Today we begin worship with:
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
You cannot adopt a slave without first redeeming them. If they have become poor and sold themselves into slavery, one cannot adopt them without first paying the price of redemption. You must pay their debt.
You don’t have to adopt a slave once they are redeemed. While us American like the idea of freedom, simply redeeming a slave and making them free, leaves them without any inheritance. They are free but poor.
God did both. We have been both freed and adopted. We have no debt and a great inheritance.
Praise be to God.
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