Week 13, Wednesday

Romans 6:1-2 | After laying out the strongest argument for the fact that we are saved by grace (not works), Paul opens Chapter 6 with a compelling counterpoint. He writes, "What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?" How early did he realize that this would be the temptation to new believers and old! Even today, 2000 years later, that is still the accusation against many Christians. "They use grace as a license to sin." But Paul made the answer clear in verse 2: "By no means!" Salvation by grace alone does not mean that we are free to live our lives chasing every earthly lust. Rather, Paul argues, we died to such things through our new found salvation. God's grace actually frees us to do good works - even though those works never did and never will save us.