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Are You Free? We are not children of the bondwoman but of the free. - Galatians 4:31 Kizzy Kinte didn't have a chance. The daughter of Kunta Kinte in Alex Haley's epic book Roots wanted to slip the bonds of slavery and live free, as her ancestors had done in Africa. But she couldn't. She was born of a slavewoman, Bell Kinte, and in those terrible days of bondage, she was destined to live as a slave. Kizzy's parentage-over which she had no control-dictated her destiny. That sounds a little like Galatians 4:31, where Paul used an analogy of an Old Testament story to help us understand bondage and freedom. Alluding to the story of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar, Paul explained the difference between the child of a bondwoman(Hagar) and the child of a freewoman(Sarah). Only the child of the freewoman could enjoy an inheritance; the other was destined to bondage. Here's the point: each of us-male or female, Jew or Gentile, black or white, rich or poor-can share in God's inheritance. All who trust in Jesus as Savior become "not children of the bondwoman but of the free"(v.31). We are released from the bondage of the law of God and offered God's grace instead. And our inheritance is freedom-absolute freedom in Christ. - Dave Branon |
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The Lost Library The grass withers,... but the word of our God stands forever. - Isaiah 40:8 My favorite sections of the local library are history and the periodicals. What about you? Imagine if one Saturday morning you showed up at the library, only to find your favorite books reduced to a pile of ashes. Centuries ago, that is what happened when thousands of books at the Library of Alexandria caught fire. Alexandria was the place to do research in the ancient world. Then on a fateful day in 47 BC, Julius Caesar set fire to his ships in the Alexandrian harbor to prevent them from falling into enemy hands. The fire soon spread to the docks and the naval arsenal, ultimately destroying 400,000 of the library's precious scrolls. Such a tragedy shows just how perishable written materials can be. This makes the preservation of our Bible such a marvel. The Word of God has survived book-burnings, riots, revolutions, persecutions, and catastrophes. Yet scholars tell us that the manuscripts have been accurately preserved through millennia of copying. God inspired the writing of Scripture(2 Timothy 3:16) and has promised to preserve it through the centuries(Isaiah 40:8). Next time you open your Bible, take a moment to reflect on how precious it is, and thank - Dennis Fisher |
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The Greatness Of Gratitude One of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned,
and with a loud voice glorified God. - Luke 17:15 Jesus was on His way
to Jerusalem when ten lepers approached Him. Standing at a distance, as
lepers were required to do, they called to Him: "Jesus, Master, have
mercy on us!"(Luke 17:13). When Jesus saw them, He commanded, "Go,
show yourselves to the priests." And as they journeyed, they were
healed. One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back, threw
himself at Jesus' feet, and thanked Him. "Where are the nine?"
Jesus asked. Good question. Jesus referred to the grateful man as a Samaritan-an
outsider-perhaps to underscore His saying that "the sons of this
world are more shrewd . . . than the sons of light"(16:8). The word
translated "shrewd" means "thoughtful." Sometimes
people of the world have better manners than Jesus' followers do. In the
busyness of life, we may forget to give thanks. Someone has done something
for us-given a gift, performed a task, delivered a timely sermon, provided
a word of counsel or comfort. But we fail to say thanks. Has someone done
something for you this week? Give that friend a call or send a thank-you
note. After all, "Love has good manners"(1 Corinthians 13:5
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The Choice Is Ours Set your mind on things above. - Colossians 3:2 One summer afternoon I climbed a hill near my home. When I reached the top, I stretched out on the grass to relax. Turning my head to one side, my eyes focused on some blades of grass within inches of my face. This short-range focus not only strained my eyes, but it blurred my view of anything beyond the end of my nose. So I began to adjust my focus, and then the distant city came into view instead. I found I could shift my sights from near to far at will. The choice was mine. In today's Bible reading, the apostle Paul emphasized that followers of Christ need to keep eternity in view. He wrote, "Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth" (Colossians 3:2). We can choose where to put our focus. We can succumb to selfish, earthbound thoughts, blurring our view of anything beyond the end of our nose. Or we can gaze through this sinful scene and fix our attention on things above, where Christ is seated at God's right hand-and we with Him! Then, and only then, are we in a position to see what's most important in life. Only the mind set on things above can say no to sin and yes to holiness. The choice is ours. - Joanie Yoder |
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