Read: Romans 6
Marked: Romans 6:23, For the wages of sin [is] death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
In chapter 6 Paul makes the case that a believer consider themselves dead to sin, and alive to God. The struggle against sin is everyone’s battle, but in Christ we can overcome.
If we have truly died to sin we can’t live in it any longer (V2). In Christ we were baptized, buried, and raised to life, united in Christ, our old man was crucified with Him, that we should no longer be slaves of sin (V4-6).
The death Christ died, He died to sin once for all, but the life He lives, He lives to God. Our attitude should be same and therefore we should not let sin reign in our mortal bodies. Grace is not a license to sin, but grace set us free from the slavery of sin and we have become slaves to God (V15-22).
If we are tempted to sin we should remember that the wages of sin is death, but God’s gift to us is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.