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Romans 1:1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called <\/span>to be<\/span><\/em> an apostle, separated to the gospel of God<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Truth to Learn<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n All Christians need to recognize that they are God\u2019s slaves.<\/p>\n Behind the Words<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The Greek word translated \u201cbondservant<\/span>\u201d is doulos<\/span><\/em>, which means, \u201ca slave, one who is in a permanent relation of servitude to another.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The words \u201ccalled an apostle<\/span>\u201d are translated from kletos apostolos<\/span><\/em>. Kletos<\/span><\/em> is an adjective meaning \u201cone who is called, invited, or appointed.\u201d The word apostolos<\/span><\/em> means \u201cone who has been sent with a message.\u201d Hence, Paul is saying that he was specifically called out by God and sent with a message.<\/span><\/p>\n The word \u201cgospel<\/span>\u201d is the Greek word euangelion<\/span><\/em>, which is a compound word made up of eu<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201cgood\u201d and a form of angell\u014d<\/span><\/em>, which means \u201cto proclaim a message.\u201d Hence, the word translated \u201cgospel<\/span>\u201d really means \u201cgood news\u201d or \u201ca good message.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Meaning Explained<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Paul starts off his epistle (letter) in the manner which was customary for a teacher or person of authority, that is, by identifying who the epistle is from. Usually within the opening phrase, the writer and the intended audience were both identified. Paul deviates from this, however, by giving a thorough treatise on why he is the appropriate person to be sending this doctrinal letter. He doesn\u2019t get to who this epistle is written to until verse seven.<\/p>\n You will notice that he uses his Greek name (Paul) rather than his Hebrew name (Saul). This is either because he wants to show that as a result of his conversion to Christianity he is a completely new creation (see 2 Corinthians 5:17<\/span><\/strong>), or because he is the recognized apostle to the Gentiles and he is writing to Christians in the Gentile world of Rome.<\/p>\n He, like other New Testament writers, refers to himself as a slave. We Christians all need to remember that we have been bought with a price and we are no longer our own, but we are the property of our Master. That\u2019s easy to forget when we wander through this life seeking our own satisfaction, but we need to remember whose we are and constantly submit our will to His.<\/span><\/p>\n The thing that I want us all to take away from today\u2019s verse is the fact that even the great Apostle Paul recognizes and makes a specific point of the fact that he is not the master but the servant. Our sin nature, along with the lustful \u201cpride of life\u201d stimulated so strongly by worldly advertisements, is constantly trying to make self<\/span> the master, not the slave. <\/span><\/p>\n Application<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Anyone who has accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior not only receives salvation but, at the same time, gives Lordship to Jesus Christ. In other words, when we were saved from our sins, we became the permanent property of our Lord, and we should not be seeking our own desires and will but His<\/span>. 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