What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Romans 6:1-2 – While a true teaching, Paul did drop a teaching that he knew could sadly be twisted to suit our fleshly desires. Paul taught us that as sin increased in our life, so did the grace of God being shown to us in our life. The idea was that we would never sin too much that God’s grace couldn’t cover it. Yet the twist on this teaching is what Paul addressed in our verses above. If grace abounds in our life when we sin, shouldn’t we sin all the more so God’s grace can be more in our life? To even ask a question like that though shows a lack of understanding why we choose to not sin when following Jesus. We know that our good works don’t earn us salvation, so the stopping of sinning isn’t made to somehow earn us our rightness with God. So why do we cut out the sin? Because the God we are in a relationship with hates sin and calls us away from it. The God who loves you and that you love can’t stand sin in our life, and because we desire closeness within this relationship with God we cut the things that distance us from Him. Our choice to put to death the sin in our life isn’t to earn us a relationship with God and isn’t to make us right with God, but it is our way of demonstrating we love God and desire close communion with Him. If Jesus died for our sin, how would us living the life He gave us for that sin demonstrate any gratitude for His sacrifice? Today you are not needing to earn a right standing with God for Jesus took care of that for you. Yet walking after sin makes it impossible to walk after the Lord. Put sin to death so you can live for the God you died for you. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3429
Question To Ponder: What is a change you’ve made in a relationship solely to draw closer to that person?
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