A license to sin? When you preach the Gospel of grace, one of the biggest accusations is going to be the question in Romans 6:1. This question was leveled against Paul and is leveled against everyone who preaches grace: What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? (Romans 6:1)1If…

Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of…

When we were born again, we entered into Christ’s death and resurrection. As believers we have been co-crucified with Him and co-raised with Him. Co-crucified: I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live…

Many years ago I gave a wedding shower for a dear young friend of mine who had been my babysitter. Since most of the guests were quite a bit older than her, we decided to take the opportunity to write marriage advice on cards as a keepsake for her. I contemplated what I would write…

For much of my Christian life, I tried to “die to sin.” Have you ever tried to do that? If so, then perhaps you know that it’s impossible! But we’ve said it many times: “I’m dying to that sin!” But the more we declare that we’re finished with that sin and will never do it…

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, HE DIED TO SIN ONCE FOR ALL; but the life that He lives, He lives…

Spotless Lamb of God. Of all mankind that ever lived, Jesus was the only One who could have been our Sacrifice because He is the only One who was not born in Adam’s sin. He came as our Lamb without spot or blemish. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with…

It’s only when we believe that God is not counting our sins against us that we will have the power to overcome sinning. There are people who consider suicide, and even follow through with it, because they thought they were supposed to be dead to sinning, and they couldn’t seem to stop it. If they…

A few years ago someone coming to one of my Bible studies had been seeing the results of grace in her life and seemed so hungry for more, but out of fear she backed off from pure grace. She wrote to me and said, “I have too many things that I still believe are found…

Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey,… (Romans 6:16)1 I remember in the old days I would be reading through Romans 5 and 6 reveling in amazing grace and then come to this verse in Romans 6 and come screeching to…

We hear the word “obedience” a lot, but what kind of obedience? Under the New Covenant of grace, our obedience is an obedience to the faith. In the book of Romans, Paul speaks of the obedience of faith: Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of…

Having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. (Romans 6:18)1 Before we were saved, there was no list of good things we could do to be righteous. We were confined in sin and sinners by nature. No righteous act could change our status, and all our efforts at making sure our naughty…