Free Slaves

“If I served God faithfully for my entire life, and died and still went to hell, it would have still been worth serving God for my whole life.”

Free Slaves

Luke 17:7-10

"Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, `Come along now and sit down to eat'?  Would he not rather say, `Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink'?  Would he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do?  So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, `We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.'"

Ephesians 2:4-5, 8-9

But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved.  And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.  For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast.