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Believers In Bondage;
Luke 13:10-16
Believers can be in bondage to Satan through sin, sickness, and demonic influences allowed into their lives. Like the believers Jesus speaks to in John 8:31-36, we can be blind to our own bondage. Sometimes we view continued sin in our lives as merely weakness, not bondage that leads to death. But we can’t be set free until we realize we’re in bondage.
In Luke 13, Jesus heals a woman of a sickness caused by a spirit of infirmity. Not all sickness is demonic, but some sicknesses do have spiritual roots. Continued illness can be a sign that there is an open door to the enemy in our lives.
In Mark 7, Jesus casts an evil spirit out of the Syro-Phoenician woman’s daughter. This woman’s cultural heritage included significant instances of Jewish beliefs mixed with the occult. Many Christians today arrogantly believe that dabbling in the occult will not affect them. However, when we expose ourselves to the occult, we open the door to the enemy.
Jesus can set you free from all bondage. If you need freedom, be honest with yourself and with God. Then ask Him for help. God wants you to be completely free!
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Excerpt from Fresh Start Bible, copyright © Gateway Press;
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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