In Romans 6:1–14, Paul confronts a vital question: if we are saved by grace alone, does that give us license to sin? His emphatic answer—"May it never be!"—grounds our understanding of grace not as freedom to sin, but freedom from sin. Believers are united with Christ in His death and resurrection; therefore, we have died to sin's rule and now live in newness of life.
Our old self was crucified with Christ. We are no longer slaves to sin but are free to walk in righteousness. Sin's power remains present, but its dominion has been broken. Christ now reigns in us, and we are called to yield ourselves—not to sin—but to God as instruments of righteousness.
This gospel truth is not merely doctrinal—it is transformational. We are not who we were. We are risen with Christ, called to live as those alive from the dead. The Christian life is one of active holiness empowered by grace.
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Brad is the Pastor of Christ Reformed Baptist Church, an RBC church plant in the Pee Dee Region of South Carolina (Hartsville, Darlington, Florence, Sumter and surrounding areas). He has a wife, Lisa, and three kids, Kaylee, Anna and Jonathan. Born and raised in South...
