Choose Wisely

Romans 6:17
Obedient from the heart. Further proof that it is an inside out change. And although this passage talks a lot about choosing and action, it is all based on heart change first. Anything else is behavior modification and trying to earn God's favor which, as we all know, ends in frustration and death, because that is sin. It is sin because it is trying to add things to salvation. We are all broken, and while we were broken, God sent Jesus for us. And the double imputation on the cross is what justifies us. Not anything I do. So let God change me from the inside out, and as He does, then let that my choose to do the things that stir my affections for Him.

Committed. Not halfway involved or sometimes following, committed. A new life that dominates who I am and what I am becoming. Giving myself over to the process of santification.


Romans 6:18
And I willing choose this why? Because I have been set free from sin. I am only now really starting to understand how great that is. Sure I know all the surface things that means, but have you ever thought about what life should and could look like without sin ruling? Herr is that already...not yet tension again, but I don't think we should skip the already. There is freedom now. I DO NOT HAVE TO SIN ANYMORE. That is now a possibility. And if that is a possibility, then it is worth engaging and fighting for.


Romans 6:19
In Rome, 1/3 people were slaves, 1/3 had been slaves, and other 1/3 probably had slaves or were about to become slaves. Important to remember that for these guys, slavery was not a class or econmoic distinction. Slavery was much closer to a form of indentured servanthood, hence the term in some translations of "bond-servant." The idea being you choose who to sell yourself to work for and be loyal to. Now times have changed, but this analogy still remains. Who am I selling my life to and for what (see v21-22). I want to become a slave to sanctification. Can you even imagine what that could look like? What could God do with me if I really started striving to give Him all my heart, soul, mind and strength? Now that's exciting!