Being a Christian doesn't mean that I'm a servant of Christ. Rather, a slave.
What is a slave, but somebody who has no freedom - no rights - no ownership of anything - no legal recourse in the courts - no citizenship - no possibility of doing what they wanted to do. They were totally dependent on those who owned them.
The difference between slaves and servants is obvious. Servants were hired to work for wages, and they could quit. Slaves were owned, and they could not quit. If they ran away, they were arrested - taken back - flogged, and sometimes crucified (publicly) as a demonstration of what could happen to the other slaves if they ran away.
In Galatians 1:10, Paul says, "If I was trying to please men, I would not be a slave of Christ." That's the seal of focus of being a slave - you don't have to please a lot of people - you only have to please one.
It came down to this...do what He says, and do what pleases Him.
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