Deuteronomy 15, 16
Remember that you were a slave... God gives more of His ordinances to the people and He tells them to remember that they were slaves in Egypt and to diligently observe these statutes.
Remember that you were a slave... We too were in bondage - bondage to sin. But thanks be to God we have been freed, by the blood of Christ, to become children of God. You are His child! You are an heir of His Kingdom! How will you give thanks to your Father in heaven?
Will listen to Him? Will you gather with your brothers and sisters to worship and give thanks and thanksgiving offerings to your Father? Will you observe His ordinances? Will all that you say and do glorify your Father in heaven? Or will you sell yourself back into slavery of sin by following false gods?
Sadly, I think many of us claim God as our Father on Sunday mornings (or at least a few Sundays a year) then go off and live as if He were not our Father, disrespecting Him by what we say and do. We claim that we have been freed in Christ then we go off and do our own thing, doing nothing to glorify our Father, doing nothing to show how grateful we are that Jesus was willing to die that we might indeed become children of God. That's not freedom, that's slavery to sin.
We like sheep have all gone astray. Remember that you were a slave... Remember that you were in bondage. We have not listened to our Father who has freed us from bondage and adopted us as His own children. Turn away from serving false gods, from serving yourself. Turn to the Lord, your God, the one who bore our sins in his body on the cross so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. Remember that you were a slave and return to the Shepherd and Overseer of your soul. (see 1 Peter 2:24-25)
"But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir." (Galatians 4:4-7)
Let us remember that we were slaves and rejoice... Let us rejoice that we have been freed from bondange. Let us rejoice and give thanks to God, not just on an occasional Sunday morning, but every day so that the whole world might know about the precious gift of freedom that we have received through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Remember that you were a slave... God gives more of His ordinances to the people and He tells them to remember that they were slaves in Egypt and to diligently observe these statutes.
Remember that you were a slave... We too were in bondage - bondage to sin. But thanks be to God we have been freed, by the blood of Christ, to become children of God. You are His child! You are an heir of His Kingdom! How will you give thanks to your Father in heaven?
Will listen to Him? Will you gather with your brothers and sisters to worship and give thanks and thanksgiving offerings to your Father? Will you observe His ordinances? Will all that you say and do glorify your Father in heaven? Or will you sell yourself back into slavery of sin by following false gods?
Sadly, I think many of us claim God as our Father on Sunday mornings (or at least a few Sundays a year) then go off and live as if He were not our Father, disrespecting Him by what we say and do. We claim that we have been freed in Christ then we go off and do our own thing, doing nothing to glorify our Father, doing nothing to show how grateful we are that Jesus was willing to die that we might indeed become children of God. That's not freedom, that's slavery to sin.
We like sheep have all gone astray. Remember that you were a slave... Remember that you were in bondage. We have not listened to our Father who has freed us from bondage and adopted us as His own children. Turn away from serving false gods, from serving yourself. Turn to the Lord, your God, the one who bore our sins in his body on the cross so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. Remember that you were a slave and return to the Shepherd and Overseer of your soul. (see 1 Peter 2:24-25)
"But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir." (Galatians 4:4-7)
Let us remember that we were slaves and rejoice... Let us rejoice that we have been freed from bondange. Let us rejoice and give thanks to God, not just on an occasional Sunday morning, but every day so that the whole world might know about the precious gift of freedom that we have received through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
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