For
sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
What
then? Shall we sin because we are not
under law but under grace? May it never
be!
Do
you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for
obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in
death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?
But
thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from
the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, and having been
freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.
Romans
6:14-19
When
we ask Jesus to be our Lord, Master and Savior, we are no longer under the law
and we will not be judged by God according to the law. We are subject to the grace of God.
The
Apostle Paul points out that this does not mean that we can sin with
impunity. On contrary, it means that we
are now the servants of the living God and as such are bound to live in a
manner which brings glory to Him. This
is not to say that we will never sin, but that if we mess up, we need to repent
and not repeat the offence.
Grace
means we have a much easier go of it in life because we are no longer burdened
with and subject to the consequences of willing sin. We are covered by the grace of God who
will direct the paths of our feet so that we can enjoy the good life of a
redeemed believer in Christ.
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