Daily Bread

Colossians 1:13 - "Who has delivered us from the authority of darkness and translated us to the Kingdom of His beloved Son."

The whole notion and concept of redemption is revealed to us in the deliverance of Israel from Egypt. As certain as Israel was delivered from the rule and authority of Pharaoh, we have been delivered form the rule and authority of Satan. Concerning the absolute defeat of Satan and his power over us Jesus said, "Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the prince of this world be cast out" (John 12:31). Paul spoke with such finality in 2 Timothy 1:10 when he said that Jesus had "abolished death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel." The death of Jesus on the cross was the means by which Satan's power was destroyed, "through death He destroyed him that had the power of death that is the devil" (Hebrews 2:14).

Blessings,

Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
www.abidingplace.org