless?” Look at the words he used in describing the person under the false grace. Those words were strongly apostolic.
Many have thanked me for calling them foolish because it sparked a fire in them, today they are fully aligned with the ways of the LORD.
The word transformed them because they were not my words, but the words of the Spirit of Truth, tearing down paradigms and provoking repentance. I do not call people foolish when in conversation with them. So, understand that people who think salvation without sanctification, purity and holiness will take them to Heaven are indeed foolish.
They are part of the five foolish virgins that will not make it on the final day.
This breed of Christians, who are under what they describe as extravagant grace, call what will take them to hell a weakness. The American Christians calls it a struggle. They have coined all kinds of names to keep believers comfortable with calling Jesus “LORD, LORD” but not doing what His word says on sexual purity, financial integrity, true worship, self-control and the likes.
James 2:14,19-22, clearly points out what grace in God’s version does. It saves us from the penalty and the practices of sin, iniquity or trespass. It give us faith to make Heaven. The faith is not a faith or trust in God that has no fruits attached but the type with fruits, the fruits of good works or the practice of righteousness. Indeed, the Bible says,
“For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God;
not as a result of [your] works [nor your attempts to keep the Law], so that no one will [be able to] boast or take credit in any way [for his salvation].” Ephesians 2:8-9 AMP
FROM THIS SCRIPTURE, ITS IS CLEAR THAT OUR WORK DOES NOT SAVE US. OUR WORK AFTER SALVATION ONLY CONFIRMS THAT WE ARE SAVED.
It confirms that we have been delivered from eternal judgment and given eternal life through faith; a faith with good works as fruits, making the good works proof of our salvation not the reason for our salvation. Meaning, if we draw back comfortably to a life of sin, it is a sign that we have lost what we got.
Positional righteousness is proven by practical righteousness.
Practical righteousness will be rewarded in heaven, but it does not save. It is the only proof to Heaven that one has received the free gift of positional righteousness from the LORD through faith in Him.
It is the reason for our salvation. If you then say, we do not need to repent of sin, Jesus has died already, He has taken away our punishment and Judgment, so we are fine even if we become adulterers, fornicators, liars, cheats, extortioners, and the likes after salvation, we are still saved. That is a lie.
Yes, Jesus has taken our adultery and its consequences, our fornication and its consequences, our lying and its consequences, our every sin, iniquity or trespass with their penalties and nailed on His cross. Now, if we believe they are already on the cross, what are they doing in our lives?
If we say we believe Jesus has nailed them on His cross for us and delivered us from them, then what has been nailed on the cross should not be in our lives, the practice of the sin that has been nailed on the cross and still calling yourself saved, is delusional.
The Bible teaches that the grace we believe in must be able to save us from the penalty and practice of sin. Nothing less! The grace must have the fruits of good works in it. If a so-called grace of God, only saves from the penalty but not the practice of sin, that grace is man’s version of grace, not God’s version.
God sent this word to ask us, “If you believe that I have nailed your sins and their penalty on the cross, your faith should give you the power to commit that sin no more. The practice of that sin should no longer be in your life.” So, will to lead a pure and holy life. Will to stay away from sin as much as the LORD gives you the grace. If you fall, confess to the right ears and return to righteousness.
The message remains, if Jesus has nailed it on the cross, what is the sin doing in your life, your thoughts, your paradigm, your body, your soul or even your spirit? Give up what He has nailed on the cross through genuine repentance. Amen
MAKE THIS SCRIPTURE AN ADDITIONAL MEDITATION FOR THE DAY!!
“So repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, regret past sins] and return [to God—seek His purpose for your life], so that your sins may be wiped away [blotted out, completely erased], so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord [restoring you like a cool wind on a hot day];” Acts 3:19 AMP
