Bought At A Price, Not Slaves Of Men

1 Corinthians 7:23 - You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men.


1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

1 Peter 1:17-19 - And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

Application:

· Do I realize that my ultimate allegiance is not to men but to Christ?
· Do I honor God with my body?
· Have I been redeemed from the curse of the law and from wickedness?
· Christ is the Passover lamb, who has taken away my sin.

All Scripture verses taken from ESV

Skimping The Measure, Boosting The Price and Dishonesty

Amos 8:1-6 - This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: a basket of ripe fruit. “What do you see, Amos?” he asked. “A basket of ripe fruit,” I answered. Then the LORD said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer. “In that day,” declares the Sovereign LORD, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing. Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!” Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land, saying, “When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?”—skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales, buying the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the sweepings with the wheat.

Psalm 14:4 - Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on the LORD.

Amos 2:7 - They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the ground and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use the same girl and so profane my holy name.

Ezekiel 45:10 - You are to use accurate scales, an accurate ephah and an accurate bath.

Leviticus 19:35 - “‘Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.

Application:

· Do I rely on the Lord?
· Do I care for the poor and oppressed? Do I protect them from injustice? Do I defend them?
· Do I handle my finances unjustly?
· Am I dishonest?

All Scripture verses taken from NIV