Slaves of Jesus (Father Hoke [?])

[lux_fiat]

[found in a book in a charity shop, written in pencil on an unlined piece of paper]

1. "Ye are not your own ye are bought with a price"Jesus died for me on Mt. Calvary & by His blood

Comments

[infinidimincorp]

That made me smile.

[smallblakflower]

The day I surrender mastery of myself to a mythical being is the day I expect to be sectioned. Those crazy religous types!

What book was it in?

[lux_fiat]

A rather lovely hand-bound book about St. Augustine.

Being existential, it's been interesting to me to look inside the head of someone desperate to give up all responsibility. Makes me wonder what drove them to it.

I feel a little bad that I am currently using the thing as a bookmark in a David Foster Wallace book, but I have to keep it safe somehow.

[madz007uk]

I feel compelled to examine the theology.

The first bit I would agree with - the Bible does say clearly that we were bought with a price, i.e. the blood of Jesus.

The second heading I don't quite agree with. The idea of Christianity is not to become a slave, but to stop being a slave- to sin. The Bible contradicts this idea of being a slave:

Galatians 4:3-7 "So also, when we were children, we were in slavery under the basic principles of the world. But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law that we might receive full rights as sons. Because you are sons, God sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out "Abba, Father". So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has also made you an heir."

Christians are children of God, not slaves. We are not really captives as such, because God gave us a choice. He gave us free will. We can accept him or we can reject him and it is ultimately our decision

[lux_fiat]

Thanks, Maddie. I wanted a theological perspective on this, because it's not something I could ever really understand.