Prayer – Lord, I choose You.
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. Romans
6:16 (Underlined for emphasis.)
Meditate. Read God’s word and listen to what He is saying.
Live a pure life. Water lily at Bateman Island in the Columbia River. |
Now you are free
from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living.
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. When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the obligation to do
right. And what was the result? You are now ashamed of the things you used to
do, things that end in eternal doom. 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. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of
God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:18-23
This is a time of gift giving and receiving. God is
offering a free gift—to give to those who are striving to live righteously. Those
who have made the choice to follow Him. That’s how to live righteously…choose.
Verse of Salvation ~ One day an expert in religious law
stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: "Teacher, what should
I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus replied, "What does the law of
Moses say? How do you read it?" The man answered, "'You must love the
LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all
your mind.' And, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" "Right!"
Jesus told him. "Do this and you will live!" Luke 10:25-28
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