Weekly Devotional - July 16th

Paul had just given the argument at the end of Chapter Five, stating that where sin thrives, grace thrives even more, so he asks this rhetorical question.

What, then, shall we say? Shall we persist in sin that grace may abound? Of course not! How can we who died to sin yet live in it?

Romans 6:1-2

Paul essentially says Christians don’t have a license to sin because of grace. Martin Luther

addressed this further during the Reformation, as many believed the teaching that being saved by grace alone and not by works allows them to do whatever they want. In answer to this, Luther stated, “Paul taught that we are justified before God by faith alone, but not by a faith that is alone.” Simply put, we are justified before God by faith to do good works, not by good works.