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Thinking On from Where We Came, Part 1 (TMF:2538)

Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Peace to Live By: Thinking On from Where We Came, Part 1 (TMF:2538) - Daniel Litton
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       Anyhow, Paul elaborates, moving now to verse 13, in saying that “He [God] 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.” The past tense of the word is used in discussing our transformation—the word “delivered.” We have come then from the “domain of darkness,” the domain of Satan who entrapped us—the domain of our sin natures which had us in bondage to sin, to an understanding of the world without enlightenment from God. No power was present to live a truly righteous life. There could be moments of doing right, or seemingly so, but it would be intermingled with doing really bad things as well, whether publicity or privately, or just inside our heads. It is as Jesus stated in the great sermon, “For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?”(Matthew 5:46, ESV). (Tax collectors represents the ones without Christ).