Your Protection In This World

 

"He has delivered us from the power 

of darkness and conveyed us into the 

kingdom of the Son of His love."

Colossians 1:13

 

A principle of physics says that two objects can’t occupy the 

same space at the same time (it’s called the Pauli exclusion

 principle). Conversely, we can also say that one object can't 

be in two places at the same time. If we are in Los Angeles, 

we can’t simultaneously be in New York City as well.

 

But, is it true spiritually as well? Paul says that our spiritual 

rebirth transfers us from the “power of darkness” and moves 

us into the Kingdom of God’s light. However, we still live with

 the effects of the kingdom of darkness all around us. We feel 

the world every day. Our transfer was immediate upon our 

rebirth. Practically, we are still putting off the darkness and

 walking more and more in the light.

 

In a sense, we're in two places at the same time,

 practically speaking. But we're protected. There's 

darkness around us, but we have been set free 

from its power over us. We are in the world but 

not of the world.

 

"The Christian has to live in the world, 

but he must draw all his resources 

from outside of the world."

Donald Grey Barnhouse