ColossiansEven This Lesson 6

DELIVERED US FROM THE POWER OF DARKNESS

A. We were taken captive by the devil at his will

2 Timothy 2:26

B. This world does represent an enemy encampment that we are not to make friendship with

James 4:4

DELIVERED US FROM THE POWER OF DARKNESS

C. Our enemy is extremely powerful

Jude 1:9

D. God, in the incarnation of Christ did rush into this darkness to rescue usGalatians 4:3-5

TRANSLATED US INTO THE KINGDOM OF JESUS CHRIST

A. It will be at that rapture that we are physically carried away from this world and placed in His Kingdom.

B. God has already carried us to that kingdom spiritually

TRANSLATED US INTO THE KINGDOM OF JESUS CHRIST

•Physically I am still on the earth

•Positionally God has already placed me in His kingdom

REDEEMED US THROUGH HIS BLOOD

A. We have redemption:

•The purchase of God from the slavery of the flesh

•The ransom paid to free us as children of the devil

•The liberation made from the bondage upon citizens of this world

REDEEMED US THROUGH HIS BLOOD

B. The redemption includes much more than that:

It even includes forgiveness of sins. 

REDEEMED US THROUGH HIS BLOOD

C. Here we have our answer

The blood of Jesus Christ