December 13

The concept of ‘slavery,’ does not sit well with modern Americans. When we think of children in bondage to cruel masters who require physical labor or sexual favors of them, we are aghast at the notion that such practices exist today. We wish that all humankind were enlightened in this world of darkness and depravity.

It is our desire that people be free—those in bondage and those who keep them bound—to worship God and to serve Him with hearts that love one another with His own love. Rather than abuse or oppress those who are helpless among us, the Lord would have us to love them, to free them from all manner of bondage.

Yet there is an ultimate form of slavery that will exist until the worlds dissolve on that great and glorious day when Jesus comes to make all things new. Jesus has said that as a man cannot serve two masters (Luke 16:13), a man cannot serve God and worldliness. Man will adhere himself to one or the other.

The difference between serving God or serving the world is that the world binds, but God sets man free. II Corinthians 3:17 says, “...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” When we bind ourselves to Jesus, He sets us free. Nothing can deny us freedom when our sprits are liberated by His Spirit.