"Live free as slaves of God," 1 Peter 2:16.
We are children of the Revolution and have cast off shackles of bondage to tyranny! So what means, Live as God's slave? This: to live under the Lord's rule. Under the command of the Son of Man. And what commands he here? To submit to every human institution: kings, governors. (Seriously!?) To do good. (Always!?) To respect all comers. (Everybody!?) To love the fellowship. (Even the flakes!?) To fear God. Goodness! Man-o-man! The Lord's rule hardly sits well with a free people accustomed to self-direction. (Or, at any rate, accustomed to its delusion.) Why yield to such slavery!?
Because the Master and Teacher knelt before us and slavishly washed our feet. When we had nailed his. Consequently, together with a brother or sister today, we freely, thankfully, serve the One whose very soul ransomed the rage against our rebellion.
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