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Jun 24 2020

Psalms of Devotion – Slaves to Righteousness

Passage of the week: 

“12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. 14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.

Slaves to Righteousness

15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! 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 to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. 18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. 19 I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. 21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Romans 6:12-23

Hi everyone,

The passage for this week speaks about the pursuit of righteousness.  As humans, we will always struggle with sin and we will never be able to fully achieve righteousness without God’s grace.  With that said, there is beauty that can be found in the pursuit and I believe God wishes for us to always strive for the goal of achieving righteousness.  While we are blessed as Christians to live a life full of God’s grace, this is not something that we should take for granted.  As we are saved by God’s eternal life and freed from the bondage of sin, our response is to now become agents for righteousness.  

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Written by Administrator · Categorized: Psalms of Devotion

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