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Delivered from the Power of Darkness

Key Verse: Colossians 1:13  ·  NASB1995

Key Verse

“For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,”

Colossians 1:13

You were once under a real spiritual dominion opposed to God. That power over you hasn’t merely been weakened — Scripture says it has been broken.

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“For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,”

Colossians 1:13 · NASB1995

“When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.”

Colossians 2:13-15 · NASB1995

Colossians 1:13 says God “rescued us from the domain of darkness,” and Colossians 2:13-15 explains how thoroughly: He made you alive, forgave every transgression, canceled the debt standing against you, and “disarmed the rulers and authorities,” making “a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.” That power over you hasn’t merely been weakened — it has been broken.

Reflect

  1. Is there an area where you still act as if darkness has some claim on you, when Scripture says that claim has already been broken?

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Read Colossians 1 · NASB95 on Blue Letter Bible

Adapted from “The Riches of Grace in Christ Jesus” by Lewis Sperry Chafer, from Salvation (Sunday School Times Company, 1917, public domain).

Scripture quotations are from the NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible, 1995 update), © The Lockman Foundation.

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