Read Romans 6:16–23. What promises are offered us there and how does this relate to what the Lord did for Israel in Egypt?

This passage talks about the the difference that takes place in the life of an individual when they are found in Christ. We were are at one point slaves to sin and unrighteousness , but when we accept Christ we become slaves to righteousness. Through out allegiance to God we are able to receive the promises of salvation, sanctification, and glorification. In the same way when Israel was in Egypt they were in bondage an unable to release themselves from that bondage. God saves us from the bondage of sin and give us and opportunity at a new life in which we live being completely free. God is about setting people free for the bondage of sin and enabling them to walk in the newness of life.

What does it mean to no longer be slaves to sin? Does it mean we are not sinful, or that we do not at times still sin? Most important, how can you learn to claim and make real the promises of freedom that the gospel offers us?

What changes about us is is our desire to resist the sinful nature. When we accept Christ there is planted within us an enmity against evil and this guides us morally. To be a slave to sin means that it has power over you and you obey the sinful nature entirely. This does not mean that we will not sin, but it means that we will recognize more clearly when we do sin. The enmity that God puts in us drives us toward our savior to find that grace and mercy we need exactly when we need it.

Prayer: Father you have promised us that whom the son sets free they shall be free indeed. Help us all to accept the freedom that you offer from the slavery of sin. Thank you in Jesus name amen.

Compare Isaiah 40:25, 26; 45:12, 18; Colossians 1:16-17; Hebrews 1:2 to Isaiah 44:15–20, 46:5–7. What contrast is being made here?

All of these passages call attention to the fact the God is the creator of the heavens and the earth. Because God is the creator of the heavens and the earth there is none like Him. Nothing can be compared to God therefore He alone is worthy of worship. As humans we are able to created but we can not create on the same magnitude as God. The scriptures make clear that God is God and there is no other like Him.

If we truly accept the Sabbath for what the Bible says it is—a memorial of God's six days of Creation—how can we be protected from false ideas about our origins? Also, who would want to worship a God who used the vicious and violent process of evolution to create us, as some teach?

The truth of the Sabbath is vitally connected to the truth that God is the creator of the universe. When we worship on the Sabbath in this context it helps us to remember who the creator is. One of the reasons why the Sabbath is under attack is because it is signature of God in His law. The Sabbath command helps us remember and it points back to the fact that God is creator of this earth.

Prayer: Father thank you for your great love towards us. Help us to remember that you are our creator and may we celebrate this each time we celebrate your Sabbath. Thank you in Jesus name amen.