Pursue righteousness

Romans 6 “What therefore shall we say? Shall we continue in sin, in order that grace may increase? May it never be! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we may live a new way of life. For if we have become identified with him in the likeness of his death, certainly also we will be identified with him in the likeness of his resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified together with him, in order that the body of sin may be done away with, that we may no longer be enslaved to sin. For the one who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him, knowing that Christ, because he has been raised from the dead, is going to die no more, death no longer being master over h…”

Set free from sin so that we can pursue righteousness Romans 6:6 “knowing this, that our old man was crucified together with him, in order that the body of sin may be done away with, that we may no longer be enslaved to sin.”

Romans 6:8 “Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him,” - future tense. Live with him (after death and when he comes back), in order to do that we must reject sin in this present life

Died to sin, alive to God - v’s 10 & 11

Romans 6:13 “and do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness.” - instruments, as in weapons or tools, let them be used for right living

Romans 6:14 “For sin will not be master over you, because you are not under law, but under grace.” - grace has been defined as unmerited favor from God and his power that he gives to you to overcome sin

Paul poses questions Romans 6:15–23“What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be! Do you not know that to whomever you present yourselves as slaves for obedience, you are slaves to whomever you obey, whether sin, leading to death, or obedience, leading to righteousness? But thanks be to God that you were slaves of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted, and having been set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness. (I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you presented your members as slaves to immorality and lawlessness, leading to lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification. For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with respect to righteousness. Therefore what sort of fruit did you have then, about which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now, having been set free from sin and having been ensl…” , so that we can think on how we are to live. He uses imagery like slavery to deny the question that he poses in Romans 6:15 “What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!”