Whose slave are you?

People don’t like the word slave and don’t want to be called someone’s slave. But in life, you will be someone’s slave. The question is, whose slave are you? Do you live after the flesh and do you belong to the darkness and are you a slave of the devil and do you listen and obey him? Or do you walk after the Spirit and do you belong to the Light and are you a slave of Jesus Christ and do you listen and obey Jesus Christ?

The allegory of Agar and Sarah

Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? ተብሎ ተጽፏልና።, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid (slave woman), the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the free woman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. ተብሎ ተጽፏልና።, Rejoice, thou barren that bears not; break forth and cry, thou that travails not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband. Now we, ወንድሞች, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. So then, ወንድሞች, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage (ገላትያ 4:21-5:1)

Paul gave this allegory of Agar, a bondmaid (slave woman), and her child Ishmael, who was born after the flesh, and of Sarah, a free woman, and her child Isaac, who was born by the promise of God.

This allegory represents አሮጌው ፍጥረት, who is born of the flesh (the old covenant), እና አዲሱ ፍጥረት, who is born of the promise, በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ, by the Holy Spirit (the new covenant).

Slave of the devil

Before you knew Jesus Christ and before He delivered you from the kingdom of darkness, you were a slave of the devil; a carnal child. You were a slave of your flesh; your body, አእምሮ, ስሜቶች, ስሜቶች, thoughts etc. The flesh ruled as king in your life and you were tossed to and fro by your feelings and emotions.

You were led by your flesh and fulfilled the lusts and desires of your flesh and your carnal mind. Your flesh was in control and you listened to – and obeyed your flesh. You were not free, but you were a slave of your flesh and lived in spiritual bondage of death

The two sons of God

Before the day of Pentecost, before the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, God had two sons on this earth; Adam and Jesus.

The first son Adam was perfectly created after the image of God (ኤሎሂም።; እግዚአብሔር, የሱስ, እና መንፈስ ቅዱስ). ቢሆንም, Adam believed the lie of the devil above the truth of His Father (the commandment of God). Adam did his will instead of doing the will of His Father. Therefore Adam became disobedient to God and sinned (እንዲሁም አንብብ: Are the commandments of God still valid?).

Adam did what God had forbidden Adam to do. በእሱ ምክንያት disobediencሠ, አዳም (and Eve) became a slave of the devil; slaves of darkness and slaves of the flesh.

በአንተና በሴቲቱ መካከል ጠላትነትን አደርጋለሁ, በዘርህና በዘሯ መካከል

Their spirit died and they were no longer free. They were carnal and bound by the flesh. ሁሉም ሰው, ከሰው ዘር የሚወለድ, would be born as a slave of the devil; a child of the devil; ኃጢአተኛ.

The second Son Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was born of the virgin Maria. የሱስ came in the flesh, but He was born of the Seed of the Spirit. He was the Son of the promise.

In Genesis 3:15, God promised that His Son would bruise the head of the devil. Jesus would take his authority and power and give it back to the new creation.

And that’s exactly what happened when Jesus died at the cross as a sacrifice for humanity. Jesus took all the iniquities and sins of the world upon Him. Jesus was made sin and therefore Jesus entered Hades legally (እንዲሁም አንብብ: የመስቀል ትክክለኛ ትርጉም ምንድን ነው??).

In Hades, Jesus took back the keys of death and hell and dethroned the devil, by taking his authority. Jesus rose from the dead and is now seated at the right hand of God (እንዲሁም አንብብ: ኢየሱስ በሲኦል ውስጥ ምን አደረገ?).

Everyone is born a sinner

Every person who is born on this earth is born of the seed of fallen man and is born as a sinner; a slave of sin. የተገለለ የለም።.

Every person is a sinner and remains a sinner until the person repents of his/her sins and turns to Jesus and becomes ዳግመኛ መወለድ.

Only when a person becomes born again, by the incorruptible Seed of the Spirit, (ኤስ)he will no longer be a sinner; a slave of sin; a child of the devil (እንዲሁም አንብብ: ሁልጊዜ ኃጢአተኛ ሆነህ ትኖራለህ??).

As soon as a person becomes born again, (ኤስ)he becomes a slave of Jesus Christ.

The person becomes a new creation; የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ; born of the promise of the Holy Spirit.

The sons of the flesh

Through the interference of Sarah, Ishmael was fathered after the flesh. Sarah wanted to help God a little bit and offered her bondmaid Agar to Abraham. But God didn’t need her help. Sarah’s deed had consequences for the offspring of Isaac. Because the offspring of the one, who was born after the flesh persecuted the offspring of the one, who was born after the promise.

The sons of Agar represent the sons of the devil; the sons of this world. These sons have the nature of the devil and the spirit of this world within them; the spirit of the antichrist.

They’re sinners; slaves of sin and therefore they live in the bondage of sin. They are controlled and led by the thoughts of their carnal mind and live after the will, ምኞት, ምኞቶች, ስሜቶች, and feelings of their flesh.

They do those things, which God dislikes and forbade His people to do in ሕጉ of the Old Covenant.

They’re just like Adam, who believed the lie of the devil, instead of the truth of God and became disobedient to God’s Word and His commandment.

ነፃ ናቸው ብለው ያስባሉ. ግን በእውነቱ, they are slaves of the devil; slaves of their flesh (አካል እና ነፍስ). They are controlled by the evil spirits of darkness, who cause them to sin. Because by sinning they give power to the devil.

The sons of the promise

The sons of Sarah, the free woman, are the sons of God; the sons of the Kingdom of Heaven. They are the sons of the promise; the new creation. They’re born again in Jesus Christ in the spirit, by the Seed of the Holy Spirit.

by one man's disobedience many were made sinners

Although they live in the flesh, they are born of the Seed of the Spirit, ልክ እንደ ኢየሱስ.

They have become sons of God and have access to the Kingdom of Heaven and to the throne of God.

They are no longer sinners and don’t live under the judgment of the law anymore. Because they have crucified their flesh (ፈቃዳቸው, ‘self’, ስሜቶች, ስሜቶች, ምኞት, ምኞቶች, ወዘተ.) and buried their flesh through በውኃ ውስጥ መጠመቅ.

Their spirit has become alive, because their spirit, who was dead, በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ኃይል ከሙታን ተነሣ.

They have been made holy and righteous by the blood of Jesus Christ and are free from the bondage of the darkness.

Controlled by the Holy Spirit

በእውነታው ምክንያት, that they’ve been made holy and righteous and that the Holy Spirit of God dwells inside of them, they will also live a holy and righteous life. Because the law of God, ፈቃዱን የሚወክል, is now written upon their heart, by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

They are controlled by the Holy Spirit and will be obedient to the Word of God and therefore they shall live according to the የእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ. They will do, those things, which pleases Him, so that He will be honored and exalted.

The persecution of the sons of God

But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now (ገላትያ 4:29)

And this still happens today. The children of this world, who live in sin and iniquity, persecute የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች, who stay obedient to God’s Word.

We see an increase of iniquities and sins, just like in the days of Noah. We see that the hate towards God, የሱስ, እና መንፈስ ቅዱስ, Who dwells in the sons of God, increases as well.

Followers of the world

As long as you accept and follow the world and talk, the way they talk, and act the way they act, and think the way they think, ወዘተ., and as long as you accept their opinions, ጥበብ, እና እውቀት (ማለትም. ሳይንስ, ትምህርት), ወዘተ. then you havenothing to worry about; everything will be fine. As long as you bow before the spirits of this world and be a partaker of their works, you will not be persecuted, but you will be ተቀብሏል by the world.

Followers of Jesus Christ

But as soon as you come with the Word of God and show some kind of resistance and give them an undesired answer or don’t accept their works; their sins and iniquities (the abominations of God). When you don’t walk, the way they walk, and think, እነሱ በሚያስቡበት መንገድ, and talk the way they talk, and stay obedient to the Word of God, then you will be persecuted.

If you take a stand in Jesus Christ; the Word and stay obedient to Him by keeping ትእዛዛቱ and doing His will and representing His Kingdom on this earth, then you will be persecuted by the people around you, who have the spirit of this world; the spirit of the antichrist (ሰይጣን).

That’s the price you have to pay if you want to ኢየሱስን ተከተሉ.

When you become a slave of Jesus, you will automatically become an enemy of this world.

የምንኖረው ዘመን ላይ ነው።, where too many believers are watering down the gospel of Jesus Christ. Instead of pleasing God and taking their position in Jesus Christ; ቃሉ, they please the world and please people, because they want to be liked, ተቀብሏል, and honored by people.

The ones, that do take a stand on the Word of God, and follow the Word, instead of the world are considered too strict, ሃይማኖታዊ, rigorous, old-fashioned, ወዘተ. While these people are the ones, who live in true freedom in Jesus Christ. They walk after the Spirit instead of the flesh and are no longer slaves of sin. They are no longer bound by the sins and iniquities of the flesh, but they live in the liberty of the Spirit.

Walking in the promise as a son of God

Walking in the promise as a son of God is walking byእምነት በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ; the Word. If you walk by faith, you will be ታዛዥ to the (whole) Word of God.ብቻ through the Word of God, you will get to know Him, and get to know የእሱ ፈቃድ.

I don’t mean by ‘being obedient to the Word’ to go back to the sacrificial laws, የምግብ ህጎች, keeping the feasts, ወዘተ. in order to be saved or stay saved. Because we are only saved byየእሱ ሥራ; the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and by His blood.

We live in the New Covenant through Jesus Christ. በእርሱ ውስጥ, we have become አዲስ ፍጥረት (born of the water and Spirit).

But the will of God; what pleases Him and what doesn’t pleases Him, አለው አይደለም changed, nor will it ever change. እግዚአብሔርነው። the same, ትናንት, ዛሬ, and forevermore.

ስለዚህ, it is important to get to know Him, እና የእርሱ ፈቃድ, through His Word, እና ወደ አእምሮዎን ያድሱ ከእግዚአብሔር ቃል ጋር, so that your mind will line up with Him.

If you really love God with all your heart, ነፍስ, አእምሮ, እና ጥንካሬ, you will be able to stay obedient to God and keep His commandments (እንዲሁም አንብብ: እግዚአብሔርን በፍጹም ልብህ ትወዳለህን??).

A free will

But you will always have a free will, even after you become ዳግመኛ መወለድ. መንፈስን ተከትለህ እስካልሄድክ ድረስ, you will not fulfill the lust and desires of the flesh and not sin and don’t experience condemnation.

But as soon, as you start walking after the flesh and listen to your flesh, instead of the Word and the Holy Spirit, and choose to do your own will, and be led by your carnal lusts, ምኞቶች, ሀሳቦች, ስሜቶች, ስሜቶች, ወዘተ., and walk in disobedience to the Word of God, በኃጢአት ውስጥ, then you shall become a slave of the devil again.

You shall be controlled by the powers of darkness and shall no longer be free. But you shall become oppressed by the devil and live under his yoke of bondage again.

Renew your mind with the Word of God

ለዚህም ነው በጣም አስፈላጊ የሆነው, when you become the new creation, to renew your mind with the Word of God. Only by the renewing of your mind with the Word of God, you get to know Jesus and His will, and through Him, you will get to know the Father and His will (እንዲሁም አንብብ: Why is it necessary to renew your mind?).

When you put the Word into practice, you will become doer of the Word and become like Him and walk like Him.

በቃሉና በመንፈስ ቅዱስ, Who is your Teacher in the Word, you shall discern good and evil.

When you stay in the Word; የሱስ, you shall reigen over the enemy; ሰይጣን, and his whole army. But as soon as you leave the Word and start walking after the flesh, and after the knowledge of your old carnal mind; the knowledge of this world, then the enemy will take you captive again and shall reign over you (እንዲሁም አንብብ: How to walk in the dominion God has given you?).