In Slavery

You think you

Have free will?



You’re enslaved!

You’re a prisoner

To the Devil!



Can’t you feel

The shackles

Bruising your

Wrists and ankles?



Can’t you see

The cell bars

Confining you

To your addictions?



The purpose

Of free will is

So that we choose

To do God’s will.



Don’t think

That God

Decided to

Be generous

So you could

Have the

Lifestyle of

A heathen.



He only gave

You the option

So you wouldn’t

Hate him for

Forcing you

To follow him.



But you think

You are free

To do whatever

You so desire?



Ha! The prison guard

Sure is convincing, huh?



You are not free

Until you submit

To the grand authority.


Author's Notes/Comments: 

Inspired by John 7:34-38 “I tell you most solemnly that anyone who chooses a life of sin is trapped in a dead-end life and is, in fact, a slave. A slave is a transient, who can’t come and go at will. The Son though, has an established position, the run of the house. So if the Son sets you free, you are free through and through.” (Message version)

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