Whose Slave Are You?

"Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness." (Romans 6:16-18). (emphasis mine)

"Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin." (John 8:34)

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I find it interesting that the Bible says we are always in a state of slavery. We are always a slave to something or someone. Either to sin, or being freed from sin, to righteousness. Most people don’t view sinning as being enslaved, but I just can’t get past how powerful sin is, how enticing it is to sin, how attractive it is, how tempting it is – it really is bondage in the most extreme sense. All we have to do is try not to sin for even an hour and we find how hard it is, especially with our thoughts. 

How great it is to know that there is freedom from that slavery which leads to death. Romans 8 says there are 2 laws at work: the law of the Spirit of Life and the law of Sin and Death. Every person on this Earth is living and operating under one of those laws - there is no middle ground. Either way, we quickly come to realize that we are never our own, instead we are owned by someone or something else. Praise be to God - I’d much rather be owned by the giver of Life than the producer of death.

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