We were watching a movie the other night called "Gods and Generals". It was a movie about the Civil War in the United States. At one point in the movie the Northern army took control of one of the cities in Virginia. The people who had owned one of the homes had escaped but left the black slaves behind to take care of the house. When the Army came in they needed to use that house as a hospital. One of the young female slaves came to one of the soldiers and made a plea to him to please win the war. She said "I was born a slave but I want to live free"! The soldier replied "they were trying and with God's help they would win." As I thought about this many things ran through my mind. As we read in this week's upcoming Torah Portion (Exodus 1:1 - 6:1), God calls Moses to help Him deliver the children of Israel from slavery. It was a terrible misinterpretation of Scripture that caused the southern States to believe it was okay to have slaves. How many times have we misinterpreted Scripture? The point I want to make is that we all were born slaves. Psalm 58:3 says, "even from birth the wicked go astray from the womb they are wayward and speak lies." Psalm 51:5, "for I was born a sinner yes, from the moment my mother conceived me". We are slaves to sin yet we have a King and Savior who paid the ultimate price so that we might live in freedom. Free to worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. We need both the Holy Spirit and we need the truth of the Torah. If we throw out either one it will be a misinterpretation once again of the Scriptures. I am grateful to Yeshua my King and my Savior who purchased me. I was one who was born a slave lived as a slave but is now set free to worship Him in Spirit and in Torah!
Theresa
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