Galatians 4:3 – 7 “So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world. But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.”
I have terrible news for you! All of us were born into slavery and there wasn’t a thing we could do about it! You see, all of us were born with a sinful nature. No matter how much we might try to boost ourselves up, we would always sin!
“Oh,”but you say, “I don’t sin. I always speak the truth. I am always loving. I am always kind. I am always patient. I am always honest.” Hmm. And what happens if you are driving and someone ahead of you is driving very slowly and occupying the road so that you cannot possibly pass them? What happens if you are at work and a lazy co – worker dumps his or her work on you for the tenth time this week? What happens if your spouse has one annoying habit and he or she repeats that same action over and over? What happens if a friend shows you a new possession and asks for your opinion? Nope! The Apostle Paul was right.
Romans 7:18 – 20 says, “I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do. And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.”
Each and every one of us is a slave to sin. During the time of Paul, there was one way that a slave could become free. If someone paid the price for that slave, then the slave could be freed. And if a wealthy man was willing to not only pay the price to redeem the slave but also would go through the adoption process, then that slave would be regarded as a child of the rich man, with all the rights and privileges that a natural – born son or daughter would receive.
Here is the good news, the best news we can possibly have. Even though we are all sinners, God has made a way through His Son Jesus Christ for us to be redeemed from our slavery to sin and to become children of God. How can this happen?
Nothing we can ever do is good enough for us to earn our way into heaven. But Jesus laid down his life as a blood sacrifice so that those of us who would accept that sacrifice and confess our sins and believe in Jesus would have eternal life.
In the last few months, businesses have failed. People have seen those things in which they have trusted crumble into nothingness. But God gives us everlasting promises that are faithful and true. So the choice is up to us: do we continue as slaves to sin, or do we acknowledge that we are sinners and ask for Jesus to help us? Do we accept Jesus’ sacrifice and turn away from worshiping ourselves?
PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner and that nothing I have done, am doing, or will do, is enough for me to earn my way into heaven. Please forgive my sins. Thank you for loving me and for dying for me. I accept your sacrifice for my sins. Please cleanse me and help me to follow you all the days of my life. Amen.
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