No longer slaves?
Slavery Servanthood & Yokes
The nature of slavery: Bought & owned Have no rights Work in submission Belong to a master Often wore a yoke OT Hebrew word ‘ebed’ NT Greek word ‘doulos’
No longer slaves??
Bought & Owned But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood. a holy nation, God’s very own possession. 1 Peter 2 v 9
Bought & Owned Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Philippians 2
Redemption “You are not your own; were bought at a price” 1 Cor 6.18
Redemption For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value. It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. 1 Peter 1 vv 18-19
Bought & Owned Have no rights Matt 16 Bought & Owned Have no rights Matt 16.24 Deny yourself , take up your cross – laying down your life…. Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. “
Bought & Owned Have no rights Work in submission James 4 Bought & Owned Have no rights Work in submission James 4.7 Submit yourself to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Bought & Owned Have no rights Work in submission Belong to a Master John 15. 14-15 "You are My friends if you do what I command you. "No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.
Bought & Owned Have no rights Work in submission Belong to a master Often wore a yoke Matthew 11. 28 "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.29 "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.30 "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
"“Choose this day who you will serve…….” Joshua 24.15
“Don’t you realize that grace frees you to choose your own master “Don’t you realize that grace frees you to choose your own master? But choose carefully, for you surrender yourself to become a servant—bound to the one you choose to obey. If you choose to love sin, it will become your master, and it will own you and reward you with death. But if you choose to love and obey God, he will lead you into perfect righteousness.” Romans 6:16 The Passion Translation
“God pays for each slave’s freedom; no-one who runs to him loses out” Psalm 34.22 The Message
“Don’t you realize that grace frees you to choose your own master “Don’t you realize that grace frees you to choose your own master? But choose carefully, for you surrender yourself to become a servant—bound to the one you choose to obey. If you choose to love sin, it will become your master, and it will own you and reward you with death. But if you choose to love and obey God, he will lead you into perfect righteousness.” Romans 6.16 The Passion Translation