Live As A Bond Slave
You
and I are blessed with the opportunity of not just being introduced to Christ,
knowing Him as savior, but more so, knowing Him as LORD. In old testament times,
those who were in debt could sell themselves into slavery, serve seven years
working off the debt. At the end of the seven year period, the master would
release the slave, forgiving their dept, back into freedom to live their
lives. Getting saved, accepting Christ
as your savior releases you from the debt/bondage of sin because He paid off
the master (God) the cost of your sin through His death on the cross so that
you can live in freedom and hope of eternal life. But what about your new
freedom?
Back
to the bond slave. At the end of the seven years, all the slaves went were
released, free to live their lives. The bond slave, because of his
understanding of what his master did to provide his freedom, returned the love
to his master and committed to serving the master the rest of his life. The
bond slave submitted and surrendered to the master accepting the master as
LORD, (ruler) over his life. No longer obligated by law to "WORK OFF"
his debt, but out of his love for his
master, released his new found freedom, forfeiting his "rights" to
himself as allowed by the law.
This
action required a mature understanding of the sacrifice that was paid for his
freedom. Maturity reflecting a commitment birthed by love, strengthened by
grace, endured by submission, surrender, and obedience unsurpassed by those who
were once slaves but went back to their private lives.
This
is what the Apostle Paul was talking about in the verse above, the love of a
master. Christ so controls us that those who live (giving freedom) may no longer
live for themselves but life for Christ who lived only to die, breaking the
veil so you and I could have direct access to our Father (God) in heaven.
Receive,
if not already, your invitation to know and serve Christ more intimately. Fulfilled in Him (1 Corinthians 7:22-24)
22"For he who was called in the Lord while a slave, is the Lord's
freedman; likewise, he who was called while free, is Christ's slave. 23 You
were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men. 24 Brethren, each one is
to remain with God in that condition in which he was called" That condition...anointed, submitted and
surrendered to Him. Do not accept your right to yourself and return to your
life as it was before Christ.
Live a life liberated from bondage. (Exodus 21:2-6)
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