Your call to holiness

15/09/2020

Day 2
Romans 6 v 1-23; 1 Peter 1 v 13-16

“But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life.” (Rom 6 v 22)

Have you died to your sin and “buried with Him through baptism into [His] death?“

Just as it is impossible to serve two masters, it is not possible to live under the law and under grace at the same time, for the one keeps you enslaved to sin, while the other sets you free from the bondage of sin.

The only way to live a holy life is to choose grace and become partakers of righteousness, holy in all our behaviour, dead to sin, but alive to God.

Religion teaches us that we are dependent on the institution for our salvation, while it doesn’t necessarily bring us closer to God. The Scriptures teach us that a life of faith, embedded in the Word, sanctifies us, so that we may have a change of heart and mind.

No law, no matter how strict, can soften one’s heart and force you to do what is right. Yes, the law can point out your shortcomings and sinful nature, but only grace can set you free from sin.

“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Scripture quotations taken from the NASB, Life Application Study Bible, unless stated otherwise. Copyright by “The Lockman Foundation“