{"id":225477,"date":"2024-06-10T16:04:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T23:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/?p=225477"},"modified":"2024-06-10T15:52:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T22:52:52","slug":"ra11c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/ra11c","title":{"rendered":"RA11c"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Wages of Sin vs. The Gift of God: Which Will You Choose?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"\"><sup>20<\/sup>When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. <sup>21<\/sup>What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! <sup>22<\/sup>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. <sup>23<\/sup>For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.<\/p>\n<cite>Romans 6:20-23 (NIV)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In a sense, being a slave to sin does bring freedom; but only from \u201cthe control of righteousness\u201d (v 20). When someone says that they are rejecting Christianity because they want to be free, they are right only in the narrow sense that they\u2019re free from living in the way that will most satisfy and fulfill them; in every other way they are slaves. After all, Paul asks these Christians: \u201cWhat benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of?\u201d (v 21). The only answer that can be given is: \u201cThose things result in death!\u201d<br>How does sin bring death? Ultimately, sin brings condemnation and separation from God for eternity. But Paul is talking of a \u201cdeath\u201d that these Christians used to experience; a death that non-believers know now, as well as the one they will know in the future. He is referring to brokenness of life. Here\u2019s how that works: if you don\u2019t obey the law of God, you become a slave to selfishness, lust, bitterness, pride, materialism, worry, driven-ness, fear, etc. The specific enslaving sins depend on whatever particular \u201cbottom line\u201d you have offered yourself to instead of God. For example, if you are enslaved to approval, you will constantly experience self-pity, envy, hurt feelings, inadequacy. If you are enslaved to success, you will experience driven-ness, fatigue, worry and fear, and so on. Anything you worship besides God promises much, but delivers worse than nothing. It is slavery: a constant treadmill of seeking to grasp, or keep hold of, something which can never really deliver. The only benefit of idolatry is brokenness.<br>And so the results of slavery to God are a complete contrast. \u201cThe benefit [is] holiness, and the result is eternal life\u201d (v 22). Again, Paul gives us a present and a future focus. People who \u201coffer themselves\u201d to obedience grow in the fruit of the Spirit, and anyone who is awash in love, joy, self-control, kindness and so on, experiences liberty now, and can look forward to enjoying it eternally.<br>After all, sin is a master who always pays, on time and in full. The wages he pays \u201cis death\u201d (v 23). Sin pays out what we deserve for our work for him. On the other hand, slavery to God leads to \u201ceternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.\u201d Paul\u2019s meaning here is not that, just as sinful works bring death, righteous works merit life. No, sin gives what we deserve, but eternal life is only and always \u201cthe gift of God.\u201d Serving him does not win us salvation\u2014however good our service, we can only ever say: \u201cWe are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty\u201d (Luke 17:10). But those who know they have received the wonderful \u201cgift of God \u2026 eternal life\u201d (Romans 6:23) have a new Master, a Master who offers the fulfillment of working for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Consider the &#8220;bottom lines&#8221; or idols in your life that you may be worshipping besides God. How have these false masters promised much but delivered little? What steps can you take to dethrone these idols and put God first?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">[This long quote above were directly taken from Tim Keller&#8217;s book &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Romans-1-7-You-reading-feeding-ebook\/dp\/B00I5VAUQA\/\">Romans 1-7 for You<\/a>&#8220;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wages of Sin vs. The Gift of God: Which Will You Choose? 20When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. 21What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? 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