The Promise Of Liberty-5 Series

The heavy implication is that we must ‘allow’ ourselves to be “overcome” by God Himself, & that in so doing, we will be brought into absolute “bondage” to Him & His Kingdom!

“By whom”—ov, h , o—Pronoun—1) Who, which, what, that. Strong—the relatively (sometimes demonstrative)pronoun--Who, which, what, that.

“Overcome/Defeated”(See :20)—httaw—Perfect Middle/Passive Deponent Indicative 3rd Sing.—1) To make less, inferior, to overcome—1a) To be made inferior, 1b) To overcome, worsted, to be conquered by one, forced to yield to one, 1c) To hold a thing inferior, set below. Strong—To make worse, i.e. Vanquish (literally or figuratively); by implication--To rate lower. Used 3X.

“Brought into Bondage/Enslaved/Mastered”—doulow—Noun Masc.—1) To make a slave of, reduce to bondage; 2) metaph.--Give myself wholly to one's needs & service, make myself a bondman to him. Doulow represents the servant in servile relation to a person. Strong—To enslave(literally or figuratively). Used 8X.

Argumentation:

Deut. 28:63-68—[To Israel when they disregard the LORD]“And it shall be, that just as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good & multiply you, so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you & bring you to nothing; & you shall be plucked from off the land which you go to possess. Then the LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, & there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known--wood & stone. “And among those nations you shall find no rest, nor shall the sole of your foot have a resting place; but there the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, & anguish of soul. Your life shall hang in doubt before you; you shall fear day & night, & have no assurance of life. In the morning you shall say, ‘Oh, that it were evening!’ And at evening you shall say, ‘Oh, that it were morning!’ because of the fear which terrifies your heart, & because of the sight which your eyes see. And the LORD will take you back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said to you, ‘You shall never see it again.’ And there you shall be offered for sale to your enemies as male & female slaves, but no one will buy you.”

Though this description regards Israel in disobedience to YaHWeH God, there are striking similarities which the disobedient face personally.

1Cor. 7:17-23—“But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches. Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised. Circumcision is nothing & uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters. Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called. Were you called while a slave? Do not be concerned about it; but if you can be made free, rather use it. For he who is called in the Lord while a slave is the Lord’s freedman. Likewise he who is called while free is Christ’s slave. You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.”