He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.”

‭‭Colossians‬ ‭2‬:‭13‬-‭15‬ ‭NIV‬‬

To disarm literally means to take one’s weapon by surprise, rendering them harmless.

The laws, rules, and traditions under which people had been governed were weapons instantly snatched away, proclaimed in a single act of Jesus, defying a stupefied class of elite Jews.

The converted commoner was instantly released from the burdensome Jewish weights and measures of righteousness, traded for freedom through faith in Christ and His work on the cross.

To be a disarming people today, we must break from Christian stereotypes and provide others with the same unexpected love, care, and compassion shown to us, and demonstrate our salvation in action in an unforgiving world.

No weapons formed against us can succeed against that.

Isaiah 54:17