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Bondage, Spiritual.

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By: Reuben Archer Torrey

Is to the devil. 1 Tim. 3:7⁷Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. (1 Timothy 3:7). 2 Tim. 2:26²⁶And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. (2 Timothy 2:26).

Is to the fear of death. Heb. 2:14, 15¹⁴Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; ¹⁵And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. (Hebrews 2:14‑15).

Is to sin. John. 8:34. Acts 8:23²³For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. (Acts 8:23). Rom. 6:16¹⁶Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? (Romans 6:16). Rom. 7:23²³But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. (Romans 7:23). Gal. 4:3³Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: (Galatians 4:3). 2 Pet. 2:19¹⁹While 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. (2 Peter 2:19).

Deliverance from, promised. Isa. 42:6, 7⁶I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; ⁷To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. (Isaiah 42:6‑7).

Christ delivers from. Luke 4:18, 21¹⁸The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, (Luke 4:18)
²¹And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. (Luke 4:21). John. 8:36. Rom. 7:24, 25²⁴O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? ²⁵I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. (Romans 7:24‑25). Eph. 4:8⁸Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Ephesians 4:8).

The gospel, the instrument of deliverance from. John. 8:32. Rom. 8:2²For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:2).

Saints are delivered from. Rom. 6:18, 22¹⁸Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. (Romans 6:18)
²²But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. (Romans 6:22).

Deliverance from, illustrated. Deu. 4:20.

Typified. Israel in Egypt Exo. 1:13, 14¹³And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor: ¹⁴And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor. (Exodus 1:13‑14).

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