Thinking On from Where We Came, Part 3 (TMF:2540)

Peace to Live By: Thinking On from Where We Came, Part 3 (TMF:2540) - Daniel Litton
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       But what is important to understand is that the Israelites were miserable, suffering in slavery, and God brought them out of that. That’s the way it seems when we think back to consider our pre-conversion experiences. It seems dark, unfulfilling, empty, and perhaps labor-some. We worked with our own effort and without God’s power. But then one day God delivered us when he brought us to the true message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The revelation to our minds that we could be delivered from our dark, unfulfilling, empty, and labor-filled ways. In comparison, like the Israelites of old, we ended up in a new land, a land flowing with milk and honey. Now we move into the picture of Christ presented to us by Paul. It is probably familiar to us, as this is a passage we’ve likely read over and over. Starting in verse 15. Paul says of the “beloved Son:” “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation” (ESV).