He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
Colossians 1:13-14

What glorious gifts we receive from God through Christ:

He has Delivered us from the worst of all perils: The wrath of the Father. He delivered us by receiving in Himself the wrath we earned.

He has Conveyed us. This word is used to describe how a conquering king would deport and resettle those he defeated in order to obliterate their national identity. But God has conveyed us, not because He defeated us, but because He defeated our great enemy: sin. And our resettling is not into exile, but into the Kingdom of the Son of His love—as the victors, in Him.

He has Redeemed us. He paid a ransom, not to the devil, but to satisfy the Father’s righteous justice.

He has Forgiven us. By forgiving us He has cancelled our sin debt as completely as if there had never been any debt.

Truly, as Jesus is the “Son of His [the Father’s] love,” we who are “in Him” are also the sons and daughters of the Father’s love.