READ YOUR RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL. HE BROUGHT US OUT, TO HIMSELF - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, 2016.
Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son (Colossians 1:12-13). The word translated "delivered" above is the Greek "rhuomai," which means to pluck and bring to yourself. You know, you can pluck something and let it fall; or place it somewhere. However, it's different when you pluck it and take it to yourself. It means to rush something out of where it is, and pull it to yourself. That's what God did with us. He didn't just "pluck" us out of the domain of darkness, He brought us out to Himself! He rushed you out of the power, the dominion, the control, the jurisdiction, the authority of darkness, and pulled you to Himself; to absolute safety. You've been delivered from the control of darkness. Darkness represents evil, evil powers and all their works. It repre...