We belong to God, we are God’s and we are going to look at the various ways that God has the right to make such a claim.
Paul wrote, “15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! 16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were [a]delivered. 18 And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness [b]for holiness. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit [c]to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the [d]gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:15-23).
You are either a servant of sin, or a servant of righteousness, and here’s the thing–You make that choice. We all belong to God because He created us all (Gen. 1:1), we all live and breath and have our being (Acts 17:28) all because of God our Creator. Also, because God purchased us with the blood of His Son (Acts 20:28) and we died to sin, and have been set free from sin (Rom. 6:18), why would we want to go back? Lastly we belong to God by virtue of “occupation”, you are the temple of God, you are holy (1 Cor. 3:15-23). You were created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them (Eph. 2:10)…