Bible Questions Answered:
“Are we slaves of Christ?...”
Arnold/ Bay Minette, Alabama U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Bondservent:
A person bound to service without
wages.
Dictionary.Com
A slave was someone who blindly did the
bidding of his master, whether the work was cruel or not.
He was owned, and had no will of his
own.
Such is definitely “not,” the case
of our Lord's bondservants.
John 15:15 KJV
Henceforth I call you not servants;
for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called
you friends; for all things that I have heard of My Father I have
made known unto you.
Servants Of The Lord:
Old Testament Servants:
Genesis 26:24 KJV (Abraham)
And The Lord appeared unto him
(Isaac) the same night, and said, I am The God of Abraham thy father:
fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy
seed for
My servant Abraham's sake.
Joshua 24:29 KJV (Joshua)
And it came to pass after these
things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of The Lord,
died, being an hundred and ten years old.
II Samuel 7:5 KJV (David)
Go and tell My servant David,
Thus saith The Lord, Shalt thou build Me an house for Me to dwell in?
Isaiah 20:3 KJV (Isaiah)
And The Lord said, Like as My
servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a
sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
New Textament Servants:
Romans 1:1 KJV
(Paul)
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ,
called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God
Philippians 1:1 NLT (Paul and
Timothy)
This letter is from Paul and
Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus. I am writing to all of God’s
holy people in Philippi who belong to Christ Jesus, including the
church leaders and deacons.
James 1:1 KJV (James)
James, a servant of God and of
The Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered
abroad, greeting.
II Peter 1:1 KJV (Peter)
Simon Peter, a servant and an
apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious
faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus
Christ:
Jude 1:1 KJV (Jude)
Jude, the servant of Jesus
Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God
The Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
Bible
Bondservant:
Exodus 21:5,6
NLT
5 "...the
slave may declare, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I
don’t want to go free.’
6 If he does
this, his master must present him before God. Then his master must
take him to the door or doorpost and publicly pierce his ear with an
awl. After that, the slave will serve his master for life.
The Biblical bondservant, serves his Master out of love.
Matthew 16:24
KJV
Then said Jesus
unto His disciples, If any man will come after Me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
Mark 9:35 NLT
He sat down,
called the twelve disciples over to Him, and said, “Whoever wants
to be first must take last place and be the servant of everyone
else.”
I Corinthians
7:22 NLT
And remember,
if you were a slave when The Lord called you, you are now free in The
Lord. And if you were free when The Lord called you, you are now a
slave of Christ.
Ephesians 6:6-8
NLT
6...As slaves
of Christ, do the will of God with all your heart.
7 Work with
enthusiasm, as though you were working for The Lord rather than for
people.
8 Remember that
The Lord will reward each one of us for the good we do, whether we
are slaves or free.
Our Lord was called a servant.
Isaiah 53:11 KJV
He shall see of the travail of His
soul, and shall be satisfied: by His knowledge shall
My Righteous Servant justify
many; for He shall bear their iniquities.
John 13:15 KJV
For I have
given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Our Lord has called us to be faithful servants.
Matthew 24:44-51
KJV
44 Therefore be
ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not The Son Of man
cometh.
45 Who then is
a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his
household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is
that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say
unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if
that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his
coming;
49 And shall
begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the
drunken;
50 The lord of
that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in
an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall
cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites:
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Prayer:
I John 5:11-13
KJV
11 And this is the record, that God
hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
12 He that hath The Son hath Life;
and he that hath not The Son Of God hath not Life.
13 These things have I written unto
you that believe on the name of The Son Of God; that ye may know that
ye have eternal Life, and that ye may believe on the name of The Son
Of God.
