19/03/2021
Human trafficking numbers today are insane, considering the dark numbers being even higher it makes me cry. Slavery can never be an option and especially as a church we will spend part of our life to fight it! Actually slavery is a common theme in the bible. The jews had been constantly enslaved. Think about the Egyptians, that once even decided to kill all the firstborn babies. It is insane to even think about it, then later Babylonians (the story of Daniel) and so many more incidents. One can see easily that whenever they didn’t believe in God anymore and trusted their blessing more than the blesser - they got under pressure. Even today we have whole countries enslaving their people, or countries overpowering others. In midst of wars and riots countless tragedies happen today. Refugee camps are often times facing unbelievable circumstances. Since our church is made up of real people with so many sad stories. BUT GOD, oh yes he is still good! And he is in person! In 1 Corinthians 7 Paul is talking about the only good slavery that should happen here on earth. It’s us being enslaved to Jesus Christ. He has bought a high price . You have to understand we are not only free to live by ourselves. Jesus set us free to be slaves of LOVE, HOPE, JOY, TRUTH and everything he is. Sometimes in the past I got asked: What would a perfect government structure look like? Well it would definitely not be democracy, it is the monarchy with the king who loves his people, acting as their servant constantly giving them the best possible life he can. Since people are selfish and imperfect this never worked out in the past. BUT GOD is alway good, he is LOVE therefore he is the perfect King. Jesus referred to him as king and you can become his servant today. That is the only good slavery there is. You weren’t meant to be enslaved by people, things or the devil. You were made for LOVE. If you need to make Jesus you Lord and savior today. Pray this:
God thank you for sending Jesus just for me, today I need a savior and I choose you, cause you chose me. I believe you lived, you died and you rose again. Just for me. And today I surrender my life. Change me, rene