(Rom 6:19-23) Be A Slave to God (Part 2)

Thirdly, We ought to choose slavery to God because

3) We are Obligated as Believers to Choose Slavery to God. ()

My primary point this morning has been – we should choose to being slaves to God. Why is that my overarching point? It is not simply because it's a thematic point of this section, or even an application I want to emphasize. ohh, those are both true, but my primary reason is because commands us to present ourselves as slaves to God. It is my opinion that this is the overarching and main point of this passage.It is the only command we find in the section and thus becomes the center of Paul's point. We should be slaves to God.

​ ESV19 I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

CLARIFICATION:Now you might be looking at the text and wondering - what does Paul mean he is speaking in human terms? He Is not suggesting this part of Scripture is not inspired or simply his ideas. What he saying is that the analogy of school being slaves to God is not a perfect one. After all, I think we've and cringe a little that when we hear the idea we are to be slaves to God. It's not that there's something wrong with being that devoted to God that causes us to cringe, >>>> but there's a natural hesitation because of the harshness and brutality of slavery. But lets look at the main point Paul's making. Remember when I began I started talking about how so many people became slaves in ancient Rome.They came into poverty and so chose willingly to become slaves to a slave master. We have to read that into the background of verse 19. What does Paul mean they used to present themselves as slaves of impurity and now should present themselves as slaves to God? First, this is a willing choice of someone who's in spiritual poverty. You run from this hard master called sin, and you run and present yourselves, >>>>>freely choosing to come out of your spiritual poverty and into the blessings of God is your master.

4) Slavery to God is Better Then Slavery to sin. ()

​ ESV20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.