From Slavery To Liberty
Slavery to Liberty Sadly, slavery has been a part of culture for millenia. Even God's people experienced slavery, and they were made free because of a deliverer, named Moses, accomplished God's will, and He led them out into the wilderness to begin the journey of freedom. God gave these slaves all they needed to journey on a head through the "Desert of Sin." (See Exodus 16:1) I find it interesting that this desert has such a name; yet, this seems to point us to the one, Jesus, who will deliver us from the bondage of being committed to Sin (John 8:32) to freedom found only in Jesus. (John 8:36) Slavery is not God's will, but it comes because of evil, which is l.i.v.e. spelled backwards. At least this is so in the English language. While God led His people out of slavering toward liberty, He provided them with liberating limits. That is he gave them standards, by which to live, that would lead them and order their lives. We call these the "