God's grace and our obedience to Him (part 9)

Romans 6:15  What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. So many think that because they accepted Christ it's ok to continue to sin or live sinful lives. That's not the case.

Romans 6:16  Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? If we are servants to one master then when we come under the law of grace we are servants to righteousness. We have to be servants to something. If we continue in our life of sin, we are servants of law and death, if we are new creatio ns then we are servants of righteousness. We walk because we obey Him. If we were in sin we would have to do things under obligation and couldn't live up to the law.

Romans 6:17  But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. And in thanksgiving to God, we become servants of obedience after Paul's teaching who taught and followed the teachings of Christ. Paul explained how to be in obedience to God, and what obedience to God is, following Christ's teaching to that if we love Him we will follow His commandments, and walking in His commandments demonstrates our obedience and love to Him. So Paul directs us to obey God and demonstrate to Him that we love Him.

Romans 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. This is how the walk works after we've been washed clean from sin we become slaves to righteousness