Sermons on Slavery
The Good News (Luke 4:14-30)
Freedom from Slavery (1 Kings 20:1-21)
In this story from 1 Kings, we see how God’s preposterous grace set the wicked King Ahab free from his far superior enemy, Ben-hadad. In this war, when King Ahab faces the utter and complete desolation at the hand of over 100,000 Syrian warriors, God comes near to Ahab and delivers him with the most unlikely people, 232 youth-in-training. We see a similar victory…
Unselfish Freedom (Galatians 5:1-6)
Paul says in Galatians 5:1 that it is for freedom that Christ set us free. Often we fall back into slavery to sin and selfishness. The answer, Paul says, is that our freedom was given to us that we might use it to love and serve others. Our freedom is not for ourselves but for others.
