The Gospel is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to Jew first as well as Greek (Romans 1:16). That Gospel focuses on Jesus as the propitiation for our sins (3:21-26). Consequently, we are not saved by works of the law, but with the type of faith that Abraham had (chapter 4). Fundamentally, Christ died for the ungodly (us; 5:6-8). In the same way that those who are related to Adam, physically, die for their sins, those who are related to Christ, spiritually, live separated from their sins (5:17-19).
But how can we become separated from our sins? Paul answers that question in chapter 6. If it is the case that “where sin increased, grace abounded all the more” (5:20), might we sin the more so we can experience more grace? That also ties into Paul’s discussion in chapter 6.
Can we sin that grace will abound? Absolutely not! Why? Because we have died to sin. When? When we were immersed into Christ; at that point, we were immersed into His death (6:3). When we were immersed into Christ, we were united together with Him so that just as Christ was raised, glorifying the Father, we too can raise from the waters of baptism to walk a new life (6:4).
Having been united together with Christ (“planted together,” KJV) in His death, we will also be united together with Christ in resurrection (vs 5). How is this possible? Because at the moment of our immersion into Christ, when we were united together with Him in His death, our old, sinful man was crucified with Him. At that moment, the body of our sin was done away with. We are no longer slaves to sin (vs 6). At this point, you should read all of Romans 6 and highlight all those words that relate to slavery in one way or another.
How is that can we not live in sin that grace may abound (vs 1)? Because those who have died (to sin) is freed from sin (vs 7).
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Having died to sin, in Christ, we will also live with Him – we are “united with Him” in His life (vs 8)! Christ will never die again. Death has no hold over Him (vs 9). Why? Because He died for sin, to sin, once and for all in His death on the cross. He lived His own life “to God” (vs 10). We, also, should live our lives to God since we are united with Christ in His death, resurrection, and life!
So, how can we not live in sin that grace may abound (vs 1)? We should consider ourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus (vs 11).
How important immersion into Jesus Christ really is!
–Paul Holland
