Voluntary Slave

Romans 616 Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living. 17 Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching we have given you. 18 Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living. 19 Because of the weakness of your human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you understand all this. Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now you must give yourselves to be slaves to righteous living so that you will become holy. 20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the obligation to do right. 21 And what was the result? You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom. 22 But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.There is so much to talk about in these passages of scripture. The main point that I see is that there is no escaping this fact: we are slaves. We are either slaves to sin or to Christ; slaves to death or life. Death is merely the absence of life. Jesus said He is the way, the truth, and the LIFE. Take away Jesus (the life) and you're left with death.When we live life our own way and leave God out of it we are making a huge mistake. We become slaves of sin. If you don't believe me, just be honest and ask yourself this question: has there ever been something in your life that you have struggled with but you can't seem to overcome it? For example, you don't want to start a relationship with someone because deep in your heart you know that person is no good for you, but you do it anyways and end up getting hurt. God has a better plan. Become His slave. Being a slave may not sound appealing, but there is no way around it. Why not choose to be a slave of the Master who will never force His will on you? This is on a volunteer basis. If you choose to be His slave, you must live by His rules.... This post got really long. I may have to do a 2nd part to continue with the rest of the wonderful truths found in Romans 6