Deu 15:12 "If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.
Deu 15:13 And when you send him away free from you, you shall not let him go away empty-handed;
Deu 15:14 you shall supply him liberally from your flock, from your threshing floor, and from your winepress. From what the LORD has blessed you with, you shall give to him.
Deu 15:15 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this thing today.
Deu 15:16 And if it happens that he says to you, 'I will not go away from you,' because he loves you and your house, since he prospers with you,
Deu 15:17 then you shall take an awl and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.
I think it goes back to this...Christ gives us everything that's important in life. We voluntarily commit our lives to him. We enslave ourselves to him and his ways. His laws.
There are slaves and then there are slaves.
Thank you! I was thinking about those very verses in Deuteronomy myself. It describes what is called a “bond slave”. When we bind ourselves to the Lord then we are truly free.