Thursday, January 14, 2010

Doulos

It’s easy to say we are followers of Christ and miss what that entails. Paul said he was a doulos. Unlike a normal household servant, a doulos was a slave (yeah it’s Greek). And a slave had no rights. They were like property. Or like a CD player. If it messed up you could just chuck it. Except they did not get chunked, they got killed.

And Paul addressed himself as a doulos (Romans 1).

For definition’s sake, a slave was completely consumed with the will of their master.

This was their purpose.

To Give

Work

Sweat

Serve

Bleed

and Die for their master.

Are you a doulos for Christ?

Be consumed with the will of the Master.


--Ben

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