Slave, Servant, Or Saint?

Slave, Servant, or Saint

Rom 6:16-18

Adrian Rogers once said,

1. A slave serves because he has to.

Modern slavery's definitions have evolved, encompassing not only

ownership but also forced marriages, government imposed labor,

and human trafficking

Despite global efforts, modern slavery is widespread, with 167

countries harboring an estimated 46 million slaves, including

forced labor and sexual exploitation.

The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states, "Neither slavery

nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime

whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist

within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

Jn 8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,

Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

2 Pet 2:19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the

servants of corruption: for of whom a man is

overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

2. An employee serves because he needs to.

Rom 4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of

grace, but of debt.

Col 4:1a Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal;

Mal 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift

witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and

against false swearers, and against those that oppress the

hireling in his wages,

1 Tim 5:18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that

treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

1 Thess 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded

you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

Average salary in the U.S. Approximately $63,795 per year

A first grade teacher asked her students, "What do you do to help at home?"

One little girl said, "I dry the dishes." One of the boys said, "I sweep the

floor." Another one said, "I feed and water the dog."

Every student in the class had something to contribute except for one boy

sitting in the back. The teacher looked qt him asked, "What do you do to

help out at home?" He said, "I stay out of the way."

10 % do 90% of the work.

3. A child of God serves because he wants to.

I was a slave to sin, now I’m a servant to righteousness.

No man in this world attains to freedom from any slavery except by

entrance into some higher servitude. There is no such thing as an

entirely free man . Phillips Brooks

1 Sam 12:24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your

heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

Josh 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you

this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers

served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the

Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house,

we will serve the LORD.

1 Chron 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy

father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing

mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth

all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will

be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee

off for ever.

John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one

another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye

have love one to another.

John 15:17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.

Rom 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love;

in honour preferring one another;

Col 3: 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,

bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness,

longsuffering;

Phil 2: 1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort

of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and

mercies, 2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the

same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be

done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let

each esteem other better than themselves. 4 Look not every man

on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 5

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who,

being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal

with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon

him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

Malachi 3:18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous

and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him

that serveth him not.