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<li> <b>Definition</b>: <i>The State of one who is Bound as a slave or serf. A State of subjection to a Force , Power , or Influence </i>
<li> <b>First reference</b>: Exodus 1:14 <br><i>
And they made their Lives Bitter with hard Bondage , in morter, and in brick, and in All manner of Service in the field: All their Service , wherein they made them Serve , was with rigour.</i>
<li> <b>Choices lead to Bondage </b>
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<li> Experimentation
<li> Pleasure
<li> Habit
<li> Addiction
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<li> <b>We have always been and ever will be in Bondage </b>
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<li> <b>Unwillingly</b>
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<li> Exodus 2:23 <br><i>
And it came to pass in process of time , that the King of Egypt died: and the Children of Israel sighed by Reason of the Bondage , and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by Reason of the Bondage .</i>
<li> Exodus 6:5 <br><i>
And I have also heard the groaning of the Children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in Bondage ; and I have remembered my covenant.</i>
<li> Exodus 6:9 <br><i>
And Moses spake so unto the Children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of Spirit , and for cruel Bondage .</i>
<li> Deuteronomy 26:6 <br><i>
And the Egyptians Evil entreated us , and afflicted us , and laid upon us hard Bondage :</i>
<li> Galatians 4:3 <br><i>
Even so we, when we were Children , were in Bondage under the elements of the world:</i>
<li> Hebrews 2:15 <br><i>
And deliver them who through Fear of Death were all their lifetime subject to Bondage .</i>
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<li> <b>Willingly</b>
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<li> Galatians 4:9 <br><i>
But Now , after that ye have known God , or rather are known of God , how turn ye again to the Weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye Desire again to be in Bondage ?</i>
<li> Galatians 5:1 <br><i>
Stand Fast therefore in the Liberty wherewith Christ hath made us Free , and be not entangled again with the yoke of Bondage .</i>
<li> Matthew 10:24 <br><i>
The Disciple is not above his Master , nor the servant above his Lord .</i>
<li> Matthew 20:27 <br><i>
And whosoever will be chief among you , let him be your Servant :</i>
<li> Matthew 23:11 <br><i>
But he that is greatest among You shall be your servant.</i>
<li> John 12:26 <br><i>
If any man Serve Me , let him Follow Me ; and where I Am , there shall also my servant be: if any man Serve Me , him will my Father Honour .</i>
<li> Romans 1:1 <br><i>
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ , called to be an apostle, separated unto the Gospel of God,</i>
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<li> <b>Deliverence</b>
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<li> Exodus 6:9 <br><i>
And Moses spake so unto the Children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of Spirit , and for cruel Bondage .</i>
<li> Exodus 13:3,14 <br><i>
3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of Bondage ; for by strength of hand the LORD brought You out from this Place : there shall no leavened bread be eaten. <br>
14 And it shall be when thy Son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt Say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of Bondage :</i>
<li> Isaiah 14:3 <br><i>
And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall Give thee Rest from thy Sorrow , and from thy Fear , and from the hard Bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,</i>
<li> Romans 8:15 <br><i>
For ye have not Received the Spirit of Bondage again to Fear ; but ye have Received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father .</i>
<li> Romans 8:21 <br><i>
Because the Creature itself also shall be delivered from the Bondage of Corruption into the glorious Liberty of the Children of God.</i>
<li> Hebrews 2:15 <br><i>
And deliver them who through Fear of Death were all their lifetime subject to Bondage .</i>
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<li> <b>Deception</b>
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<li> John 8:33 <br><i>
They answered him, We be Abraham`s Seed , and were Never in Bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?</i>
<li> Galatians 2:4 <br><i>
And that because of False brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our Liberty which we have in Christ Jesus , that they might bring us into Bondage :</i>
<li> 2 Peter 2:19 <br><i>
While they Promise them Liberty , they themselves are the servants of Corruption : for of whom a man is Overcome , of the same is he brought in Bondage .</i>
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20190123 - Bondage and Holiness 
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How we Live is nothing more than evidence of what we Value . 
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If a person is Not walking in Obedience in any specific Way , they are simply bearing the Fruit of what they Value . 
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The challenge for each of us with respect to our own Walk and when observing others is to Understand that Christ is the only one who can Manifest True Holiness . 
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Any Sin Fruit that is Manifest is simply coming from an area where we have
refused Christ`s lordship. So, we Manifest the old SinNature instead of our NewNature which is Christ in us the Hope of Glory . 
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When our Minds are truly Transformed to the Mind of Christ we cease from Sin . That is a process but it is totally dependent on our Will to Manifest . It is important that we address the Root rather than the Fruit . 
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As long as there is a Root of Sin in us , it will Manifest sooner or later.
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Don`t ask Christ to remove something that you Love more than Him. He won`t do it.
When you begin to Love Him more than you do that area of Bondage , Speak to it 
and cast it out.
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When you do you will be Free and that area of your Life will be Holy because Christ 
has moved into it.
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20190516 - Bondage and Thought 
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 Humans only think they have the power of independent thought.  They lost that in Eden.  Eve thought she made the decision to eat the forbidden fruit but she was actually following satan`s idea that he planted in her mind.  
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At that point human nature became corrupted irretrievably.  Scripture tells us that the human heart is deceitful and wicked.  In other words, our nature controls us more than our thought.  
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We often say a person believes what they want to believe.  That is recognizing the fact that our nature drives even our thoughts and reasoning.   
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This is why Jesus said you <b>must</b> be born again.  Only through the new birth can a person understand the things of God and, as a result, desire them.  
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We are either motivated by the Spirit of God through the new creature or by the fallen nature which is dominated by satan.
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<i> Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are to whom you obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?</i> - Rom 6:16 
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