I Will Not Go Out Free

Published: July 20, 2015, 5:28 p.m.

I Will Not Go Out Free

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\u201cMan looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.\u201d 1 Samuel 16:7

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\u201cBe more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what your really are, while your reputation is merely what other think you are.\u201d \u2013 John Wooden

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\u201cI am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.\u201d Exodus 20:2

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\u201cIf you buy a Hebrew slave, he may serve for no more than six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom.\u201d Exodus 21:2

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\u201cBut the slave may declare, \u2018I love my master\u2026I don\u2019t want to go out free.\u2019\xa0 If he does this, his master must present him before God.\xa0 Then his master must take him to the door or doorpost and publicly pierce his ear with an awl.\xa0 After that, the slave will serve his master for life.\u201d\xa0 Exodus 21:5-6

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\u201cBut the slave may declare, \u2018I love my master\u2026I don\u2019t want to go out free.\u2019\u201d Exodus 21:5