May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, 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, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Colossians 1:11-14

LIE #4I’m Trapped

LIE #4I’m trappedI’ll never be freeI’m helpless It’s hopelessI’ll always fail in this

May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, 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, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Colossians 1:11-14

Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness:

Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness:

Powered by promises that can’t deliver

Ephesians 5:6-8Let no one deceive you with empty words… for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness:

Powered by promises that can’t deliver

Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness:

Powered by promises that can’t deliverDriven by escalating guilt

Escalating Guilt…• become calloused--no

longer sensitive to moral choices or sin

• become more skillful at hiding our sins and faking it

• we isolate ourselves from others and run deeper into the sin and guilt.

Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness:

Powered by promises that can’t deliverDriven by escalating guilt

Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness:

Powered by promises that can’t deliverDriven by escalating guiltImprisons us by our independence

Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness:

Powered by promises that can’t deliverDriven by escalating guiltImprisons us by our independenceEnslaves us by sin

TRUTH:In Christ you are delivered

TRUTH:In Christ you are deliveredIn Christ You are rescued from this

wicked worldIN Christ You are set free from sinIn Christ You are dead to sin

Matthew 12:29 Jesus said, “how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness:

Powered by promises that can’t deliverDriven by escalating guiltImprisons us by our independenceEnslaves us by sin

Romans 6:6

Romans 6:6We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body ruled by sin might be defeated, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

Characteristics of the Domain of Darkness:

Powered by promises that can’t deliverDriven by escalating guiltImprisons us by our independenceEnslaves us by sin

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

TRUTH:In Christ you are deliveredIn Christ You are rescued from this

wicked worldIN Christ You are set free from sinIn Christ You are dead to sin