Be Still And Know

Colossians 1:13-14 'God has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins.' The apostle Paul was absolutely clear that when someone becomes a Christian, their whole life changes completely. We move to a new country! The kingdom of darkness is now behind us and we have entered the kingdom of light with Jesus Christ standing at the centre of it. In that new country, we experience freedom for the first time in our life, having been set free from all those things that conspire to enslave us. Slavery was a normal everyday part of Roman society and Paul often spoke of life before becoming a Christian as being like a form of spiritual slavery. Without Christ we are slaves to our own selfish will and passions, all of which are ultimately destructive. But Christ has made it possible for us to be set free. Under Roman law it was possible for a slave to be freed from slavery. It was a process called manumission and one of th