Galatians 5:1 ‘Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
DAILY READING – Luke 13:18-35; Genesis 24; Psalm 17
The “Slave Bible” is a rare Bible from the 1800s that was given to American slaves.
It was published without the Bible passages that could encourage slaves to seek freedom.
About 90 percent of the Old Testament is missing and 50 percent of the New Testament is missing. While there are 1,189 chapters in a standard Bible, the slave Bible contains only 232.
The passages that could have prompted rebellion were removed. The Slave Bible doesn’t include Moses leading the Israelites to freedom, but it does include Joseph’s enslavement in Egypt. Slave masters, when preaching to the slaves tried to portray Joseph as someone who “accepts his lot in life, keeps his faith in God and in the end is rewarded for it,”
They tried to twist passages of the Slave Bible to encourage the slaves to be content with their condition of bondage.
Passages that emphasized equality between groups of people were removed.. This included “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28). The Slave Bible also doesn’t contain the Book of Revelation, which tells of a new heaven and Earth in which evil will be punished.
In contrast, one of the passages that remained was one that proponents of slavery loved to cite: “Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ” (Ephesians 6:5).
This abridged version of the Bible published in 1807 was titled, ‘Parts of the Holy Bible, selected for the use of the Negro Slaves, in the British West-India Islands’
Today, it is on display at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.
Just as the Slave Bible was used to keep slaves in bondage, ignorance is used by the enemy to keep people in spiritual slavery and bondage.
The Word of God is the illuminator that shatters the oppression of darkness. But the enemy uses every possible means to stop people from gaining access to the truth in the Word.
Knowledge is your ticket to freedom. When you know the truth, you will refuse every bondage and rebel against the enemy’s attempt to keep you in oppression.
As blood-bought covenant children of the living God, no force in hell is permitted to afflict or oppress us.
But due to lack of understanding, people remain bound in oppression and today many are dying unnecessarily because they lack a personal revelation of the truth that sets free.
Psalm 107:20 says God has sent His Word to heal and deliver us from every destruction, but then Hosea 4:6 also says that God’s people perish because of lack of knowledge.
Knowledge of the truth sets free from every form of bondage. Through the power of knowledge, you can successfully wage war against the principalities, powers and spiritual wickedness fighting your destiny (Ephesians 6:12).
Indeed when we are armed for the battle with the Word of God, all the hosts of hell must flee before us. Sickness and disease must flee, poverty and disfavor will flee.
You are not born again to suffer again. You have been born again to live a glorious new life in Christ Jesus.
Christ made the amazing sacrifice of paying the ultimate price for our sins.
By the power in His Blood, we have been delivered from every negative condition of life. Jesus died young that you might live long. His blood was shed so that your blood will never be shed. He became poor so that you through His poverty might be made rich. But it takes spiritual knowledge to take your portion.
Therefore determine today to seek for depth of knowledge from the Word needed to set you free to live a fruitful and fulfilling life. You have only one life and there is no duplicate or spare. Therefore make every effort to ensure that the sacrifice of Jesus cannot be in vain in your life. The price has been paid and you are free, affliction is not permitted to arise a second time in your life. Therefore refuse to be entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Galatians 5:1 ‘Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
The victory we have through the Blood cannot be disputed, refuted, refused or resisted by the accuser of the brethren. We have truly overcome him by the Blood and by the word of our testimony [Revelation 12:11].
Therefore refuse every negative report arrayed against you today. Refuse every slavery of sickness, poverty, lack of progress etc. Life is essentially a warfare. It is therefore time to engage the weapon of the Blood to secure your freedom from every captivity and oppression of the enemy.
Surely, because the Son of God has set you free, you are truly free indeed.
PRAYER: Father, I thank You for setting me free from the slavery and deceptions of the enemy through the Blood of Jesus. Surely, by the Blood, I have continual victory over every bondage and affliction in Jesus Name.
QUOTE :
Nothing liberates like truth, the truth you know and act upon will set you free.- – WORDBITE 222