Bondage No More! (1 of 2)
Series: How to Make Peace with Your Past
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
Exodus 28
Now as you turn with me to Exodus 28 .. who can tell us the theme of the book of Exodus? BONDAGE NO MORE! THE WAY OUT! In fact .. that's what the name EXODUS means: the way out!
God's given us the book of Exodus to help guide us out of bondage .. to help get us out of bondage. And I dare say that the majority of us find ourselves living in bondage rather than in freedom. Rather than living free from the bondage of sin you're living in bondage to sin. And if that is true .. then you need to know that you're missing out on God's best for you. God never intended for you to live in bondage. Never! That has never been His plan for you.
Let me ask you a something: do you think sin makes you more human or less human? Less human! You say, "Pastor, how could that be? I'm in bondage to sin today because I am human." That may be true .. but sin doesn't make you MORE human .. it makes you LESS human and here's why: When God created man he created them without sin. Back in the Garden of Eden Adam and Eve knew no sin. That's how God originally created man: Sinless.
But then when Satan showed up with his temptation and Adam and Eve sinned .. by sinning .. it made them LESS than how God created them. Do you see it?
Don't ever think that sin makes you MORE human, because it doesn't. Sin makes you LESS human. When you choose to sin .. you're choosing to be LESS than what God designed and desired for you to be.
That's why God specializes in setting the captives free. That's why our God is the bondage-busting God. Because He never intended for us to live in bondage to sin. And the good news today is that it is possible to break out and to break free from the bondage of sin!
Now that's important to know as we come to Exodus 28. We're about to read about the "garments of glory" worn by the High Priest. And it's those "garments of glory" that ...
Series: How to Make Peace with Your Past
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
Exodus 28
Now as you turn with me to Exodus 28 .. who can tell us the theme of the book of Exodus? BONDAGE NO MORE! THE WAY OUT! In fact .. that's what the name EXODUS means: the way out!
God's given us the book of Exodus to help guide us out of bondage .. to help get us out of bondage. And I dare say that the majority of us find ourselves living in bondage rather than in freedom. Rather than living free from the bondage of sin you're living in bondage to sin. And if that is true .. then you need to know that you're missing out on God's best for you. God never intended for you to live in bondage. Never! That has never been His plan for you.
Let me ask you a something: do you think sin makes you more human or less human? Less human! You say, "Pastor, how could that be? I'm in bondage to sin today because I am human." That may be true .. but sin doesn't make you MORE human .. it makes you LESS human and here's why: When God created man he created them without sin. Back in the Garden of Eden Adam and Eve knew no sin. That's how God originally created man: Sinless.
But then when Satan showed up with his temptation and Adam and Eve sinned .. by sinning .. it made them LESS than how God created them. Do you see it?
Don't ever think that sin makes you MORE human, because it doesn't. Sin makes you LESS human. When you choose to sin .. you're choosing to be LESS than what God designed and desired for you to be.
That's why God specializes in setting the captives free. That's why our God is the bondage-busting God. Because He never intended for us to live in bondage to sin. And the good news today is that it is possible to break out and to break free from the bondage of sin!
Now that's important to know as we come to Exodus 28. We're about to read about the "garments of glory" worn by the High Priest. And it's those "garments of glory" that ...
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