Proclamation:
“Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as
obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey; whether you are slaves to
sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?” Romans 6:16 (NIV)
Explanation:
These words were written under the influence of The Holy
Spirit of God by the Apostle Paul in his letter to the believers in Rome . His point was that believers should be dead
to sin and alive in Christ. (Romans 6:11)
He said that every man is the servant of the master to whose commands he
yields himself to. He ends this chapter
by saying that the result of sin is death, temporal, spiritual, and eternal,
but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ. (Romans 6:23)
Application:
If we frequently give in to sin, then we are slaves of the
devil. However, if we frequently obey
The Word of God, then we belong to Him.
If we love Him then we will keep His commandments. (John 14:15) Believers are not perfect, they are ashamed
of the times when they used to sin and when they slip and fall back into it.
(Romans 6:21) We should not be using our
bodies as instruments of unrighteousness and sin, but we should be instruments
of righteousness doing that which is pleasing to The Lord and giving Him glory.(Romans 6:13 and 12:1)
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