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We think of ourselves as free, but we are born into an inescapable slavery – bondage to sin. As members of the human race we exist in a slave market of sin, helpless to redeem ourselves. We enter the world with a sin nature, separated from God and powerless to establish a relationship with Him. We have no way to emancipate ourselves from the captivity of our inherited depravity.

However. The gracious plan of God for mankind calls for a savior, a redeemer – the lord Jesus Christ – to purchase our freedom from the slave market. Christ is the only person qualified to make such a purchase. The only requirement for eternal release from the slave market of sin is faith alone in Christ alone.

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我們以為自己是自由的人、但是我們出生於一個不可逃脫的奴隸身份之中 - 被束縛着去犯罪。身為 人類的一份子我們生存在罪的奴隸市場內、無能把我們自己贖回。我們帶著罪性進入世界、與神分離、並且無能和他建立關係。我們無法從遺傳下來腐敗的囚禁中自我釋放。

但是神給人類施恩的計劃要求一個救世主、一個贖身者 - 主耶穌基督 - 從罪的奴隸市場中購買我們的自由。基督是唯一有資格做成如此買賣的人。唯一的條件可以永遠從罪的奴隸市場獲得釋放就是單單相信基督一位。