Free to Serve

Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. Romans 6:18

Yesterday at the Y, John took us to Acts 22 and we discussed the portion in which Paul told the centurion he was a free born Roman citizen and how people sometimes try to take the Bible to the courthouse instead of the constitution. That led to a discussion of kingdoms and their constitutions, and we ended up in Romans 6.

I was reading in a magazine some interviews with descendants of famous Americans. One that really struck me was something quoted by Paul Revere's great, great, great, and some more greats granddaughter. She said she never is bothered when people speak against the government because Paul Revere was part of a secret society to overthrow the government. I think maybe there is not a very good understanding sometimes of what it means to be a patriot, just as in my profession of teaching there is not a good understanding of what it means to be a professional. It bothers me.