A dry, dark hillside at dawn where a single green shoot of new growth rises from a crack in an old stone, catching the first light.

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Romans 6

If grace covers every sin, why not keep sinning? Paul’s answer: because you have died, and been raised to a new life.

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Where we are

1–3:20The problemEveryone needs the gospel
3:21–5The answerRight with God by faith
6–8New lifeFree in Christ, led by the SpiritChapter 6
9–11God and IsraelHis promises stand
12–16Living itLove in a church of Jews and Gentiles

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

Someone might ask

What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?

Paul

Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?

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A first-century rock-cut tomb in a limestone hillside at night, its round stone rolled shut across the entrance.

Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.

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For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.

We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.

death no longer has dominion over Him

Romans 6:8–10

So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Reflect

Count it true

Paul doesn’t tell believers to feel dead to sin. He tells them to “count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.” That is believing what God says is already true. Where do you most need to count on that today? Write down one place where you will treat sin as a master you no longer serve.

Died with Him, alive to God

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Paul’s reasoning runs in steps. Joined to Christ, our old self was crucified with Him, and anyone who has died is freed from sin. We also share His risen life. So we count it true, and then act on it: “present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life.”

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.

sin shall not be your master

Romans 6:14

Question

Quick question

Paul makes a bold promise to believers about sin. He also gives the reason.

Why does Paul say sin shall not be your master?

The Wages of Sin

Someone might ask

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace?

Paul

Certainly not!

Paul

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Romans 6:23

Pray

The gift

Paul sets two endings side by side: “the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Thank God for the gift you could never earn. Ask Him to help you offer yourself to Him today, as one “brought from death to life.”

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A verse to carry with you

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23

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