Wednesday January 15th, 2025
« What shall we say, then? Should we continue to live in sin so that God’s grace will increase? Certainly not! We have died to sin—how then can we go on living in it? »
Read Romans 6:1-12 NLT
1 Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of His wonderful grace?
2 Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?
3 Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined Him in His death?
4 For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.
5 Since we have been united with Him in His death, we will also be raised to life as He was.
6 We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.
7 For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin.
8 And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with Him.
9 We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and He will never die again. Death no longer has any power over Him.
10 When He died, He died once to break the power of sin. But now that He lives, He lives for the glory of God.
11 So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus.
12 Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires.
Grace is the supernatural ability given to us by God to live in constant obedience to Him.
The Bible says in Romans 6:14NASB
« For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under the Law but under grace »
Grace is not a license to sin.
Grace is an enablement to do the will of God.
If victory over sin was impossible, Christ would not have died.
His death would have been in vain. Matthew 1:21NKJV says
« And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins” »
If you belong to Jesus Christ, God will give you grace to live above sin so that it would no longer control you.
Don’t let the false teachers deceive you into believing that grace gives you the liberty to sin; the wages of sin is still death.
God is coming back for a Church without any spot or wrinkle.
If you want to be a part of that Church, then you have to stay away from sin.
« That He might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish »
If you have sinned, God is willing to have mercy on you because of His grace, but if you decide to take that grace for granted by making sin a habit, then you are calling for damnation.
The Bible says that God forbids it that you continue in sin, using the excuse of His abundant grace.
« What shall we say [to all this]? Should we continue in sin and practice sin as a habit so that [God’s gift of] grace may increase and overflow? 2 Certainly not! How can we, the very ones who died to sin, continue to live in it any longer? »
Romans 6:1-2AMB
A true born-again Christian will be seeking the grace of God so as to be completely dead to sin and not as an excuse to sin.
Prayer focus – Father, give me the grace to be completely dead to sin. Grace such that I will have absolutely no interest in sin, please give to me, Lord.
Application – Repent of all your sins and forsake them so you can enjoy a time of refreshing in the Lord
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
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