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“Know ye not that…ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).
As human beings, we like to think that we are masters of ourselves, and that we are entitled to use our minds and our bodies in any way we wish. Recently in the U.S.A. there has been a lot of discussion in the news about the repeal of certain laws governing abortions, and the outcry from some women has been, “Hands off our bodies!” As you may imagine, there is never any reference to right and wrong in God’s eyes, and whether having an abortion is contrary to the Word of God.
For you and me as Christians, we ought to recognize that we are not our own; we have been bought with the precious blood of Christ. Paul speaks of the same thing in the next chapter, when he uses the same words—“Ye are bought with a price” (1 Corinthians 7:23). In Roman times slaves were bought and sold, and thus belonged to the master who had paid for them. But you and I belong to Christ; now we have the privilege of glorifying God. We are left here in this world to do the will of God.
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