We are Enslaved to Whom we Obey-
“15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.” (Romans 6:15–18, ESV)
Jesus told the pharisees that they were enslaved to sin simply because they were sinners
“34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin.” (John 8:34, ESV)
Jonathan Edwards, in a Sermon from 1720 says the natural man serves a tyrannical master...
"The service of sin is a most tyrannical service; men therein lose their reason and understanding. Sin makes all his servants labor till they are blind and mad, till they are not able to see whereabouts they are, and then leads [them] away towards their own destruction."
But we are free men and have the power to walk in newness of life, having been set free from sin! We now serve a gracious master. Let us then remind ourselves...even preach to ourselves daily...that sin has no dominion over us and we need not present our members to sin, but rather, we can present our heart and soul to God and He will bring about obedience by the blood of His Son and the in-working of His Spirit for the sake of His glory!
“4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.” (Romans 6:4, ESV)
“13 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.” (Romans 6:13–14, ESV)
Soli Deo Gloria!
