Whispering Pines Church

In Romans 6, Paul uses a human argument to convey the message that Christians are free from the bondage to sin. Many members of the Roman congregation, statistically, would have been slaves or former slaves. Paul does not avoid this issue but uses it to make his point about Christians’ standing with God. The chapter is broken into two main segments. In the first, which we’ll be covering this week, Paul explains that Christians are dead to sin. Paul confronts those who believe that sin no longer matters because their faith has saved them. Paul teaches that Christians are baptized into Christ’s death in order to live a new life (6:3). Those who have died with Christ are set free from sin (6:7). Sin is still wicked, and a sign of life in Christ is to offer oneself to God as an instrument of righteousness (6:13). Ultimately, for believers, sin is longer their master because they are no longer under the law, but under grace (6:14). Join us this week as we continue our study through the book of Romans!