PierceMy EarExodus 21:1-6

“Pierce My Ear”

1.) Pierce my ear, oh Lord my God.

Take me to your door this day.Now I will serve no other God.

Lord I’m here to stay.

“Pierce My Ear”

Chorus:So pierce my ear oh Lord, my

God.Take me to your door this day.Now I will serve no other God.

Lord I’m here to stay.

“Pierce My Ear”

2.) For you have paid the price for me

With your blood you’ve ransomed me.

Now I will serve you eternally.A free man I’ll never be.

(Chorus)

“Pierce My Ear”

Chorus:So pierce my ear oh Lord, my God.

Take me to your door this day.Now I will serve no other God.

Lord I’m here to stay. (Repeat last line.)

Exodus 21:1-6

"Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them: "If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing. "If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. "If his master has given him a wife, and

she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by

himself. "But if the servant plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,' "then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall

serve him forever.

Exodus 21:5

"But if the servant plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife, and my

children; I will not go out free,'

To Whom/What Are You In Bondage?

Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's

slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to

righteousness? (Romans 6:16 NKJV)

While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. (2 Peter 2:19 NKJV)

Sold Into Spiritual Slavery

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.

(Romans 7:14 NKJV)

Slaves of Sin

Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My

word, you are My disciples indeed. "And you shall know the truth, and

the truth shall make you free." They answered Him, "We are Abraham's

descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can you

say, 'You will be made free'?" Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I

say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. (John 8:31-34 NKJV)

Serving Sin

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived,

serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. (Titus 3:3 NKJV)

Selling Ourselves to Sin

But there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do wickedness in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel

his wife stirred him up. (1 Kings 21:25 NKJV)

Bound By Sin

"Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps

the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. "For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by

iniquity." (Acts 8:22-23 NKJV)

Many Unaware of Their Enslavement

And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to

teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God

perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil,

having been taken captive by him to do his will. (2 Timothy 2:24-26 NKJV)

Slavery to Christ = Freedom From Sin/Death!

But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart

that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. And having been set free from

sin, you became slaves of righteousness. I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of

uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your

members as slaves of…

righteousness for holiness. For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to

righteousness. What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now

having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to

holiness, and the end, everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God

is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:17-23 NKJV)

Slavery to Christ = Freedom From Sin/Death!

You Have Been Purchased With a High

Price

knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or

gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your

fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without

blemish and without spot. (1 Peter 1:18-19 NKJV)

Once Purchased, You Are No Longer Your Own

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit,

which are God's. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NKJV)

I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as

slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more

lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness

for holiness. For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. (Romans 6:19-20

NKJV)

“Pierce My Ear”

1.) Pierce my ear, oh Lord my God.

Take me to your door this day.Now I will serve no other God.

Lord I’m here to stay.

“Pierce My Ear”

Chorus:So pierce my ear oh Lord, my

God.Take me to your door this day.Now I will serve no other God.

Lord I’m here to stay.

“Pierce My Ear”

2.) For you have paid the price for me

With your blood you’ve ransomed me.

Now I will serve you eternally.A free man I’ll never be.

(Chorus)

“Pierce My Ear”

Chorus:So pierce my ear oh Lord, my God.

Take me to your door this day.Now I will serve no other God.

Lord I’m here to stay. (Repeat last line.)

Sin As a Master: Wages = Death

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ

Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 NKJV)

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not

know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized

into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised

from the dead by…

Be Freed From Slavery to Sin!

the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our

old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin. (Romans

6:1-7 NKJV)

Be Freed From Slavery to Sin!

knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over

Him. (Romans 6:9 NKJV)