We give thanks to the Father
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Who Qualified Us
Who Qualified Us
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,
God has qualified us
What does it mean that God has qualified us?
The New Bible Commentary 1:9–14 A Prayer for Knowledge and Godly Conduct
The Almighty One has acted on their behalf and already fitted them for an eternal inheritance.
Who Rescued Us
Who Rescued Us
How did God rescue us?
The New Bible Commentary 1:9–14 A Prayer for Knowledge and Godly Conduct
they were separated from God, hostile to him and doing evil deeds. But God rescued us (us includes Paul and other believers too) from that tyranny of darkness. He freed those in slavery (as at the exodus) and transferred them into the kingdom where his beloved Son rules
Who Transferred Us
Who Transferred Us
Where were we transferred?
The New Bible Commentary 1:9–14 A Prayer for Knowledge and Godly Conduct
This change of dominion is vividly described in terms of ‘light’ and ‘darkness’; the Colossians are now ‘children of light’ (cf. 1 Thes. 5:5) and are to live accordingly. The kingdom of the Son he loves is a reference to the kingdom of God or God’s rule in the present time before the second coming of the Lord Jesus.