Rescued and Redeemed

Robby Pollard, Lead Pastor

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Colossians 1:1

¹Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God…

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Colossians 1:2

²To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

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Jesus +

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Real Gospel: Jesus.

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Colossians 1:3-5

³We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, ⁴since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, ⁵because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,

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Colossians 1:9

⁹And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

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Colossians 1:9-12

⁹And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, ¹⁰so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; ¹¹being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; ¹²giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

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Colossians 1:13-14

¹³He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, ¹⁴in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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Colossians 1:13-14

¹³He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, ¹⁴in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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Colossians 1:13

¹³He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

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Colossians 1:13-14

¹³He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, ¹⁴in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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You have been rescued.

“he has delivered us from the domain of darkness” (Col 1:13)

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Ephesians 2:1-3

¹And you were dead in the trespasses and sins ²in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— ³among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

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Ephesians 2:1

¹And you were dead in the trespasses and sins

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Ephesians 2:2

²in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—

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Ephesians 2:3

³among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

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Romans 3:10

¹⁰as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;

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Romans 3:23

²³for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

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Psalm 51:5

⁵Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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James 4:17

¹⁷So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

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Ephesians 2:2

²in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—

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Acts 26:18

¹⁸to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

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John 8:44

⁴⁴You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

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You have been rescued.

“he has delivered us from the domain of darkness”

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You have a new home.

“he has…transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son” (Col 1:13)

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John 10:11, 14-15, 17

¹¹I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

¹⁴I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, ¹⁵just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

¹⁷For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.

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You have been ransomed.

“In whom we have redemption” (Col 1:14)

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Ephesians 1:7

⁷In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

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Mark 10:45

⁴⁵For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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You have been forgiven.

“The forgiveness of sins” (Col 1:14)

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Ephesians 1:7-8

⁷In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, ⁸which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight

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Colossians 2:13

¹³And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

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Colossians 2:14

¹⁴by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.

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Colossians 2:15

¹⁵He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.

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You have been rescued.

You have a new home.

You have been ransomed.

You have been forgiven.

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Colossians 1:4

⁴since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints,

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For nothing good have I

Whereby Thy grace to claim;

I’ll wash my garments white

In the blood of Calvary’s Lamb.

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And when,  before the throne,

I stand in Him complete,

“Jesus died my soul to save,”

My lips shall still repeat.

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Jesus paid it all,

All to Him I owe;

Sin had left a crimson stain,

He washed it white as snow.

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