Diplomatic Immunity

He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son. NASB

Here is an illustration of this truth. It is like a citizen living in a harsh, impoverished, lawless country ruled by a terrorizing despot. That evil ruler can make any laws he wants to, and can impose any penalty on that citizen. However, in that country is located an ambassadorial compound from a wonderfully free, and propersous nation. One day someone from that ambassadorial staff invites a citizen of the surrounding nation to join them. When the person steps into the compound, they are given full citizenship in the ambassadors country. They may still be living in a country ruled by an evil despot, but that ruler no longer has an authority over them. The person with new citizenship living on the ambassadorial compound, has all the rights, privileges, provisions, and protection of the new 'kingdom.' They now have 'diplomatic immunity' from the authority of the surrounding nation. The jurisdictional authority of the evil ruler (and all his henchmen) is gone.

Those whom God has 'transferred' out from under the domain - the jurisdictional authority - of the enemy are like that citizen. We live in a world ruled by an evil despot, but we have been given citizenship in the new kingdom, and while we still live surrounded by the old country, we are no longer under the evil ruler's authority. He no longer has any say in how we live. We have free access to every freedom, privilege and provision of the new kingdom. Whenever he arrests and accuses us and sentences us, we can pull out our new citizenship papers, and declare that we have 'diplomatic immunity.' We do not have to submit to his charges, or penalties!