S2 - #36 RECOGNIZING OUR SPIRITUAL CAPTIVITY

It is one thing to read Galatians 1:4, "{Jesus} gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world..." Yet, it is quite another reality to comprehend, that we need deliverance ... Although we claim freedom in Christ, most of us remain captives," as Brother Desmond Singh establishes. Self-denial is difficult for us because we are trapped in a world that is Egyptian in its mentality, a world operating contrary to God's principles. To save us, God must save us from what we enjoy doing! We are prisoners of this world, literal captives! Discipleship is designed to "liberate" us from our prisons.