From Death to Life

If God's grace is seen more clearly when we sin, should we sin more so His grace can be seen more clearly? It's kind of a stupid thought really, but that is how Paul begins Romans 6. Then he says 'of course not!' When we were baptized into Jesus, we were buried with Him. At that moment we died, just like Christ died. But we were also raised with Him into a new life, free from the bondage of sin. Now we are able to live a new life, physically and spiritually! Since we have died with Jesus, we will be raised with Him. In other words, when we died (in baptism), our sins were crucified with Christ and no longer have power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin! Baptism is a picture of Jesus' death in our lives. Since Jesus was raised from the dead and will never die again, we too can have faith that we have been raised, set free from the power of sin and death, and are now truly alive through the power of God. If our old self has died, we should no longer give in to our sinful desires. We don't have to do that anymore, we have been set free! Our lives should be used to glorify God. True, we are no longer slaves to sin. However, Paul says that we are slaves to whatever we choose to obey. So, if you have chosen to obey Jesus, well...what do you think that means? I don't really like the slavery analogy very much, but the it holds true. There are really only two choices. I can obey my sinful nature, which results in eternity in hell. The alternative is to obey God, which results in eternal life. The choice is mine to make. Romans 6:23- "The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord."