Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his love,

let him fill your heart and will satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

home.

Welcome to the word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the Word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with James

the Bond Slave as we pick up in James Chapter 1, verse 1. And now with today's

message here's Pastor Chuck.

James introduces himself as a Bond Slave of God and of Jesus Christ.

It's a title that most of the apostles delighted to take.

Renouncing any claim for any rights,

turning. for any rights, rights, turning their lives over totally to God

and to the lordship of Jesus Christ.

They did not consider their lives their own.

They were bereft of ambitions in a personal way.

They lived solely to serve the Lord and to please him.

The Bond Slave was just that.

One who lived completely for his master.

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