What does Colossians 1:13 say God did with us regarding darkness and the kingdom of His Son?
Colossians 1:13 says the Father delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son. Paul writes that the Father made us fit to share the inheritance of the saints in light, giving thanks to Him.
Les teaches from Colossians 1:12-13 that Paul writes giving thanks unto the Father, who hath made us meet, or prepared us, to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. He explains that the Father has delivered us from the power of darkness and has translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son. Les then asks where the kingdom of the Son is and answers that it is in heaven. So believers now have a heavenly base of operations; the head of the body is in heaven, and we are citizens. He connects this with Philippians chapter 3 and contrasts the earthly Jerusalem with Jerusalem which is above, the free spiritual setting in the heavenlies.
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
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What has God done with believers regarding the power of darkness and the kingdom of His Son?
According to Colossians 1:13, God has delivered believers from the power of darkness and translated them into the kingdom of His dear Son.