THE CALVARY MINISTRY - ONLINE THE CROSS OF CALVARY 🙏🏼 MONDAY 10TH AUGUST, 2026 📜 TEXT: COLOSSIANS 2:13-15 📜 🔑📖 KEY VERSE: "And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it." (COLOSSIANS 2:15). This is the victory of Calvary. The Cross was not a defeat — it was a triumph. At first glance, it looked like darkness won. Jesus hung bleeding, dying, forsaken. Satan rejoiced, men mocked, and disciples fled. But what looked like defeat was God's greatest victory. Three victories won at Calvary: One, He forgave all our sins. Verse 13 says, "having forgiven you all trespasses." Every sin — past, present, and future — was nailed to His Cross. The record that was against us was blotted out. Two, He cancelled the law's condemnation. Verse 14 says, "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us... nailing it to his cross." The law that condemned us, He fulfilled and removed. Three, He spoiled principalities and powers. He did not just defeat Satan secretly; He made an open show of him. He paraded the defeated foe. At Calvary, Christ disarmed hell. That is why the Cross is not a symbol of shame, but a throne of victory. Satan thought he was destroying Jesus at the Cross, but Jesus was destroying Satan at the Cross. The enemy you fear was defeated openly at Calvary. Are you still living like a defeated man when Calvary made you a victor? Stop fighting for victory and start fighting from victory. The battle is already won. Prayer Father, thank You for the triumph of Calvary. Thank You that at the Cross, all my sins were forgiven, every charge against me was cancelled, and Satan was openly defeated. Today I walk not as a victim, but as a victor. Let the victory of the Cross be seen in my life, in my battles, and over every power of darkness. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. May the Lord open your eyes to see the triumph of the Cross today. May you live above sin, above guilt, and above Satan's accusations, and may the victory Christ won for you at Calvary be your daily testimony, through Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. 🙏🏼