ADDRESSES ON ROMANS
made free from sin, and become servants to God," we should bear "fruit unto holiness." To love our new Master is to enter into "everlasting life." Paul concludes this important chapter with a solemn statement that we often hear, "The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (verse 23) . Here sin is still personified, and is set forth as a master paying wages. In a certain sense, sin is a faithful mas- ter because he pays his wages surely-the awful wages of death. Those under his dominion will receive their wages. Moreover, this death is more than physical. It is eternal sepa- ration from God, eternal torment and remorse and woe. Every man who is not under the new Master is under the old. Who is your master, my friend? If you are still the ser- vant of sin, will you not accept the new Master who loves you with an everlasting love? He bore "the wages of sin" for you, and offers you instead "the gift of God" -"eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Take him for your Mas- ter, and you will begin to find out how precious He will be to your never-dying soul. "Nothing satisfies but Jesus." You can not help but love Him and be His willing slave, if you will only accept His gracious gift of everlasting life.
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