Every choice we make serves a master. Lust, pride, love, control--in so many ways, our wills are only ours inasmuch as we are congruent with these embedded desires. As much as we may like to think of ourselves as our own masters, that’s simply not the case. And, to tighten the shackles even more, by nature, we don’t even have the chance to choose a master.

Which is why Jesus had to enslave himself to death and sin, so that he could undo our bondage from the inside out. Through his death and resurrection, Jesus has freed us from the masters of sin and self and given us a better way. “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.” Paul explains in Galatians 5:1. And in almost a paradoxical way, when we use our freedom to bind ourselves to God, we find a freer freedom in our loving master.

“Masters” looks at three unique situations where masters compete for control of God’s people. We identify the incentives that each master holds out, the perceived control of these masters, and we’ll explore the challenge that comes in following the master we set our heart on.