Sermons About Slavery
Slavery or Freedom?
Here we are in what used to be “The Land of the Free and the home of the Brave.” We used to be brave. And when I was growing up, this used to be a free country. It isn’t any more. Freedom is decreasing. And the momentum for its demise is increasing. Inexorably increasing, with seeming inevitability.
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Searching for Justice (Psalm 10)
Life is filled with all sorts of landscape. An all terrain faith is equally balanced for the breathtaking view from the mountaintop and the confusing trek though a cold, dark valley. It provides adequate support for walking in rough, rocky stretches and stability for the slippery spots. In this exploration of the Psalms, we will see that no matter where you find yourself in life there is an appropriate faith response to your life situation. Are you ready for the hike?
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That Lying Devil
There are many people enslaved by urges, habits, and sins that they seem powerless to overcome. Many have in fact given up. The good news is that there is hope for even the most seriously bound, but we must learn to recognize the enemy’s tactics. Too often we do not begin to fight until the battle is over. Discover how to engage Satan much earlier and much more effectively. Key Versus: Rom 7:15-17, Gen 2:16-17, Gen 3, John 8:44, John 8:31, Eph 6:11, 1Cor 6:18-20, 1Cor 15:33
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Moses: Freedom From Slavery (Exodus 3:1-14)
The life of Moses is peppered with one supernatural act after the other. He was God’s man to lead God’s people out of slavery and into freedom. However, because Moses failed to honor God’s holiness and compassion he wasn’t able to enjoy the freedom that God wanted him to enjoy.
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Joseph: Seeing Life Redemptively (Genesis 45:1-8)
Joseph's life is a picture of God's Sovereign power to take bad and evil things that have been done to us and turn them into something that God uses. Taught by Eric M. Mason of Philadelphia's Epiphany Fellowship. http://www.epiphanyfellowship.org/
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Slavery off of the Narrow Road
Some of the people in the church at Galatia were leaving behind the gospel of grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone and were turning back to the idea that they could put themselves right with God through obeying certain rules and rituals. Paul confronts them and reminds them that going back to rule-keeping puts us back into slavery to the rules. We all end up as slave to that which we think we need for our acceptance or our happiness, whether we look to gratify our own selfish impulses that always cry out for more or the expectations of other people. Instead of such slavery God has extended to us acceptance and adoption into the family, and since this was bought by Jesus Himself on the cross, we are no longer indebted but are free people who live in His grace.
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Grapes this Big!!
Dare to Dream, we need to adjust our thinking to align it with what God thinks about us.
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Hooked - Leaving Addiction for Healing
As one author put it, "There's a lot more to being well than just not being sick." God isn't just trying to end patterns and self-destructive and other-destructive behaviors in our lives. He's out to make us whole again.
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Hooked - Leaving Control for Faith
I give up control of my life and have faith that God can and will set me free in order to leave Egypt.
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Moses:Faith brings Deliverence
Moses had his life touched by deliverance in many ways. He was delivered from death when he was a baby and God would use him as the deliverer of his people.It wasn't because of Moses' strength. It was God's power that brought the people up out of Egypt.
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Joseph:God is Faithful
Joseph went through a lot in his life. His brothers sold him into slavery and he was put in prison in egypt. Despite all that he went through he never lost sight of God. He knew God was in control and that his plans would be accomplished.
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When Love Says, "Come, Let's Reason Together"---Galatians 4:8-31
When Love Says, "Come, Let's Reason Together"---Galatians 4:8-31
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Dawn of a New Day (Mark 2:18 - 3:35)
Jesus has come as King and Savior to bring forgiveness and life and joy and freedom. Few people recognized his coming as the appearance of the Christ. We are to see Jesus as our life and our hope and our freedom.
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The Eighth Commandment (Exodus 20:15)
God's prohibition of stealing covers a great variety of sins, from robbery and burglary to embezzlement (including how we spend our time at work), fraud, enslavement, and robbing God. There is stealing in each of our hearts, and the root of it is our failure to trust in God's provision, and in our covetousness. In Christ, who died between two thieves, we find provision for forgiveness, and power to work faithfully for our provision and so that we may give to others.
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Freedom to Live Free
Humans hunger for true freedom. We long for it. We pray for it. And when we receive it we rightly rejoice. But as beautiful as freedom is it is not without its challenges. Living in the freedom we have been given can be exceedingly difficult. This was true of the Israelites after their exodus from Egypt. This is also true of those who have found freedom in Jesus. Paul says that those who live in the freedom Christ provides are "walking in the Spirit." Listen in as we discuss what it means to walk in the Spirit.
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Freedom to Be Thankful
Technology changes, culture changes, theory changes -- but human nature remains the same. In the ancient historical account of Abraham and his family we see a reflection of ourselves. Though God had made a promise that could only be fulfilled by divine power, Abraham chose to take matters into his own hands and rely on human effort and power to do God's will. How often are we tempted to do the same thing? Listen as we allow the Apostle Paul to show us what we can learn from the story of Abraham.
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