Thematic Bible: Bond, illustrative
Thematic Bible
Servants » Bond, illustrative » Of Christ
You open my ears to listen.
You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.
Instead He emptied Himself by assuming the form of a slave, taking on the likeness of men. And when He had come as a man in His external form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death-even to death on a cross.
Therefore, as He was coming into the world, He said:
You did not want sacrifice and offering,
but You prepared a body for Me.
but You prepared a body for Me.
Servants » Bond, illustrative » Of the wicked
Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of that one you obey—either of sin leading to death or of obedience leading to righteousness?
They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, since people are enslaved to whatever defeats them.
I am using a human analogy because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you offered the parts of yourselves as slaves to moral impurity, and to greater and greater lawlessness, so now offer them as slaves to righteousness, which results in sanctification.
Servants » Bond, illustrative » Of saints
for you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.