Identity in Christ: ”I Am Rescued”

"I Am Rescued"

Associate Pastor Eric Burch

November 6, 2022

 

Colossians 1:11-13

Luke 23:39-43

1 John 3:1

Colossians 1:13

“I am Rescued”

Psalm 82:4-5

What is spiritual darkness and what is its power?

Ephesians 2:1-3

Darkness has the power to make us sleepy

1 Thessalonians 5:4-6

Darkness has the power to conceal

Psalm 119:105 NASB

“A man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein and will continue to produce their kind.”

(As a Man Thinketh – James Allen)

Darkness has the power to depress and to shame

Darkness has the power to fascinate us

John 3:19-20

Philippians 4:8

To where are we rescued?

Colossians 1:13

It is a statement of assurance

1 Samuel 15:29

It is a statement full of intelligence

Psalm 27:1

It is a statement full of gratitude

Romans 9:16

1 Timothy 6:9-12

(NASB 2020)