Romans 6:16 – 16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?
You’re a slave to someone or something.
People who are unsaved are slaves to sin. There are a lot of people who seek God that are still choosing to be a slave to sin. We choose. It can be very hard to the point of addiction, but we still choose. The reason we choose is because Christ has given us victory so we can say no.
Romans 6:17 – 17 But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. 18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
A slave of righteousness! Now that’s a good title. We need to work as hard as we can for our Lord and righteousness. Taking a stand against what we know is wrong, because we love our Lord.