The Bondage We Defend

Deep in the Word - Verse by Verse Bible Study · Jul 22, 2026 · 19m

Jesus offered His hearers freedom, but they immediately resisted: “We have never been in bondage to anyone.” Their denial became a barrier to the very freedom Christ was offering.Bondage is not always visible. A person may appear free outwardly while anger, bitterness, fear, pride, lust, greed, or the need for approval exercises mastery within. We may insist that we are choosing freely, while our choices are increasingly being governed by desires and patterns that have overcome us.The longer bondage remains, the more familiar it becomes. We rename anger as strength, fear as caution, pride as…