Be Ye Holy Series 3:- OWNED BY GOD BUT OPERATED BY WHO?

Rom. 6:16  Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? 

Still building on the illustration of the computer(I set forth in the previous write up), I would like you to consider that a computer can be owned by one individual and be operated by another.

Please note that the book of Romans was written by Paul to believers in Rome. He wrote in Rom 1:7 
 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Though Paul wrote to believers, he tells them that, who they yield themselves to, will determine whose servants they become. In Galatians, he wrote to the believers of being bewitched. That means they have been influenced to live in a certain way by a spirit other than the Holy Spirit. Owned by one yet operated by another.

In some churches today, it is easy to find men who will still lend themselves to be used by the devil. 

We all, as believers, must realize that we are bought with a price. Someone died, so we can live. 

Its like in all those old movies, where a man is saved from certain death and then he pledges his life to the one who saved him. He lives the rest of his life to serve the purposes of the one that saved him effectively becoming his bond slave. He is bond not by force but is obliged or honor bond to the one who saved him from certain death. That is why Paul spoke of being a bond servant of Christ Jesus.

However, the christian faith demands more from us. Having been saved from certain death, we are not only obliged to follow Christ but to declare his generation.  To declare his generation means to live out the life he would have lived if he were still on the earth or to be a continuation of his legacy upon the face of the earth.

Holiness should instill in us the continued awareness that we have been bought with a price and that we are to continue his legacy. It becomes a question of it is not I that lives but Christ. As we invite him into our hearts, we by our continued obedience to his will surrender to Him as His servants. This remains the only reasonable response any believer can give when we consider the price paid.

Jesus has paid the price and if you have accepted His sacrifice then He owns you but in your daily living do you show this? Who operates you? Who determines what you do?

Are you owned by Christ and run by another?