Answers in Genesis
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Answers in Genesis
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Believing it. Defending it. Proclaiming it. Also check @CreationMuseum @ArkEncounter and @aigkenham
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The Bible talks about a form of slavery that brings death.
That is slavery to sin (Romans 6:17). Every one of us, apart from Christ, is a slave to sin, deserving of death (Romans 6:23). But Jesus didn’t leave us in our destitute condition. He stepped into history and paid the price for our redemption by his death on the cross (Galatians 3:13).
When Jesus stated, “It is finished!” on the cross (John 19:30 NKJV), he was saying the sin debt had been paid and redemption had been purchased. Praise God the sin debt we could never pay has been paid by the precious blood of Jesus (1 Peter 1:18–19). Those who trust in him are freed from slavery to sin (Romans 6:18).
The message of the gospel—and its reminder that we were all once slaves—should make us want to spread the gospel and fight against modern, physical slavery. The ultimate answer is not just in societal reform or making it harder for traffickers to kidnap and traffic their victims (though we should certainly try to do so). The ultimate answer is the gospel of Jesus Christ that frees people from slavery to sin and changes hearts and lives for eternity.
—Troy Lacey and Avery Foley
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