2. May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He 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. Colossians 1:11-14

3. LIE #4 I’m Trapped

4. LIE #4 I’m trapped I’ll never be free I’m helpless It’s hopeless I’ll always fail in this

5. delivered May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He 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. Colossians 1:11-14

6. Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness:

7. Powered by promises that can’t deliver

8. Ephesians 5:6-8 Let no one deceive you with empty words… for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

9. Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness: Powered by promises that can’t deliver

10. Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness: Powered by promises that can’t deliver Driven by escalating guilt

11. Escalating Guilt… become calloused--no longer sensitive to moral choices or sin become more skillful at hiding our sins and faking it we isolate ourselves from others and run deeper into the sin and guilt.

12. Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness: Powered by promises that can’t deliver Driven by escalating guilt

13. Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness: Powered by promises that can’t deliver Driven by escalating guilt Imprisons us by our independence

14. Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness: Powered by promises that can’t deliver Driven by escalating guilt Imprisons us by our independence Enslaves us by sin

15. TRUTH: In Christ you are delivered

16. TRUTH: In Christ you are delivered In Christ You are rescued from this wicked world IN Christ You are set free from sin In Christ You are dead to sin

17. Matthew 12:29 Jesus said, “how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

18. Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness: Powered by promises that can’t deliver Driven by escalating guilt Imprisons us by our independence Enslaves us by sin

19. Romans 6:6

20. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body ruled by sin might be defeated, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

21. Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness: Powered by promises that can’t deliver Driven by escalating guilt Imprisons us by our independence Enslaves us by sin

22. 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

23. TRUTH: In Christ you are delivered In Christ You are rescued from this wicked world IN Christ You are set free from sin In Christ You are dead to sin