Christus Victor is one of the most important aspects of our faith. The concept of Christus Victor is the idea that Jesus Christ—in his death on the cross—had victory over sin, death and the demonic realm. How did he accomplish this? Jesus Christ defeated the demonic realm through his death by crushing the power of sin and thereby taking away demonic ability to rule in the hearts of humans. In his resurrection, he proves his death to be effective and triumphs over the demonic realm publicly.
In Colossians 1:13, Paul writes, “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son.” In a fallen-sinful-world, the fallen-sinful-human lives under the dominion of dark forces because of sin and death; but in Jesus Christ’s victory, humans are transferred into the kingdom of the beloved Son, the kingdom of light. This triumph—Christ's victory on the cross—allows the believer to share with Christ in his conquest over evil. Jesus Christ is preeminent as Savior because of his destruction of evil through his work on the cross. In his success, “He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him” (2:15).
The doctrine of Christus Victor not only teaches us that Jesus Christ accomplished the conquest of evil through the cross... it allows us to live in the freedom of it. Have you thanked him for this lately?
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