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Tag Archives: slavery
Slavery; December 6, 2020
Colossians 3:23-24 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are … Continue reading
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Tagged absolute obedience, accountability, blame, blame shifting, excuses, focus, grumbling, sin, slavery, slaves
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Freedom; November 26, 2020
Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. It struck me when I first started reading just now that this … Continue reading
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Tagged churches, freedom, government, miracles, persecution, politics, prayer, slavery, speaking the truth in love, spiritual warfare
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Salvation; November 4, 2020
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. From verse 15 Paul comes back to how he started in verse 1, bringing up the dangerous absurdity … Continue reading
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Tagged evangelism, God's gift of salvation, grace, priorities, repentance, sin, slavery, wages
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Serving People; May 9, 2019
Ephesians 6:5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. I frequently quote the verse ahead of this in relation to parenting, as part of my faith declarations, … Continue reading
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Tagged authority, doing your job, employment, human trafficking, serving God, slavery, submission
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August 2, 2016
Psalm 123:2 As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he shows us … Continue reading
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Tagged absolute authority, authority, God's grace, obedience to God, rebellion, slavery
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January 19, 2016
Jeremiah 30:8-9 “‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘I will break the yoke off their necks and will tear off their bonds; no longer will foreigners enslave them. Instead, they will serve the Lord their God and David their … Continue reading
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Tagged freedom, human trafficking, liberty, representative democracy, serving God, serving others, slavery
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October 9, 2014
Romans 7:24-25 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God – through Christ Jesus our Lord. So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, forgiveness, grace, righteousness, slavery
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October 8, 2014
Romans 6:16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey – whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, … Continue reading
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Tagged obedience, obedience to God, sin, slavery, the devil
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July 25, 2013
Ephesians 6:7-8 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free. We do not have formal slavery in … Continue reading