That needs a little explanation. The Bible divides time into two ages, this age under the power of the evil one and the next age fully under the power of the holy one. In Christ, the age to come has invaded this age and therefore the two of them run alongside each other. We are not taken out of this world because we are to be salt and light in this world, but we are rescued from the power of this evil age. We still live in this world, but we no longer need to live under the power of evil that rules this age.
Evil is the word live backwards.
We will learn more of this rescue as we continue in Paul's remarkable little letter to the churches of Galatia. Let us note this morning that Paul doesn t dance around in this letter. He leaps right into the heart of life s largest questions to tell us that Jesus Christ is the only sane answer to life's greatest predicament, and He has come to rescue us from our sin and relieve us from our conscience . Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters of life in Jesus Christ.