仆人与第七年 A Servant and the Seventh Year
出埃及记 Exo 21:1–11
Remember these points
I put these points at the top of my sermon-prep template to remind myself every week:
- Show that main point of passage relates to Jesus and his saving work
- (1 Cor 1:18) A truly gospel-centred message will not be acceptable in a synagogue or mosque
- Did I proclaim the gospel as the headline news of the sermon, rather than as a “by the way…”?
- Unbelievers are called to repent, believe, and be saved
- Believers are encouraged to abandon their old self, renew their minds, put on the new self in Christ
- Preach simple sermons, so that God’s people can see Christ more clearly and love him more dearly
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Hook
What comes to mind when you think of slavery, buying and selling slaves, selling your daughter, etc.?
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与我有什么关系? So What?
- Being a slave here is not like what they experience in Egypt, or like slavery as we saw in Europe of the USA…;
It’s about finding a solution to your financial problems.
Never get the wrong idea and say the Bible supports slavery. - This passage is about freedom from slavery.
- We have a problem of sin, we can’t solve this problem, we can’t pay this debt.
But Jesus Christ came to set us free. - This passage foreshadows Jesus Christ coming to reverse the effects of the curse (Gen 3),
bringing us true freedom.