FROM SLAVATION TO SALVATION (Going From Master to Master)

 Greetings Oh Ye Slaves or Saved people.  Have ya been SET FREE?  Have you gone from SLAVEation... to SALvation? 

SALVATION: sōtēria (so-tay-ree'-ah)= rescue or safety (physically or morally): - deliver, health, salvation, save, saving. (Romans 1:16)


BONDAGE/SLAVE:  douleuo (dool-yoo'-o)=From G1401 ; to be a slave to (literally or figuratively, involuntarily or voluntarily): - be in bondage, (do) serve (-ice).  G1401:
; to be a slave to (literally or figuratively, involuntarily or voluntarily): - be in bondage, (do) serve (-ice).  G1401: doulos (doo'-los)= a slave (literally or figuratively, involuntarily or voluntarily; frequently therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency): - bond (-man), servant. (John 8:33)

 The old saying was that..."Jesus SAVES...Moses INVESTS."  If you asked someone..."Are you SAVED? the answer would be..."SAVED from what...I didn't realize I was lost."  Some will say speaking of their"SALVATION EXPERIENCE..."I found Jesus." Of course the next statement would be..."He was never lost." 

This thing called SIN...plunged us into this thing called SLAVERY.  Adam and Eve introduced this bondage called SIN...through acts of DISOBEDIENCE.

"Wherefore as by one man's SIN entered into the world...and DEATH by SIN...so DEATH passed to ALL men...for ALL have SINNED." (Romans 5:12)

Being in SLAVATION...means being under the thumb of the MASTER.  Jesus spoke to a group of NEW BELIEVERS..."As He (Jesus) spoke these things, many came to BELIEVE in Him.  Jesus therefore was saying to those Jews who HAD BELIEVED IN HIM...If you abide in My word, then you are truly DISCIPLES OF MINE...and you shall KNOW THE TRUTH...and the TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE (SALVATION) ." (John 30-32)

The NEW BELIEVERS...took offense at Jesus' characterization of them as SLAVES.  They responded, "They answered Him, We are Abraham's offspring (religious heritage)...and have NEVER yet been ENSLAVED (SLAVATION)...how is it that You say, You shall BECOME FREE (SALVATION)?." (John 8:33)

Jesus then defines how they were SLAVES even with their religious heritage.  "Jesus answered them...Truly, truly, I say to you...every one who COMMITS SIN ...is the SLAVE OF SIN (aka SLAVATION)." (John 8:34)

Jesus then underscores the need for the Son in their need for freedom.  "And the SLAVE (one in SLAVATION) does not remain in the house forever...the son does remain forever...IF therefore the SON (Jesus) shall  make you free (from slavery)...YOU SHALL BE FREE INDEED. (SALVATION)" (John 8:36)

The Apostle Paul speaks of this thing that MASTERS us..."All things are lawful for me...but not all things are profitable.  All things are lawful for me...BUT...I WILL NOT BE MASTERED...BY ANYTHING." (I Corinthians 6:12)  He then defines what this TASKMASTER is in the Book of Romans..."For SIN shall not BE MASTER OVER YOU...for you are not under law...but under grace."  (Romans 6:14)

We are taken from...TRANSITIONED from a place of darkness (SLAVATION) to a place of light (SALVATION).  "For He delivered us from the DOMAIN OF DARKNESS (SLAVATION) and TRANSFERED (transitioned) us to the KINGDOM OF HIS BELOVED SON (SALVATION)...in whom we have REDEMPTION...the FORGIVENESS...of...SINS."" (Colossians 1:13-14)

In Romans...we see again that this thing SIN is a reality..."As it is written...there is NONE righteous... no not one." (Romans 3:10)  "For all have SINNED and fallen short of glory." (Romans 3:23)  "The wages of SIN is DEATH...but the FREE GIFT OF GOD is eternal life." (Romans 6:23)  That seems pretty cut and dried...SIN IS OUR MASTER.

But also in Romans...we see, "For in it (the gospel...the D.B.R.) the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith..as it is written...But the RIGHTEOUS shall LIVE BY FAITH." (Romans 1:17; Habakkuk 2:4; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38)

Between the point of none righteous (SINNERS) to the righteous walking by faith (Saints)...that has to be a TRANSITION.  The arrow is drawn...the arrowed is aimed...and the arrow is released...and sails through the air and is imbedded in WOOD...the WOOD OF THE CROSS...aka...the TRANSITION POINT.

"I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME...and the life which I NOW LIVE...I live by faith in the Son of God...Who loved me and delivered Himself up for me." (Galatians 2:20)

"If then you have been RAISED UP WITH CHRIST...keep seeking those things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.  Set your minds on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For YOU HAVE DIED...and your life is HIDDEN WITH CHRIST IN GOD." (Colossians 3:1-3)

"For Christ also DIED FOR SINS once for all, the just for the unjust, IN ORDER that He might BRING US TO GOD , having been put to death in the flesh, but MADE ALIVE IN THE SPIRIT." (I Peter 3:18)

What takes us from the OLD CREATION (SLAVATION) to being a NEW CREATION (SALVATION)?  That is found in II Corinthians 5.

"For the love of Christ CONTROLS (is master) us, having concluded this, that ONE DIED (Jesus) for ALL (those in SLAVATION), therefore ALL died, and He died for all, that they who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf." (II Corinthians 5:14-15)

Therefore if ANY MAN (man; wo-man; hu-man) is IN CHRIST...they are NEW CREATIONS...the OLD THINGS passed away...behold NEW THINGS have come." (II Corinthians 5:17)

So...when, where, why and how  does this TRANSITION take place.  "HE (the Father) made HIM (Jesus) who knew NO SIN...to BE SIN on our behalf...that we MIGHT BECOME (transition) the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM."  (II Corinthians 5:21)

FINAL THOUGHTS...FINALLY

Our final picture was the album cover from Bob Dylan's second gospel album called SAVED.  For me...the song is a powerful statement of going from being in SLAVATION and released into SALVATION...as we become bond-servants (willing servants) of the Lord.

Take a look at Dylan bringing it with a chorus of TAMBORINE SHAKERS


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIUNftAi_z4

Here art the words to song SAVED...enjoy

"Saved"
Bob Dylan

I was blinded by the devil
Born already ruined
Stone-cold dead
As I stepped out of the womb
By His grace I have been touched
By His word I have been healed
By His hand I have been delivered
By His spirit I Have been sealed.

I've been saved
By the blood of the lamb
Saved
By the blood of the lamb
Saved
Saved
And I'm so glad
Yes, I'm so glad
I'm so glad
So glad
I want to thank you, Lord
I just want to thank You Lord
Thank You Lord.

By his truth I can be upright
By his strength I do endure
By His power I've been lifted
In His love I am secure
He bought me with a price
Freed me from the pit
Full of emptiness and wrath
And the fire that burns in it.

I've been saved
By the blood of the lamb
Saved
By the blood of the lamb
Saved
Saved
And I'm so glad
Yes, I'm so glad
I'm so glad
So glad
I want to thank you, Lord
I just want to thank You Lord
Thank You, Lord.
Nobody to rescue me
Nobody would dare
I was going down for the last time
But by His Mercy I've been spared
Not by works
But by faith in Him who called
For so long I've been hindered
For so long I've been stalled.

I've been saved
By the blood of the lamb
Saved
By the blood of the lamb
Saved
Saved
And I'm so glad
Yes, I'm so glad
I'm so glad
So glad
I want to thank you, Lord
I just want to thank You Lord
Thank You, Lord.

Well if you made it this far...congratulations.

Love and Transitioned Kisses
Rodney "Free Indeed" Boyd