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You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
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One of the earliest and most significant events in the history of God’s people was certainly when the Lord miraculously freed the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt under the leadership of Moses. Of course that wonderful deliverance was quickly marred by the disobedience of those Jews who failed to obey the Lord’s commands, His word, on their journey, thus failing to reach the land of promise.

That victory over the Egyptians pales in the light of the great, and eternal, work of Jesus the Son of God on the cross of Calvary—the victory over sin and death!

When the Hebrews crossed the impassable, impossible, barrier of the Red Sea Moses and the men of Israel quickly sang praises to God. That was followed by the women led by Miriam, Aaron and Moses’ sister, all singing with timbrels and dancing! They sang and they danced and they had a jubilee. {Ex.15:1,20} But sadly, only three days later they were grumbling and complaining to Moses that there was no water for them to drink. {Ex.15:24} Of course, then just as today, the Lord supplies all of our needs. {Php.4:19}

All of this account was just a foreshadowing of the Lord setting His people free from the true and most horrible bondage of mankind—sin! The Pharaoh could not compare to Satan in his hatred of God and His people. Our heavenly Father sent His Son Jesus to set the captives free.

So, after defeating the devil using the sword of the Spirit, the Word, {Eph.6:17} Jesus returned from the wilderness to Nazareth and entering the synagogue on the Sabbath He picked up the scroll of the prophet Isaiah and read ‘…He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives…’ {Is.61:1} and then He said, ‘Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.’ {Lk.4:21}

Jesus is both our Lord and our Savior {2Pt.1:11} and all we have to do to receive that incredible gift is to accept it. It is truly the free gift of God, and not of our works so we have nothing to boast of. {Eph.2:8-9} If we boast, we are to boast in the Lord {2Cor.10:17} who died in our place!

The price of our salvation was Jesus on the cross. He paid the price in full and He redeemed us—He literally bought us back just as today’s verse says! And the apostle Paul would also say that we are now not our own because we were purchased with a price. {1Cor.6:20} We are not slaves under the bondage of a harsh taskmaster as in Egypt, but servants of a loving God. While Pharaoh continually punished the Hebrews to take more from them, our Father sent His Son to the cross so that He would be able to give us more—to give us everything pertaining to life and godliness {2Pt.1:3}—everything!

The unfailing, always true, word of God says that it was for freedom that Christ set us free {Gal.5:1} and it was Jesus Himself who said if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. {Jn.8:36} With all of that said, we need to consider that we have a choice: set free and choosing to stay and serve as a bond-servant of the Most High God. Mark my ear Lord that I might hear You and love You all the more.

“And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord (YHWH) your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this today. And it shall come about if he says to you, ‘I will not go out from you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you; then you shall take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your servant forever. And also you shall do likewise to your maidservant.” (Deuteronomy 15:15-17)

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