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SERVANTS

Text: Romans 6:16.

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Essentially, humans are servants to either of these two entities-sin or obedience.

Anyone who is not born again has only one perpetual master- *sin* . But a believer can have either of the two as masters depending on whom he choses to obey.

In John 8:34, Jesus said that  *Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.* This 'whosoever' means whosoever.  So anyone with 'hyper-grace' belief  who is committing sin is a servant of sin.

The power of death is sin and the power of righteousness is Obedience. As a new born in Christ, God quickened your spirit man from the dead so you can use your Will to obey Christ. 

From our text, it's clear  that man can either be a servant of sin or of obedience. That is, whenever you are walking in disobedience to God, you are not only sinning, you are yielding yourself as slave to sin.

Being born again doesn't automatically means that your flesh and the devil will stop tempting you to sin, rather being born again gives you the power to stop sinning. You must know that having power to do something and actually using that power are two different things.

This is why Romans 6:14 says, For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

You have been given grace to say no to sin and yes to righteousness. Use this grace to deny all forms of ungodliness and yield yourself as servant unto righteousness. 

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world. (Titus 2:11-12).

Bible Reading:

Romans 6:1-23.

PRAYER FOCUS

1.) Father Lord, I receive the grace to always say no to sin and yes to righteousness at all times.

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