1co 06v19 Ye Are Not Your Own
"YE ARE NOT YOUR
OWN"
I Corinthians 6:19
Believer, since God chose you,
redeemed you, and saved you, you belong to him. By your own profession
of faith, you have willingly, voluntarily given yourself up to the claims of Christ.
You belong to him.
BECAUSE YOU BELONG TO
CHRIST, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR AND EVERYTHING TO GIVE YOU COMFORT. You
are a child of God, an heir of God, and a joint-heir with Jesus Christ (I John
3:1; Rom. 8:17). You are not your own
PROVIDER. It is a father's responsibility to provide for his children;
and your heavenly Father does provide for his own (Matt. 6:31-34). You are not your own GUIDE. It is the
responsibility of the shepherd to guide his sheep; and the Lord who is your
Shepherd guides his sheep through this world (Psa. 23:1-6; 37: 23-24). You are
not your own PROTECTOR. It is the King's responsibility to protect his
people, the husband's responsibility to protect his wife; and Christ who is
your Husband and King protects his own with sovereign power (Isa. 43:1-5).
BECAUSE YOU HAVE WILLINGLY
GIVEN YOURSELF TO CHRIST AS A VOLUNTARY BONDSLAVE, YOU ARE TO BE COMPLETELY
UNDER HIS DOMINION (Luke 14:25-33).
Being the bondslave of Christ, you must not follow your own will, serve your
own interests, or lend your service to another. A bondslave has no property, no
rights, and no time of his own. He should have no will
of his own. He has voluntarily resigned himself and all that he has to his
Master. "Ye are not your own."
BECAUSE YOU BELONG TO GOD,
YOU HAVE NO LEGITIMATE CONCERN IN THIS WORLD BUT TO GLORIFY HIM. Your
heart's only desire should be, "Father, glorify thy name" (John 12:28). You have no right to serve any cause
in this world, except the glory of God your Savior. Everything you are,
everything you own, everything you control, every
relationship of your life must be made subservient to the glory of God. Our
flesh rebels against this complete subjection to God. We can never give the
kind of allegiance to God that we desire in this world. But this is what we
must strive after - commitment, complete consecration of our beings to the
glory of our God.