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CORINTHIANS 5: 15.... And that he died for
all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto
him which died for them, and rose again.
The question is do you believe Christ died for
you and for all? Then if you believe, are you serving God or serving
yourselves? Christianity, or born again is not about us, but all about Christ,
He loved us first and died for us, so we love him back by living for him. It means
that our life is not our own. We have been bought with the price of Christ's
death and therefore are called to serve not self but Christ (1 Cor 6:19-20).
Freedom is an illusion. We like to think along the lines of William Ernest
Henley: "I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul."
The fact of the matter is that ours is to serve, not to be served. We can
either be serving Christ-making Him Lord of our life or we are serving ourselves
and making Christ our servant instead of our Lord. The difference is between
treating Christ as a houseguest and serving him as the house owner. Five things
can be inferred or summarized from this verse.
