Big Idea: Through the gospel, God enables a whole new way of living!
Scripture (Colossians 1:11-14)
“11 We also pray
that you will be strengthened with all His glorious power so you will have all
the endurance and patience you need. May
you be filled with joy, 12 always thanking the Father. He has enabled you
to share in the inheritance that belongs to His people, who live in the light.
13 For He has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us
into the Kingdom of His dear Son, 14 who purchased our freedom and forgave
our sins.”
Overview:
In verses 11-14,
Paul continues to pray for the things that matter most—the things that will
always matter. But as he comes to verses 13-14 he really begins to introduce
the themes that will dominate the rest of the letter: Something real
happened to us when Christ captured us. We weren’t just forgiven; we were
changed.
Something very
real changed about us. God moved us into a new kingdom and rescued us from slavery. We really need to understand what
this means so that we “live to honor God” not just out of “white-knuckle
will power,” but by recognizing that if we are in Christ and the
resurrected Christ is in us, everything is new. We are living
new lives—lives as sons and daughters of a new King—no longer enslaved to
evil, but free to choose what is good, beautiful and right.
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