“Jude, a bondservant
of Jesus Christ,” Jude 1
What a way to introduce yourself, a bondservant of Jesus
Christ! A bondservant was a slave. Who wants to be a slave? We all want our
freedom. Didn’t Christ set us free? Didn’t Jesus say that if we were set free,
we would be free indeed? So, what is this bondservant nonsense? Well, there is
a lot to it. Paul calls himself a slave, or bondservant of Jesus Christ in
Romans 1. Are both Scripture writers nuts, or are we missing something? Mostly,
we’re missing something.
We are more likely to attach ourselves to the Jesus sets us
free part without realizing He sets us free to become slaves. What? Jesus sets
us free from slavery to Satan and death by giving Himself for us that we in
turn become His bondservants. However, too many of us like to dwell only the
free part. Free now to live and do as we want. Uh-uh. We are free from death,
but we are alive in Christ to live as bondmen to Him. Jude gives us a good
introduction.
Dear Father, Help us to understand our right relationship to
Christ. Amen
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