Property Of Jesus Christ
1 Corinthians 7:20-24
20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.
23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
How many know, this morning, that if you are a Christian, then you are not your own?
You were bought with a price and that price was a lot. You were purchased by the price that Christ paid at Calvary for your sins.
Gal 1:10 For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. (N.A.S.)
Paul was not seeking the favor of men, but he wanted the favor of God to abide in his life.
Paul was a bond-servant of Christ. When I say bond-servant, I mean that there was a connection between Paul and Jesus.
Paul was so connected to Jesus that there was no way that he could or even want to let go of Jesus in his life.
When we are a bond-servant to Christ, we will not worry about what the world has to say, we will be God pleasers.
1 Corinthians 7:1 says, “let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called”.
God has calling where each and every one of us are called. We have to be willing to listen to what the Spirit of God is saying to us and move forward.
When we get to where God is taking us to, abide in that calling because that calling is what God has planned for your life.
How do we know what the will of God is for my life?
Ro 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
We know the will of God by not being conformed to this world, but transformed by the renewing of your mind.
We are able to prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Ephesians 6:19-21
19 and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
21 But that you also may know about my circumstances, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make everything known to you.
Paul was an ambassador in chains, and he was going to speak boldly what God would reveal to him.
Paul, at times, really went through it in his life but he knew that God was in control of what ever he went through.
Romans 8:35-39
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Paul knew that tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword would not be able to separate him from the love of God.
Nothing was going to be able to move Paul from where he was in his walk.
If we are a bond-servant of Christ nothing that comes against you in this life will be able to separate you from your love for God.
Are you a bond-servant this morning? Are you the property of Jesus Christ today?
The reason why I preached this today:
7-30-02
I dreamed that some guy was chasing me. I knew that he had killed before. He must have been chasing me for a while.
Scene change
We were sitting in cars parked beside each other with guns, facing one another. We pulled the triggers at the same time with the intent to kill each other. The bullets went right through both of us. This left a place where light came out of me. I knew we were both thinking “what happens next?”. I was thinking that I am going to die and go to Hell. I was waiting for someone to come and get me. I can’t explain what happened next. Someone must have come and got me or put me to sleep.
Scene change
I was then at the house and I am talking to my Susan. I had a chain with something that was on me coming from where I had been shot. From where the light came from, was a chain. The chain was hooked from the inside of me. I knew that I could never get it off. I felt like I was branded. I looked and I saw a piece of wood hanging from the chain. It read “PROPERTY OF JESUS CHRIST”. There was a picture of a cross that was on this chain with a piece of wood.
Interpretation
Satan wants to kill and destroy our walk in the Lord.
The enemy is trying to chase us. He wants us to fear and to doubt our salvation.
We have to stay steadfast in our walks and not give in to the wiles of the enemy.
We have to submit our whole life to God and we need to resist the enemy in our lives.
Some of us need to kill sin that is trying to invade our space with God.
Satan has killed before and he will try to kill again, maybe we need to quit running and start fighting the enemy.
We were parked beside one another with guns facing one another.
We both pulled the triggers at the same time, “greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world”.
The bullets went through both of us; at times I will be wounded.
Romans 8:35-39
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
A light came out from where I had been shot.
I was wondering what was going to happen next, was I going to die and go to hell.
When we are wounded, we feel like we have failed God and we are not living right.
That’s what Satan wants you to think.
Paul was beat, stoned and left for dead, ship wrecked, and he was even in stocks and bonds.
Paul knew that tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword would not be able to separate him from the love of God.
Nothing was going to be able to move Paul from where he was in his walk.
I was then at the house and I was talking to Susan. I had a chain with something that was on me coming from where I had been shot. From where the light came from was a chain. The chain was hooked from the inside of me. I knew that I could never get it off. I felt like I was branded. I looked and I saw a piece of wood hanging from the chain. It read “PROPERTY OF JESUS CHRIST”. There was a picture of a cross that was on this chain with a piece of wood.
I am the Property of Jesus Christ, I am chained from the inside, I am hooked on Jesus.
It is all because of the Cross of Christ.
Who are you the property of today?
1 Corinthians 7:20-24
0 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.
23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
If we are bond servants of Christ, then we have a call for our lives.
You are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
Don’t give up in your day of trouble; you are not your own. You are “THE PROPERTY OF JESUS CHRIST”.
You are going to win the battle that you are going through because of who you belong to.
John 10:10-18
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Closing
I am the “PROPERTY OF JESUS CHRIST”, are you?
If you want to be a bond servant come up around the Altars.
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