Skip to main content

IBS 23 - Romans 6:16

Romans 6:16
“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 obedience, which leads to righteousness?”


Everyone is a slave to something, and most of those things are sin. It’s so easy to become slaves to things too, and we don’t even realize it when we do become a slave to it. It can be anything; electronics, alcohol, drugs, anything and everything. We put those things above God, idolizing them, which is more sin. We become addicted to those things and they become priority in our life, making it difficult to live without them. We get so caught up in them and love living like that for a while that we don’t even realize we’ve been captured. We start to obey our need for them; oblivious to the fact that we’re in chains. And when we finally realize that we're gone, we don’t know how to get out. We’re stuck, and death is on it’s way. 
But what if instead of being slaves to sin, we were slaves to obedience? That’s a weird way to put it, being a slave to obeying, but following the word of God. Doing as He says, that’s obeying. Obeying Him leads to righteousness. He loves it when we do as He says without arguing. Our parents get annoyed with us always asking why, wanting us to obey the first time and trust them, and although God probably doesn’t get annoyed, He probably just wants us to understand that He’s got us. That we don’t have to ask why, we can trust Him and obey. The first time He asks us to do something, do it. Obey then and there. And righteousness is on it’s way. 


Application: I’ll have Gabbi draw chains on my right arm as a reminder to be a slave to obedience, to good, instead of sin. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

IBS 41 - Philippians 3:8

Philippians 3:8 “What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ.” Losing all things to gain Christ, considering them garbage. That’s intense. That’s hard to do. It takes a lot of faith and trust to get to that point. It’s one step at a time. Growing up, I’d here this verse. “You have to get rid of everything to have Christ.” That scared me, I didn’t want to get rid of my baby dolls and nail polish. As I got older, I learned the deeper truth to this verse. It’s not just giving up items, it’s giving up bad habits, your wants, your rights. It’s giving it all to God to know Him better.  When God told me to do Potter’s Field, I said no. I didn’t want to give anything up. I wanted to keep control, doing what I wanted to do, following my own dreams, holding on to earthly possessions. As God worked on my heart, it got harder to say no....
Post a Comment
Read more

IBS 10 - Ephesians 5:15-17

Ephesians 5:15-17 “Be very careful , then, how you live - not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.  I always sit there thinking, “If I can just make it through (whatever it is that’s going on), then I’ll be okay. I just have to get to that point, where I want to be, and I’ll be okay.” If I was in church, it’d be to make it till the sermon is over; at school it’d be till lunch, then till school’s over. I’ve always been waiting, saying just make it to the next point. “Just wait till I graduate. Till I leave for Potter’s Field. Till the Field. Till Re-entry. Till I go home. I’ve never sat there actually being present. As Tessia’s last Inductive Bible Study says, she’s been asleep. Well, me too. I’ve been living my life like a zombie, I’ve been dead. Waiting for the next thing to come along. Not ever paying attention. Dead asleep.  I’m tired of ...
Post a Comment
Read more

IBS 17- Luke 3:14

Luke 3:14 “Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.” It’s so hard to not desire money and want more then what you have. This world has always had a problem with money. Fighting for it, stealing it, living miserable lives to gain as much as possible. So many people live their whole lives to just get paid a little bit more, just to reach the next level without actually living. Money is such a controlling object and learning to not let it control you is a difficult task.  I’ve always compared how much I’d get paid to how much my friends would get paid. I worked so much to make so much, living only for the dollar sign. I’ve always hated spending money, but I’ve always tried to make as much as I could. I was never content with my pay. I always wanted more, thinking if I could make money I wouldn’t have to rely on God. Then I had to raise support, and that was something I...
Post a Comment
Read more