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disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master.”

Yahshua reveals that the goal of a disciple is “that he become like his teacher.” He also
links the relationship between a disciple and his teacher to that of a servant (or slave) with
his master. There is a very defined authority structure. A slave must obey his master. A slave
lives to do the will and pleasure of the one to whom he belongs. Even as slaves existed in the
Roman Empire, and were bought and became the property of their masters, so too has
Christ purchased all those who come to Him for salvation.

I Corinthians 6:19-20
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you,
whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have
been bought with a price...

Acts 20:28
"Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has
made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased
with His own blood.

II Peter 2:1
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false
teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying
the Master who bought them...

Revelation 5:9
And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are You to take the book and to break its
seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men
from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.”

This truth of men being “purchased” by Christ is proclaimed extensively throughout
the New Testament. Christians are not merely people joining a club, nor are they acolytes
who embrace a particular form of belief or teaching. The entrance into the Kingdom of God
is only through the blood of Christ. All who enter through His blood become the property
of Christ, being bought with an exceedingly high price.

I Peter 1:18-19
Knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from
your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of
a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.

That all who receive salvation in Christ must become Yahshua’s servants is not unjust.
Christ has taken men and women who were dead in their sins, and He has made them alive.
This transfer from death unto life came at an exceptionally high price. Christ accepted death
that He might give life to others. Is it not just that He would require all those who receive
His life to surrender that life to be lived as He directs? After all, the life we have in Christ
is not our own. Apart from receiving Christ’s life, we would be spiritually dead and
separated from the kingdom of God. We would be lost and condemned in our trespasses