Liberty for the captives

Before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 1 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son to redeem those who were under the law. 2

Now we are released from the law. 3 God 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. 4

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons, for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and burst their bonds apart. Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of men! For he shatters the doors of bronze and cuts in two the bars of iron. 5

The LORD sets the prisoners free. 6 He leads out the prisoners to prosperity. 7

Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD: that he looked down from from his holy height; from heaven the LORD looked at the earth, to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die. 8

 

1 Gal 3.23 2 Gal 4.4-5 3 Rom 7.6 4 Col 1.13-14 5 Psa 107.10-11,13-16 6 Psa 146.7 7 Psa 68.6 8 Psa 102.18-20