May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:11-14
LIE #4 I’m Trapped
LIE #4 I’m trapped I’ll never be free I’m helpless It’s hopeless I’ll always fail in this
delivered May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:11-14
Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness:
Powered by promises that can’t deliver
Ephesians 5:6-8 Let no one deceive you with empty words… for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness: Powered by promises that can’t deliver
Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness: Powered by promises that can’t deliver Driven by escalating guilt
Escalating Guilt… become calloused--no longer sensitive to moral choices or sin become more skillful at hiding our sins and faking it we isolate ourselves from others and run deeper into the sin and guilt.
Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness: Powered by promises that can’t deliver Driven by escalating guilt
Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness: Powered by promises that can’t deliver Driven by escalating guilt Imprisons us by our independence
Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness: Powered by promises that can’t deliver Driven by escalating guilt Imprisons us by our independence Enslaves us by sin
TRUTH: In Christ you are delivered
TRUTH: In Christ you are delivered In Christ You are rescued from this wicked world IN Christ You are set free from sin In Christ You are dead to sin
Matthew 12:29 Jesus said, “how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness: Powered by promises that can’t deliver Driven by escalating guilt Imprisons us by our independence Enslaves us by sin
Romans 6:6
We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body ruled by sin might be defeated, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness: Powered by promises that can’t deliver Driven by escalating guilt Imprisons us by our independence Enslaves us by sin
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
TRUTH: In Christ you are delivered In Christ You are rescued from this wicked world IN Christ You are set free from sin In Christ You are dead to sin