This is episode 3 of our first series.  Last time we saw how “disciples” were learners, and that mature Followers of Jesus are called not only to learn but also to be the Slaves-of-God.  Slaves of God are actively doing the will of their master.  Today we are going to learn that everyone is a slave, the question is simply whose slave are you?

Born is the USA! I am free!! I am slave to no man!!!

Well, not exactly, actually the Bible says that we are all slaves to something.  There two kinds of people, those who are saved and follow Jesus and those who are not saved and do not follow Jesus.

1st Group As to unsaved people, Romans Chapter 1:18-32; Ephesians 4:17-19; and Romans 7:7-25.  Unsaved people are slaves to sin.  They cannot help themselves.

2nd Group As to believers in Christ, Romans 6:1-23 that once a saved person is free from the penalty of sin, he now has a choice; he can either become a Slave-of-God and do righteousness things, or he go back to being a slave to sin and continue to do sinful things. Paul commands Christians to present their bodies as slaves to righteousness that leads to sanctification.

Paul addresses the question of whether there is a 3rd option Chapter 6 of Romans.  See also Ephesians 4:20-32.  There is no 3rd option.  Because we are slaves, we will always be slaves to something, not free, and we will always drift back to being slaves to sin if we do not actively do righteous actions in order to be the slaves of God.