What are the three or four action verbs in verses 12 and 13 that paint a picture of salvation?
1. qualified
2. share (in inheritance)
3. rescued
4. transferred
Who performs the action?
God, the Father
Who is it performed on?
Us, the believers.
In what way were we “qualified/enabled/made meet”?
v4 - through faith in Christ
v13, 14 - through Christ in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sin.
In what way were we “rescued” or “delivered”?
Rescued from the domain of darkness (subject to dark deeds or a life of sin) and transferred to the kingdom of Christ (where we are free from the penalty of sin, free to obey God wholeheartedly)