“2026 AO DNA – Part 4″
Scripture Focus (Colossians 1:9-14) – “And 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, [10] so 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; [11] being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; [12] giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. [13] He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, [14] in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
I. People living in grateful sonship (12) – “…giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.”
• 1 John 3:1 – “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are…”
• John 1:12-13 – “To all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, [13] who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.”
• Galatians 3:26 – “…for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.”
• Romans 8:16-17 – “The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, [17] and if children, then heirs – heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him.”
• James 2:5 – “Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom, which he has promised to those who love Him?”
• 1 Peter 1:3-4 – “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, [4] to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.”
AO DNA must produce children of God who are free from the orphan spirit, knowing that they are sons and daughters of a great Father who has an immeasurable inheritance for them from which they can begin drawing on even before they leave this world.
II. People defeating the domain of darkness (13) – “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son…”
• Ephesians 5:8 – “For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.”
• John 12:46 – “I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in Me may not remain in darkness.”
• Acts 26:18 – “To 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.”
• 1 Thessalonians 2:12 – “We exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.”
• 2 Peter 1:11- “For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
III. People standing in boldness and assurance (14) – “…in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
• 1 John 5:13 – “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.”
• John 5:24 – “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.”
• Titus 3:4-7 – “When the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, [5] he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, [6] whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, [7] so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”
• Ephesians 1:7 – “In Him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.”
• Hebrews 9:12 – “He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of His own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.”
• Colossians 2:13-14 – “And 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, [14] by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
• Ephesians 2:4-9 – “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, [5] even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you have been saved – [6] and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, [7] so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. [8] For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, [9] not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
• 1 John 3:19-20 – “By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; [20] for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.”