二、至灵有主权：传福音是把人带回属灵的权下
黑暗的权势是指撒但的势力。神是光，而撒但是黑暗。撒但黑暗的权势就是在诸天界里，在空中邪恶的势力。这个邪恶是指背叛神的一些东西。在诸天界里邪恶、背叛的势力，乃是撒但的国，就是黑暗的权势。
黑暗与死亡有关。黑暗在那里，死亡就在那里。黑暗抵挡光，而光和生命有关。撒但、黑暗和死亡，与神、光、和生命是相对的。脱离黑暗的权势，就是脱离掌死权的魔鬼。
我们藉着基督的死，和基督在复活里的生命，已经蒙拯救脱离魔鬼撒但。黑暗的权势乃是撒但的国，而撒但自己就是黑暗。撒但的国是一个系统。并不是在这系统里的每一件事物都是邪恶的。反之，有许多东西是好的，或者至少是社会所认为好的。撒但利用各种好坏的事物，把人系统化起来，把人拘禁在他的系统中。我们需要问问自己，我们有多少仍旧在黑暗的权下。我们也许谈论许多活基督的事，但我们真正凭祂而活究竟有多少？在我们的日常生活中，许多人仍在撒但黑暗权势的某一面之下。我们常常不知不觉的、下意识的、且自然而然的照着自己，不照着基督而活。
我们不仅脱离黑暗的权势，也迁入神爱子的国里。我们已经迁入一个范围，在那里我们是在爱和生命中受管理。在此，我们在属天的管理和约束之下有真正的自由，就是在爱中、凭着生命、并在亮光下的正当自由。这就是蒙拯救脱离黑暗的权势，迁入神爱子的国里。在这里，我们享受基督，并过教会生活。在这里没有意见，没有分裂。在这里我们只有一件事，就是教会生活，以基督作我们的一切。
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Four Commissions to Be Filled Through Gospel Preaching (2)
2. The Sovereignty of the Spirit: Preaching the Gospel Brings People Back Under Spiritual Authority – (Col. 1:13)
The authority of darkness refers to the power of Satan. God is light, while Satan is darkness. The authority of Satan’s darkness operates in the heavenly realms, where evil spiritual forces dwell. This evil represents rebellion against God. The evil and rebellious forces in the heavenly realms constitute Satan’s kingdom, which is the authority of darkness.
Darkness is associated with death. Where there is darkness, there is death. Darkness opposes light, while light is related to life. Satan, darkness, and death stand in opposition to God, light, and life. To be delivered from the authority of darkness means to be freed from the devil who holds the power of death.
Through Christ’s death and His life in resurrection, we have been saved and delivered from Satan. The authority of darkness is Satan’s kingdom, and Satan himself is darkness. His kingdom is a system. Not everything in this system is inherently evil. On the contrary, many things in it are good or at least considered good by society. Satan uses both good and bad things to systematize people and keep them captive within his system. We need to ask ourselves how much of our lives still remain under the authority of darkness. We may talk about living Christ, but how much do we truly live by Him? In our daily lives, many of us still unknowingly, subconsciously, and naturally live according to ourselves, not according to Christ.
We have not only been saved from the authority of darkness but also transferred into the kingdom of the Son of His love. The Son of the Father’s love is the object of the Father’s affection, bearing the authority of resurrection and becoming the embodiment of life in divine love for us. This is the kingdom of the Son of His love. We have been transferred into a realm where we are governed in love and life. Here, under divine administration and constraint, we experience true freedom – a proper freedom in love, by life and under the light. This is the experience of being saved from the authority of darkness and transferred into the kingdom of the Son of His love. In this kingdom, we enjoy Christ and live the church life. Here, there are no opinions or divisions. In this realm, there is only one thing – the church life, where Christ is everything to us.