Slaves?

15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! 16Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. 18You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.  Romans 6::15-18 
Slaves a word that gets kicked around so often today.  We in this country had a past history where a small percentage of our collective ancestors had slaves. Today we hear the term leave the plantation, the Democratic plantation.  We call those that believe the Democratic lies slaves to the Democratic plantation. At least that is what we hear from the other side, the conservative side. I don't mean to make this a political post. I just want to look at current happenings as I ponder this word. We are slaves to the person or group or ideology we obey.  I want to put out a positive message. We hear day after day after day a negative message. It is meant to tear us down, to discourage us. These verses above tell us we are all slaves to the one we obey. Many of us are slaves to the evil one and don't know it.  We can be slaves to the righteous one. the God who sent his Son to die on a cross for our sins. There is a sin problem in our world today. There was evil in the heart of the man that kneeled on George Floyd's neck until George died. That evil is caused by our sin nature. We are slaves to sin. But what I find so interesting is so many that are protesting the death of George Floyd are slaves to the same evil one.  The very same evil one that goes around spreading discord in our nation. We are slaves to the evil one when we go around our country and kill others in the name of George Floyd. We are slaves to the evil one when we destroy businesses and police vehicles and homes and lives. You are indeed slaves to the one you obey. But we can be freed from the evil one and be his slaves no longer. The Bible tells us we serve one or the other. We either serve God or mammon.
Why not say--as some slanderously claim that we say--"Let us do evil that good may result"? Their condemnation is just! Romans 3:8
24“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and [i]mammon.Matthew 6:24:8 (KJV)
Mammon: wealth regarded as an evil influence or false object of worship and devotion. 
So today we find so many doing evil that good may result. It does not happen that way.  If we go around doing evil, good is not going to happen as a result of it. We can destroy, riot, loot and protest in the name of George Floyd hoping to change our country and all we will accomplish is to destroy it. You do not accomplish good by doing evil. Your actions tell who you are serving. You cannot serve God and Righteousness by doing evil. You are a slave to sin and the evil one. But God sent his some Jesus to the cross to die for our sins that we could be freed from the bondage of the evil one. It requires a heart change. There was evil in the heart of the cop that killed George Floyd just as it is evil in the hearts of those that are killing in the aftermath of George Floyd. You will not fix this country by destroying it. It is a heart condition that only Jesus can fix when we allow him into our hearts and lives. This verse talks like we become slaves of righteousness doing the will of God. We serve one or the other. It sounds much better to serve God. But it requires a heart change. God bless, LVZ.