Wednesday, June 25, 2008

still a slave

The thought that I am a slave captivates me. The thought that I am allowing myself to be under someone's control. In my pre-Jesus days, I allowed myself to be held captive to the desire of sin in my life. Now, a believer in Jesus Christ, I continue to subject myself to the hand of yet another. My Lord is now my Master and I submit willingly to Him and His teachings. His ways are full of loving kindness and truth. So you see, to this day, I am still a slave. Once a slave to sin, now a slave to my King!

Look at the the scriptures found here in Romans 6: 15-19
15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be! 16 Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification.

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