History of our sin is hidden in our DNA and reminds us of all we have done wrong. It is like a credit card balance that says, you owe me this much and to add insult to your injury I am going to charge you 24.99% interest on all you bought. If you have ever been in credit card debt you realize how easy it is to spend the money and how hard it is to pay it off. Sin is no different. The enemy makes sinning seem so fun, so needed in the moment, but when it comes to paying the debt of sin, the enemy adds interest by rubbing our nose in it and making us feel like dirt.

Most people in the church are more sin conscious, meaning they can tell you what sins they have committed, but sin steals our confidence in the truth of who lives inside of us and who not only cancelled the debt we could not pay, He also made a public display of our enemy not us. I love how Paul says this in Colossians 2 “He canceled out every legal violation we had on our record and the old arrest warrant that stood to indict us. He erased it all—our sins, our stained soul—he deleted it all and they cannot be retrieved! Everything we once were in Adam has been placed onto his cross and nailed permanently there as a public display of cancellation. Then Jesus made a public spectacle of all the powers and principalities of darkness, stripping away from them every weapon and all their spiritual authority and power to accuse us. And by the power of the cross, Jesus led them around as prisoners in a procession of triumph. He was not their prisoner; they were his!”

We are invited to live in the reality of having every debt cancelled. No interest has been incurred, no outstanding balance is on your account. However, now that we are debt free, it is our job to stay out of debt by not sinning. When gratitude for debt cancellation rises in us it keeps us from wanting to ever be in debt again. It takes discipline. It means saying no to what you used to say yes to. However the freedom of being debt free is the best feeling ever so stay free, say no, and let’s go we have a kingdom to advance.