“For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins.” [vs13-14 NLT]
God rescued us; we didn’t rescue ourselves. It can’t get any plainer than that. It was His idea, His plan, and His Son that carried it out on Calvary. If we ever get the feeling that God is lucky to have us, those three little words–God rescued us–should put it all back in perspective. We were dead; God gave us life through His Son.
God rescued us from the kingdom of darkness. The Greek word for darkness is used throughout the New Testament as the equivalent of physical darkness, intellectual darkness, blindness, the place of punishment, moral and spiritual darkness, evil works, evil powers that dominate the world. That’s the ugly stuff that held us in its powers.
God transferred us into the kingdom of His dear Son. He didn’t rescue us from the power of darkness and drop us just anywhere. He brought us into the kingdom, into the kingdom of the Son He loves, the Son who gave His life for our rescue.
It is in God’s very own Son that we find redemption. We have been redeemed and set free by the very blood of God’s own Son. Even more, we have the forgiveness of sins. God has forgiven my sins. They will never be thrown up in my face, they will never be put on display, they will never be whispered about in heaven, they are forever covered by the Precious Blood of God’s Lamb.
Two short verses, a couple of lines in my Bible, a few words and held within those few words are our lives, past and present as well as the hope for a glorious eternal future. Glory to God.