The line between slave and son:
In Christianity there is a fine line for everything. And very few times situations are just black and white, there are always grey areas in the sense that God has an individual journey with each person (on this I will elaborate in a later post).
The question now however is are yo a son or a slave. Now we know that a son is the coheir, as well as the image of the Father. We know that the son has all the privileges and can enjoy the Fathers love and blessings. We know that the son don't have to earn anything but that all is given to him in love and grace.
The slave on the other hand, needs to earn his keep. His work is the only reason he is in the house. He doe not have the image of the Father and neither can he be reckoned as a coheir to any promise.
So if I am to ask what we as Christian are, most of us would shout 'son'. But what if, being a Christian requires both? Yes we are the sons and daughters of God and yes we don't earn anything and yes grace is what we live on and we are coheirs. Yet there remains an element of service. The ten commandments handed to Moses stipulated that every person should honor their father. Now later on w know that Jesus came to sum the law up by being an example of love. So honoring your parents is an act of love. It goes on to say that in everything Jesus did, He served.
From healing the sick, washing the disciples feet, teaching to the crowds, feeding them up to dying on a cross for our sake. Jesus served all the way. He served like a slave, expecting nothing but doing it because it is His sole purpose.
This is the balance we should have. Being both son and servant of the Most High. Realizing that as a Child, we have no other purpose in this world but to serve Him.
