"...in every sense believers are [Christ's] special possession, a people of his very own, because he purchased them as his slaves (1 Cor. 6:19-20; 7:22-23) along with their freedom from all iniquity (Tit. 2:14).
"As a result of that purchase they belong to him totally, and only to him, a comprehensive ownership that his slaves voluntarily embrace [Rom. 6:17ff.]. He is their absolute and exclusive Master. His rights over what he purchased are unlimited and he tolerates no rivals to his lordship, for no slave can adequately serve two different masters.
"'Proof of purchase,' or the mark of this ownership, is the presence and activity of his Spirit in the believer's life [2 Cor. 1:22; Eph. 1:13-14]. And that same Spirit is the guarantee that this divine 'property' will reach its destination intact."
-- Murray Harris, "Slave of Christ" (IVP) p. 125
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