Pastor Eduardo Alves was in a blessed service at Ministerios Adoracion church, preaching about:
“ALL ERASED” Nearly 2,000 years ago, on a hill outside Jerusalem, another victory was won. This was a victory in which the one life paid for the freedom of millions. His name was Jesus, and He gave His life to set captives free from slavery to sin.
Colossians 1:13 or he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Our text deals, then, with this reality, that Jesus died for you and me. He died to set us free.
I. He rescued me
Deliverance from the authority or empire of darkness.
The word "Deliver" is the same word used by our Lord in Matthew 6:13 in the Lord's Prayer, "deliver us from the evil one." Second Peter 2:9 says God is able to deliver the godly out of temptation. It means to rescue. The Greek word means to draw to oneself, as a lifeguard would reach out to someone who was drowning and draw someone to himself.
II. He reestablished me
To remove me from one place and situation to another.
This word, translated "transferred," means to be transplanted, to be uprooted from one place and firmly planted or established in another place. God transplanted me. He took me from sinking sand and placed my feet on solid ground. He took me out from under the authority of sin and put me in His kingdom.
Jesus is the one who rescued me, and He is the one who reestablished me, moving me from the empire or rule of darkness into the kingdom of the Son of His love. He changed my destiny and He changed my citizenship.
III. He redeemed me
To repay a ransom payment with His life.
God created us and gave us life, but because of Adam's sin we are all born with a sinful nature that has betrayed us. Promising us freedom and joy, it sold us into slavery to sin out of which we could not purchase our freedom.
That's why it says in 1 Peter 1:18-19
"For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things, like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish."
With His blood He bought us back from the slavery into which our sin had sold us. That's what it means to be redeemed.
IV. He released me
To forgive, erase, to send my sins away.
When we place our trust in Jesus, asking Him to forgive us of our sins, God applies the blood of Jesus to our hearts. Those sins that had stained and marked us are erased. They are not simply whitewashed.
Psalm 103:11-12 says: For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His faithful love toward those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
How does this impact the way we live?
Application
1. I can live free from the power of sin.
2. I now live in the kingdom of God under His authority.
3. Since He bought me, I am His to do as He wills.
4. I can live free from the penalty, the guilt, and the shame of sin.
I wonder this morning if you are living in the joy, the freedom, the power, and the authority available to you as a citizen of the kingdom of heaven?
