The New Man in Christ

Romans 1:1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God-- Romans 1:6 And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. Romans 1:7 To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Here in all three verses the Greek is kletos. It means to be called or invited. It is an ajective not a verb. It is an accepted invite or call. -------------------------------------------- Romans 4:17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations ,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. In the Holman Christian Standard Bible The meaning of the Greek word katenanti is “He is the father of us all in God’s sight” gives us the sense of the word. The word made is set or appoint Quicken is to be made alive --

20 things About a Doulos of the Lord Jesus Christ 1. Exodus 21:2, 5, 6 has the insignia, brand, by his deliberate decision based on love For his master 2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. 3 If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him. 4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free. 5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’ 6 then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life. ---------------------------------------- 2. Matthew 8:9 Mark 13:34 is a man “under authority” For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under m