Servants of Righteousness By Receiving, Not Working

"20For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 22But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6: 20-23)


When we read about being servants of righteousness, we need to understand the blessed dignity of this service.

We are not working to get something from God, but we are submitting ourselves to God and His purposes because of how greatly He loves and blesses us.

Our service is always a response to His service:

"Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another." (1 John 4: 11)

and then

"We love him, because he first loved us." (1 John 4: 19)

Paul always connected our service in relation to how much God our loving Father has served us:

"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. . .And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. (Philippians 2: 5, 8)

Then what happened?

" 9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Philippians 2: 9-11)

While Jesus gave up His majesty, we who had nothing received His majesty in turn:

"1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins. . . hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:" (Ephesians 2: 1, 6)

He has so loved you and me, and He keeps loving us with the gift of righteousness and abundance of grace (Romans 5: 17)

The more that you keep receiving His service to you, the more that you will produce fruit as a servant of righteousness.