Daily Devotions

Rom 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
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The life of Paul certainly demonstrates just how he was bound to Jesus Christ and those cords and bound him were cords of love. We also find that those bonds brought great rewards. (Rom 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;) Paul was bound to Jesus Christ as a slave was bound to his master, yet Paul served in a different way as well. The word for serve in verse nine is the one used for a hired servant and not a slave. Paul served Jesus Christ with a reward set in front of him. His savior would remember his service. (Heb 6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.) Just like we go to work with a reward set before us, a paycheck at the end of the week, Paul served Jesus with a reward set before him. We also have that same savior who will reward us for serving Him. While we look for rewards in heaven as we should we can also look for rewards during this life as well. (James 1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.) Much of the book of James is about service and serving the Lord in the right way. What does James 1:25 promise? Rewards, the blessings of God. We are bound to Jesus Christ and the cords that bind us are cords of love but they are also cords of rewards.

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