We are all Slaves
We are all slaves whether we like it or not. We do have a choice though, and that is that we get to choose who our master will be.
Romans 6:16 "Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness."
We are all born into this world to sin, a slave of sin with a cruel master who will torture and punish us. He inflicts pain and sorrow, injects us with greed and lust and anger, and fuels our lives with cruelty. He sets us out to serve sin, to promote and advertise sin, getting you caught up and ensnared in his web of deceit. He is the prince of the air, who has his own future already laid out as eternity in the punishment of hell. He has one objective and that is to have as many slaves as possible share in his misfortune in eternity.
We do have a choice laid out before us, and that is that we are able to change the Master that we serve. Slaves are bought and sold, and we are no different being slaves. 2000 Years ago, there was a huge slave auction, and a great master came and paid a price to the prince of the air. This price was a set price, and holds good until the end of time. The contract of sale for these slaves said something like this, "Whoever should choose to change masters, and should accept Me as their new Master, shall be set free from the dominion of the prince of the air. Signed Jesus".
Jesus paid the price for you 2000 years ago, that you do not need to serve sin anymore. He has a contract and if you should choose to serve Him, then according to the contract that is signed and sealed already, you are set free from serving sin, and you can start to serve righteousness. Serving righteousness and the Master of righteousness, the Lord Jesus, allows you total freedom. My Master, Jesus, is not a cruel Master, but is kind and loving. He gives me peace, and shows His loving kindness. He is always there to listen to me and encourage me. He lifts me up when I fall, and is quick to forgive me when I go against His ways. He is slow to anger, and fast to love.
If you have not yet changed your master, then I want to invite you today to make a choice according to that contract that was signed and sealed over 2000 years ago. All you need to do, is say that I am no longer prepared to serve the cruel master, but I now choose to serve the best Master, the one who is above all other Masters, and the kind and loving Master. Sign this agrement to change masters by clicking here.
Continue to serve the Master of righteousness, for with Him there is great peace and reward.
Bonded in the love of Jesus.
Colossians 3:14 "But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection."
Colossians 3:24 "Knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ".
The bond of perfection is love. Perfection is Christ Jesus and in order to be complete we should have a bond of love with Him. A bond can be defined in this context as being a uniting force to tie together. When we decide to fill ourselves with love, we have a uniting force with Jesus and become tied together with Jesus.
How great is the love of Jesus for us and therefore just how powerful is the bond that forms between Jesus and us? This is answered for us in Ephesians 3:17-20
"That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the width and length and depth and height - to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all fullness of God.
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us."
The love of Jesus passes all knowledge. Just think how much knowledge is actually available in the world today. Have a look at the amount of knowledge available on the internet which has over 250 000 new web pages added to it daily. This is all just a pin prick compared to the size of the love that Jesus has for us and with which we are bonded to Him.
Think of Mount Everest, the highest place on earth, or the bottom of the deepest ocean. We can only wonder what lies down at the bottom of the deepest ocean as no one has ever been able to go there, but yet the heights of Mt Everest and the depths of the deepest ocean are minute in comparison with the bond that we have with Christ Jesus through His love for us.
Jesus is love and wants to become bonded with you in that love which is greater than anything that you could ever imagine. There is nothing that is bad enough or big enough or powerful enough to be able to prevent you from being bonded with Jesus through His Love. Nothing you have ever done before is stronger than His love for you. Nothing that you have ever even thought of is greater than His love for you. Jesus loves you and is waiting for you to become bonded to Him through his love. Become bonded to Him today in love .