We Are The Lord's And Not Our Own

 For ye are bought at a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. - 1 Cor. 6:20

We have no right to ourselves. We are not our own masters. No true, genuine Christian can say, my time is my own, as those of the world say. It is not ours. Our time, our talents are not ours, they are God's. Our business even is not our own, but God's. Our house, our lands, our bank accounts, everything that we have is not ours, but belongs to the Lord; for He has bought us with His precious blood (Acts 20:28), and having bought us, He has purchased all that I have. Yet, many professing Christians have made lies their refuge and have given themselves over to the things of the world and of the flesh and not to the will of the Lord. We may call Him Lord, yet deny Him the right He has over every aspect of our vain lives. We cannot serve two masters. We serve whom we obey. Is it sin unto death or obedience to the will of God, Who purchased us with His precious blood unto righteousness? Have you counted the cost? Have you surrendered all to Jesus? If we don't forsake all, we cannot be His disciple.