07/15/2025 – “My Life’s Spiritual Honor and Duty” / “I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians…” (Romans 1:14) // personal comment attached
“Paul was overwhelmed with the sense of his indebtedness to Jesus Christ, and he spent his life to express it. The greatest inspiration in Paul’s life was his view of Jesus Christ as his spiritual creditor. Do I feel that same sense of indebtedness to Christ regarding every unsaved soul? As a saint, my life’s spiritual honor and duty is to fulfill my debt to Christ in relation to these lost souls. Every tiny bit of my life that has value I owe to the redemption of Jesus Christ. Am I doing anything to enable Him to bring His redemption into evident reality in the lives of others? I will only be able to do this as the Spirit of God works into me this sense of indebtedness.
I am not a superior person among other people – I am a bondservant of the Lord Jesus. Paul said, ‘… you are not your own … you were bought at a price …’ (1 Corinthians 6: 19-20). Paul sold himself to Jesus Christ and he said, in effect, ‘I am a debtor to everyone on the face of the earth because of the gospel of Jesus; I am free only that I may be an absolute bondservant of His.’ That is the characteristic of a Christian’s life once this level of spiritual honor and duty becomes real. Quit praying about yourself and spend your life for the sake of others as the bondservant of Jesus. That is the true meaning of being broken bread and poured-out wine in real life.”
Soli Deo Gloria!
Comment: We watched the move: “Paul – Apostle of Christ” for the 2nd time just two nights ago, the 1st time when it first came out quite a few years ago. It co-stars Jim Cavalier as Luke, my opinion: an actor extraordinary for our time. To the point: Some may criticize the accuracy of the film, given for example that Paul is shown incarcerated in a large dingy rat-hole Roman prison for two years. But to me the key point, Paul is very much characterized dead on with this devotional: a truly dedicated bondservant through a locked in Christ-like mindset to all souls in need. And of course, we just happened to finish the book of Acts yesterday in our last week in read through the Bible in a year. (Semikkah7 plan)
Always connected through prayer and by His grace!
Love,
Jimmy