I am a free man. I am in bondage to no one. I do what I want.
Really?
“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey…?” (Romans 6:16).
That certainly makes sense — I am servant to whomever I obey.
So, do I still say I’m a free man doing what I want?
Well, here’s the rest of that verse:
“…whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?”
Hmmm. That sounds like either I am servant of sin or a servant of obedience to Jesus.
If I serve sin, it is to death.
If I obey Jesus, it is to righteousness.
I here and now declare again that I yield myself as a servant to Jesus.