In Exodus 23:9 God warns the Israelites not to be aggressive or abusive towards foreigners. The reason; they were foreigners in Egypt. They know what it is like to suffer as outsiders. I wonder if it is safe to make a similar charge to the church; “do not be aggressive or abusive towards sinners, since you know the life of a sinner for you were sinners in the land of your captivity.” Just as God brought Israel out of Egyptian slavery by his grace he has brought every Christian out of the slavery of sin; even by the same grace. We know what it is like to live as condemned before God. We also know the freedom from guilt that God’s liberation brings into our lives. We Christians are acquainted with two sides of the triangle of slavery; bondage, and liberation. We do not need to take up the remaining side of that triad of evil; the master.
Stuart
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