Slavemaster Fame

 One of the tenets of Pride

We are currently talking about some of the most famous Slavemasters that exist today. This is to show you that when Jesus reads out loud,

“And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

And he rolled up the scroll gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.” Luke 4:17-20

He was talking about you. When we read things like this.

"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. "You shall have no other gods before me..” Exodus 20:2-3

He was talking about you. Many people try to say things like this. “I was never in Egypt. I was never a slave. So this doesn’t apply to me.” Wrong. You were most definitely were, or you may be now, a slave. We have already talked about these Slavemasters.

Mammon - Money

Mammon - Drugs and Alcohol

Mammon - Pornography and sex

Mammon - New Age Nonsense.

We will wrap it up today with this one.

Mammon - Fame.

I love the last line in the movie “The Devil Advocate.”

“Vanity, definitely my favorite sin.”

The devil likes it so much that he has always used it from Adam to Jesus, to you. Fame. The Idol of Self. Even the faithful can fall into this. Jesus tries to warn us about this.

"Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. "Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” Matthew 6:1-4

We read this.

“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.” 1 John 2:15-16

As children of God, we have always to be mindful of this. The religious leaders of Jesus’s day…

“For they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.” John 12:43

Forget about the world itself. The Idol of Self is growing and is becoming more and more seductive. “Be the next big ‘influencer.’ Have many ‘Followers.’ Get rich making videos. Give into lust. Sell your body online and let perverts and pedophiles watch. Who cares. You can make lots of money and you can be famous. You can be like a god. Have pride in yourself.”

Sound familiar? If not read Isaiah 14:12-15. Well, here it is.

"How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! You said in your heart,

'I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'

But you are brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit. Those who see you will stare at you and ponder over you: 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms, who made the world like a desert and overthrew its cities, who did not let his prisoners go home?'" Isaiah14:12-17

So why did Lucifer, "The Son of Dawn," the fairest of all the Angels, God's first creation, fall so far and so hard? Pride told him that he did not need God, that he was a god. That he was as smart as and as important as, God Himself. He "said in his heart," "I will be like the Most High."

He tried to become God. You know the rest of the story. God smacked him down to the earth, He took from him any authority He gave him and cursed him forever.

Then God made Mankind. He gave Man, all the authority over the earth God had created and gave to him. He made man even more important than angels themselves. This did not sit well with Lucifer, who even had his name stripped from him and became Satan. How did he cause the fall of man? Pride.

Why did Adam and Eve disobey God? To become gods. They did it for the same reason Satan did. The only difference is that Satan thought it up in his own heart and Adam and Eve had to be tempted with it. It is the same sin. Pride. What happened? Detachment, emptiness, isolation, loneliness, lonesomeness, quarantine, reclusiveness, seclusion, separateness, solitariness, wilderness, withdrawal. Satan fell to the earth. God removed Himself from us and the Earth.

“Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the LORD;

             be assured, he will not go unpunished.”. Proverbs 16:5

Why?

“Pride goes before destruction,

a haughty spirit before a fall” Proverbs 16:18

Without Jesus, you do not stand a chance. This is the world. This is the flesh. Remember, even the faithful can fall for this sin.

“And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, "If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all." Mark 9:35

Jesus uses Himself as the greatest example.

“But Jesus called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Matthew 20:25-28

Jesus also told us this truth.

“You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.” John13:13-15

Back to the movie for a second. The main character was tempted and led away with fame and fortune. He found a way to escape and beat the devil, yet at the end of the movie, he was tempted by the same sin dressed up in another package, and fell again. Why? As the devil said.

“Vanity, definitely my favorite sin.”

The Idol of Self. The Slavemaster Fame is perhaps one of the most powerful and alluring. Seductive. Even more than the Slavemaster “Lust and Sex.” The Slavemaster “Love of Money.” Although, they have been known to work together.

If God set you free from any of these, you are free indeed. Stay that way. How?

“Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5

As Jesus Himself told us.

“Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:31-33

Trust God. Have faith in Christ. Do not covet. Be content with what you have. It no longer matters what the world says. Only care what God says. He is the only one you need to serve. Stay away from the Slavemasters. Live your life with God, for God, and serve others in the name of God. Say it with me. It is not about you.

Have you been set free? Have you been adopted? If not, say this Prayer. Right now. Wherever you may be. Say it in your own words, and do not doubt in your heart. God will hear you. He will send the Spirit of Life to you. Let us Pray.

"Oh heavenly Father, Lord God. I am a sinner. I know this. I know there is nothing I can do to change that. But I know you can. I accept Jesus's sacrifice for me. I believed He rose from the dead. I repent my sins. Please send the Spirit of Adoption into my life. Help me to get to know the real you. Save me. Please. In the name of Jesus, Amen!"

That's it. It is that simple. Now go tell someone what you have just done. "That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Yeshua, and shalt believe in your heart that God hath raised him from the dead, You shall be saved." Romans 10:9. You need to find a Church that God leads you to and be Baptized the way Jesus said to be. You are now a Child of God. A New Creature. You "have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him."Colossians 3:10

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May the comfort of the Holy Ghost, and the peace of our Lord Yeshua, be with you all. May God bless and be with you, always.

Until next time, be blessed, be a blessing, and Yeshua is Lord!