EVERY PERSON A SERVANT

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 29, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 22.

EVERY PERSON A SERVANT.

Every person in this world is a servant. No matter how great his wealth, or how high his position, he is a servant. “Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” Rom. 6:16. Then every one is either a servant of sin or a servant of obedience. Here sin and obedience are put to contrast. Sin is disobedience; the character of the disobedience is shown in the declaration that “sin is the transgression of the law.” 1 John 3:4. To be a servant of “obedience unto righteousness” is to be a servant of God; and this is the highest ideal of freedom. Many people think the law of God a bondage; but Jesus says, “My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.” Matt. 11:30. And Solomon (who well knew by experience) says, “The way of transgressors is hard.” Prov. 13:15. Then “choose ye this day whom ye will serve.”