Sermons About Bondage
Moving Forward Pt. 1 - Could've, Should've, Would've
Regrets over our past failures or missed opportunities can cripple us and keep us from moving forward in life. They can even begin to destroy our present lives by carrying those same failures forward. But Jesus came to free us from the regret of what 'could have been', and to restore the hope of what he promises 'will be' in our future!
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Christmas Comfort
Scrooge was shown his future – he was to die alone and sad, and fearful, but here Isaiah gives us a glimpse of true comfort: because Jesus triumphed over the grave, our future as a broken community is to rise on eagle’s wings!Isn’t it comforting that history ends with this picture – a picture of one of the most tender things one person can do for another, which is to gently touch their cheek and dry their tears? You have to be in intimate relationship with someone to do that don’t you? And you see what we’re shown in Scripture at the end of Revelation is that Jesus Himself will come to you, and with the very hands that were pierced with wounds of love for you, will brush away your final tears, which are precious to him, and will store them away in his bottle with all the rest that you cry right now. Then, you will know joy, and it will be a greater joy than Scrooge even knew on Christmas morning.
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Jeremiah 13:23, The Bondage of the Will
A sermon on the Bondage of the Will preached on Reformation Sunday
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Freedom
God defines freedom as no longer being under the condemnation of the law but under the Spirit of His Grace. We are freed from sin and pardoned from His Justice and therefore able to live as we were created to live, in union with Him and in community with one another. (Romans 8:1-5). We are not only freed from something we are freed to something!
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Would You be Free?
This week Moses faces Pharaoh to free God's chosen from their bondage of slavery. We too, can be free from our own bondage.
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The Blessings of Redemption and Forgiveness
Paul continues to describe the spiritual blessings that God has lavished on us in Christ. God’s loving plan redeems us from the slavery of sin and brings us into the new life of the forgiven.
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Justice and Generosity for the City
Injustice and oppression in the covenant community dishonors God. Christ's ministry on our behalf frees us not only from guilt but the bondage of sin, particularly greed. He works in us that we might fear God and therefore become both just and generous. He works through us to free others from bondage through the gospel.
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Challenging the Lie
The last few weeks we have been looking at Gods dealing with Israel and how it is similar to His dealings with us. It is not easy facing giants to take our rightful land and destiny, but God has assured us He will never leave us nor forsake us. The battle is His, we only have to step out and face the lie in faith, trusting our Father is as near as our voice. The exciting difference between Israel and us, is that we in Christ can come boldly before the throne of grace and get another chance to face the lies in our lives where we have failed before. And there is no condemnation for those of us in Christ Jesus. There comes a time in our walk with God where we will no longer seek to escape from the giants, that in spite of the lies, we will see them as another oppotunity to trust and be assured of God’s faithfulness to us as His sons and daughters.
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