These lessons are illustrations of the relationship between masters and slaves in Bible times were often mutually respectful and loving. The gospel reminds us of how slaves of God receive a wage of everlasting life. Amos 8:4-7 Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land,5 saying, Read more
We were therefore buried with him through baptism
into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead
through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. — Romans 6:4
