CHOOSE YOUR MASTER TODAY

Have you ever read Romans 6:147 Do you remember what it says? This is a verse which no born-again Christian can afford to forget; yet many read it so many times and forget it. It says ‘SIN SHALL NOT BE YOUR MASTER, FOR YOU ARE NOT GOVERNED BY LAW BUT BY GRACE’. Do you believe it? I do; from the day I believed it and took it seriously, my spiritual eyes were opened to see that it is a signboard to spiritual victory.

All of us want a victorious life; yet we live a Christian life of ups and downs, and many a time we are defeated by Satan, though we do not like it that way. Whenever I do rounds in the hospital wards, and see patients and look at the temperature charts, they remind me of such a defeated life. One day it is down. The graph goes up in the night and comes down during day. Most of us live a spiritual life like that and I believe, this is because we haven’t taken Rom 6:14 seriously – SIN SHALL NOT BE YOUR MASTER. Jesus
Said: ‘You cannot serve two masters”. If Christ is your master, Satan has no power over you. We have to learn this verse by heart, repeat it to ourselves when we face temptation and believe it whole-heartedly. Then we will start experiencing victory over sins which were so far conquering us.

“SIN SHALL NOT BE MY MASTER” – some time ago I had this astounding revelation in my life. I was saved long ago; had experienced the joy of salvation and was still leading a life of partial defeat. Then I thought that it would be so, all through, until I meet the Lord some day. But then this revelation came. I am not a slave to sin anymore because, my lLord, by his death on Calvary has crushed the head of Satan and made him powerless. He has put His Holy Spirit in my heart to empower me to have victory over every temptation that comes on my way. He hasn’t saved me to lead a defeated spiritual life in this world, but by the empowering Spirit of God, I can have victory over every dart of Satan. How I praise God for this provision and for the assurance through His word “SIN SHALL NOT BE YOUR MASTER” I Once I believed this astounding promise of God, and took hold of it, and claimed this promise, I Started seeing evidence of victory and spiritual growth in my life.

Our spiritual life can be compared to an examination. By our own efforts, good works and good life we get a ‘zero’, when God values the answer paper of our life. But when we put our trust in the blood of Christ and his atoning death, He gives us a grace mark, and makes it 35%. Sin is no more our master – The Lord Jesus Christ our new master, by the gift of His Holy Spirit, gives us a new heart, a hatred to sin, and gives us the potential to grow unto the stature of Christ Jesus himself (100%) A pilgrimage to perfection starts. He has not called us and saved us for a so-so life; but to give us abundant life – a victorious life to grow in grace and beauty more and more like him each day. I plead with you, if you haven’t done already so, to take this verse seriously and ask God to give you Victory from this day onwards. SIN SHALL NOT BE YOUR MASTER (any more)!

“For whosoever is born of God overcomes the world ever our faith”. I John 5:4

‘But thanks be to God, which give us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. I Cor.15:57

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