The Daily Fountain Devotional Thursday, September 1, 2022
The Daily Fountain Devotional Thursday, September 1, 2022
Thursday, September 1, 2022
TOPIC: WHOSE SERVANT ARE YOU?
TEXT: Romans 6:15 – 23
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Daily Fountain Devotional Thursday, September 1, 2022
INTRODUCTION TEXT
In a Christian counselling session, I encountered a brother who had been held bound by pornography and lust - he looked helpless. 'Why do you do these things', I asked? 'Daddy, I am always helpless whenever this influence comes upon me', he said. This is the situation of so many people, and regrettably some of them in their helplessness, hide under 'grace' to continue in their evil ways.
Grace is a package. Inside it is God's forgiveness that brings a man to salvation, as well as the ability to live above sin and the world. St. Paul saw this grace as the instrument that brings men to the servitude of Christ who loves them to the point of dying for them on the cross.
The influence of true grace makes a man a servant of Christ, expressed in righteousness. Anything contrary to this, is not the grace of God in Christ and definitely leads to death. What are you a servant to? Is it sin or righteousness? What habits or addictions are you covering up under the guise of living in grace? Remember that children of God who are beneficiaries of the grace in Christ Jesus should have their fruit unto holiness, which ends in everlasting life with Him.
Prayer: Dear Lord, may I not take your grace for granted, Amen