DIVINE STEW

There is a popular notion that salvation, becoming a follower of Christ, is just adding Jesus to our life, like adding potatoes to a stew. This could be called “cheap grace” for it requires nothing in the way of transformation – the passion of God’s heart. Jesus came and died for us that we might have His life, not ours. We are not the chef, and we do not control the stew our life becomes. God’s word clearly states we are either slaves of sin or slaves of righteousness by our willful choice: One or the other, there is no third choice.  Hear the Apostle Paul speak: ^“Do you not know that if you continually surrender yourselves to anyone to do his will, you are the slave of him whom you obey, whether that be to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience which leads to righteousness (right doing and right standing with God)”? The continuous action of the Greek text indicates a lifestyle (not an occasional act) of obedience... obeying the commandments of Christ, which leads to righteousness... right standing with God, juxtaposed with a lifestyle of sin... disobedience to the commandments of Christ, which leads to death... separation from God. The three personal pronouns (i.e., anyone, his, him) indicate one’s real enslavement is to the power behind the lifestyle, not the lifestyle, the lifestyle is the product of our surrender to someone’s will. Someone is making the “stew” we call our life. The extent of our control over our life is found in the basic choice of who will be our chef, God or satan. Only in our submission can the Lordship of Christ come forth. Only in our death to Self can the Life of Christ come forth.  True freedom is found in divine slavery, the freedom to be the stew God desires.

(Rom. 6, AMP)

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