This is the following from the late John MacArthur regarding slavery.
Understood correctly, the gospel is an invitation to slavery. When we call people to faith in Christ, we need to stress that fact in the same way Jesus did. On the one hand, the gospel is a proclamation of freedom to sin’s captives and liberty to people who are broken by the bondage of sin’s power over them. On the other hand, it is a summons to a whole different kind of slavery: “Having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness” (Romans 6:18). As the apostle Peter wrote, “Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God” (1 Peter 2:16).
Both sides of the equation are vital. There is a glorious freedom in being the slaves of Christ, because “if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36). On the other hand, being a true follower of Christ means the end of human autonomy. And that is as it should be, because self-determination turns out to be nothing more than an illusion anyway. The only kind of liberty it offers is “free[dom] in regard to righteousness” (Romans 6:20)—and that is the very essence of bondage to sin. Its inevitable end is death and destruction. If we want true liberty from sin and all its fruits, it’s not autonomy that we need, but a different kind of bondage: complete surrender to the lordship of Christ.
In other words, everyone serves some master. No one is truly independent and self-governing. We are all enslaved in one way or the other. In the words of the apostle Paul:
Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness? But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification. For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. (Romans 6:16-21)
No message can rightly be called the gospel if it glosses over or denies those truths. The gospel according to Jesus calls sinners to give up their independence, deny themselves, submit to an alien will, and abandon all rights in order to be owned by and controlled by the Lord. By confessing Jesus as Lord (Kurios), we automatically confess that we are His slaves (douloi).
What does this mean in practical terms? To borrow the words of Edwin Yamauchi,
It means that we have been captured, beaten, and enslaved. We discover, however, that our captor is a Despot of love and mercy. Neither is there anything slavish or servile about our slavehood, for we have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear but the spirit of adoption (Romans 8:15). Nor has our reduction to slavery been a debasement or an abasement. . . . We have been elevated to serve in a heavenly court and have been invested with a higher nature.
. . . [It also] reminds us of our ransom from another master at an incredible price. It was not with the fabulous sums of all the royal estates we were bought, nor was it for handsome features or some prized skill we were purchased. But rather unlovely, without any merit, rebellious at heart, we were redeemed with the precious blood of the Master Himself.
Having thus been bought by Christ we are entirely His.
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Recently I read a book entitled 'When Money Dies' by Adam Fergusson. Drawn from the archives of the British Foreign Office, this volume describes the social and moral catastrophe hyperinflation inflicted on Weimar Germany.
Due to heavy borrowing during the First World War, the punishing reparations the Allies imposed on Germany and the loss of global confidence, Germany was locked in a financial death spiral. The nation's currency, the mark, went into free fall. Mark gleich mark was instantly destroyed. The economic crisis decimated the middle class, and also annihilated what remaining scruples the Germans barely held.
The lesson here is that money usually works as an instrument of contractural trust. The minute a currency violently plummets in value, the very moral and social fabric of a nation comes undone.
As Fergusson writes: 'In hyperinflation, a kilo of potatoes was worth, to some, more than the family silver; a side of pork more than the grand piano. A prostitute in the family was better than an infant corpse; theft was preferable to starvation; warmth was finer than honour, clothing more essential than democracy, food more needed than freedom.' The collapse of money puts to death the moral certitude that delivers stability and order in a society. When financial catastrophe happens, then people look for a super authoritarian leader to restore the nation, at any cost to liberty and human rights.
@Mrs.Peachthriftyliving I wrote this text to a friend who is suffering from major family turmoil.
You know ---- I am in the same boat as you. Ever since Dad died on 31 March, my mom's insanity totally unleashed. No different from a loved one with a drug addiction. In the last two months I feel that I just lost my whole family. It hurts. It breaks my heart. I have nobody who can comfort me or help me. But you know what, God is my comforter yet He calls me to suffer as a slave of my master Jesus Christ.
Life on this earth is shit. No getting out of it. The crown of life is on the other side of Heaven. I have to be the adult here. Let me say this... Christianity is not for kids. It's not a game to play with. It's real hard suffering in the valley to be closer to Our Father and Master.
If YOU call yourself a CHRISTIAN, are you His SLAVE, or are you his 'servant'? If you call yourself a 'servant', well, Jesus never knew you and you will go into outer darkness, separate from God, the author of all that is good. (Luke 12:41-48)
Check your joke of your faith!
Christianity is for grown ass men and grown ass women, NOT FOR KIDS! IT'S NOT A DAMN CHILD'S GAME!!!
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This is the following from the late John MacArthur regarding slavery.
Understood correctly, the gospel is an invitation to slavery. When we call people to faith in Christ, we need to stress that fact in the same way Jesus did. On the one hand, the gospel is a proclamation of freedom to sin’s captives and liberty to people who are broken by the bondage of sin’s power over them. On the other hand, it is a summons to a whole different kind of slavery: “Having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness” (Romans 6:18). As the apostle Peter wrote, “Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God” (1 Peter 2:16).
Both sides of the equation are vital. There is a glorious freedom in being the slaves of Christ, because “if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36). On the other hand, being a true follower of Christ means the end of human autonomy. And that is as it should be, because self-determination turns out to be nothing more than an illusion anyway. The only kind of liberty it offers is “free[dom] in regard to righteousness” (Romans 6:20)—and that is the very essence of bondage to sin. Its inevitable end is death and destruction. If we want true liberty from sin and all its fruits, it’s not autonomy that we need, but a different kind of bondage: complete surrender to the lordship of Christ.
In other words, everyone serves some master. No one is truly independent and self-governing. We are all enslaved in one way or the other. In the words of the apostle Paul:
Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness? But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification. For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. (Romans 6:16-21)
No message can rightly be called the gospel if it glosses over or denies those truths. The gospel according to Jesus calls sinners to give up their independence, deny themselves, submit to an alien will, and abandon all rights in order to be owned by and controlled by the Lord. By confessing Jesus as Lord (Kurios), we automatically confess that we are His slaves (douloi).
What does this mean in practical terms? To borrow the words of Edwin Yamauchi,
It means that we have been captured, beaten, and enslaved. We discover, however, that our captor is a Despot of love and mercy. Neither is there anything slavish or servile about our slavehood, for we have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear but the spirit of adoption (Romans 8:15). Nor has our reduction to slavery been a debasement or an abasement. . . . We have been elevated to serve in a heavenly court and have been invested with a higher nature.
. . . [It also] reminds us of our ransom from another master at an incredible price. It was not with the fabulous sums of all the royal estates we were bought, nor was it for handsome features or some prized skill we were purchased. But rather unlovely, without any merit, rebellious at heart, we were redeemed with the precious blood of the Master Himself.
Having thus been bought by Christ we are entirely His.
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Recently I read a book entitled 'When Money Dies' by Adam Fergusson. Drawn from the archives of the British Foreign Office, this volume describes the social and moral catastrophe hyperinflation inflicted on Weimar Germany.
Due to heavy borrowing during the First World War, the punishing reparations the Allies imposed on Germany and the loss of global confidence, Germany was locked in a financial death spiral. The nation's currency, the mark, went into free fall. Mark gleich mark was instantly destroyed. The economic crisis decimated the middle class, and also annihilated what remaining scruples the Germans barely held.
The lesson here is that money usually works as an instrument of contractural trust. The minute a currency violently plummets in value, the very moral and social fabric of a nation comes undone.
As Fergusson writes: 'In hyperinflation, a kilo of potatoes was worth, to some, more than the family silver; a side of pork more than the grand piano. A prostitute in the family was better than an infant corpse; theft was preferable to starvation; warmth was finer than honour, clothing more essential than democracy, food more needed than freedom.' The collapse of money puts to death the moral certitude that delivers stability and order in a society. When financial catastrophe happens, then people look for a super authoritarian leader to restore the nation, at any cost to liberty and human rights.
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@Mrs.Peachthriftyliving I wrote this text to a friend who is suffering from major family turmoil.
You know ---- I am in the same boat as you. Ever since Dad died on 31 March, my mom's insanity totally unleashed. No different from a loved one with a drug addiction. In the last two months I feel that I just lost my whole family. It hurts. It breaks my heart. I have nobody who can comfort me or help me. But you know what, God is my comforter yet He calls me to suffer as a slave of my master Jesus Christ.
Life on this earth is shit. No getting out of it. The crown of life is on the other side of Heaven. I have to be the adult here. Let me say this... Christianity is not for kids. It's not a game to play with. It's real hard suffering in the valley to be closer to Our Father and Master.
If YOU call yourself a CHRISTIAN, are you His SLAVE, or are you his 'servant'? If you call yourself a 'servant', well, Jesus never knew you and you will go into outer darkness, separate from God, the author of all that is good. (Luke 12:41-48)
Check your joke of your faith!
Christianity is for grown ass men and grown ass women, NOT FOR KIDS! IT'S NOT A DAMN CHILD'S GAME!!!
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@KentuckyLifewithDebbie Remember your video on SLOW DOWN??!! This is a good companion banger!!
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@Mrs.Peachthriftyliving #cansandcando This is awesome you gotta try this! It's explosive.
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