Paul has been saying that we can’t appreciate how amazing God’s grace is unless we realise how undeserving of his favour we really are. Now in Romans 6 he anticipates a further argument that may arise. If it is true that the more we sin the more grace we experience, shouldn’t we all go out and sin so that we will experience more grace? This is really a foolish argument and Paul only addresses it because it gives him the opportunity to further clarify himself. But let me bring this home lest we think that we would not hold such a foolish point of view. Often, when we sin, we know exactly what we are doing, and we know it is wrong. But we do it anyway, partly because we know that God will forgive us afterwards. Grace can be exploited, and I think we do it all too often. We take from grace a sense of freedom to sin, and in doing so we display our lack of appreciation for God’s grace. We cheapen God’s grace. Yes, God will forgive you, but the more you sin the more captive you become to sin. Being a Christian is about dying to sin and living a new life in Christ. If you take God’s grace for granted you fail to realise that his grace is given to you to live a new life, not to wallow in the old.
Think about whether you have been taking God’s grace for granted.
Read Romans 6
