Slave

It looks so good.
Don't know if i should,
But something's coming over me
It's dark and heavy.
Temptation.

The chains don't touch me.

Maybe a bite, just a small taste.
What'll it hurt? What will it waste?
I bring it to my lips, doesn't taste bad...
In fact, it's one of the best things I've ever had.
Deception.

The chains move towards me.

I revel in my forbidden savoring
Enjoying every flavor before swallowing.
It reaches my stomach, but instead of satisfaction,
I am hungry for more.
Distraction.

The chains start to bind me.

The hunger consumes me
The lust is addicting.
I gulp everything down,
But my raging desire isn't bound.
Addiction.

The chains are wrapping around me.

Something is happening unexpectedly,
Suddenly, throughout my body,
Pain. Guilt. Remorse.
Sin has taken it's course.
Realization.

The chains have bound me.

My master keeps on trying to feed me,
All the good things that went bad, but they still please me!
‘Cause I get momentary relief from the pain of before
But it comes back worse when my high is over.
I need a Savior.

Chained, bound
Where is my freedom found?
Crying out for liberty,
Who’s going to save me?
Desperation.

In the midst of my darkness,
In the midst of my shame,
A voice calls out in love my name.
I raise my eyes and my filthy face…
A piece of rag cloth that used to be white lace.

A Man comes towards me, light around Him shines.
I want to run, fearing my sin will be tomorrow’s headlines.
But there is no where I can go.
I am lost and He knows.
Conviction.

I am a slave.
I am a slave to sin.
There’s a master and The Master
Who’s going to win?

Nearer He draws, louder He calls
I know I’ve done wrong! I know I’ve fall-en.
I cry out for help, I cry out in need,
Sick of these chains that are holding me.
Confession.

A warm smile, a loving touch
It’s like He doesn’t knows how much
I’ve done. But His light exposes.
My filth is in front of His face, He knows it.

Yet He loves me…He loves me?
He loves me! He loves me.
With hands stronger than any of my chains,
He breaks them off of my battered frame.
Redemption.

I run into His warm embrace,
I’m washed in love, mercy, and grace.
I beg Him to be my Master.
Promising that Him I’ll forever chase after.
Salvation.

I am a slave.
I am a slave for Him.

I am a slave.
So are you.
You're a slave no matter what you do.
A slave to sin, or a slave to righteousness.
Do you live in immorality or in uprightness?
Your behavior in the dark is the factor
That determines who is your master.
Are you bound in the chains of Sin,
Or free in the boundaries of Him?

Romans 6

Sin’s Power Is Broken

1 Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace? 2 Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it? 3 Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death? 4 For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.

5 Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was. 6 We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. 7 For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin. 8 And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him. 9 We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him. 10 When he died, he died once to break the power of sin. But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God. 11 So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus.

12 Do not let sin control the way you live;[a] do not give in to sinful desires. 13 Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God. 14 Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.

15 Well then, since God’s grace has set us free from the law, does that mean we can go on sinning? Of course not! 16 Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living. 17 Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching we have given you. 18 Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living.

19 Because of the weakness of your human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you understand all this. Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now you must give yourselves to be slaves to righteous living so that you will become holy.

20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the obligation to do right. 21 And what was the result? You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom. 22 But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.