6 Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace? 2 Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it? 3 Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death? 4 For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.
Tori's Comments:
Haha, I hope Terrie puts her metaphor for this passage in here. Terrie, if you're reading this before you post, put that metaphor in because I like it.
Okay, thanks.
I have always thought of sin as chains. They weigh me down and make my life more miserable, and Jesus freed me from that. Would it glorify him more to keep getting trapped so he can free me again, or to live for him? When a prisoner is freed from jail, would it be more creditable to the law if he learned his lesson and lived an abundant life after or if he went back to jail?
Obviously, our judicial system would be applauded more if the prisoner went on to live a better life.
And yes, there are flaws with that, but it makes sense to me :)
Terrie's Comments:
I absolutely LOVE this imagery of what happens in baptism. We identify fully with Jesus Christ by being buried with Him and then rise with Him to new life. And the same power that resurrected Jesus from the dead also lives in us to give us power to live this new life in Jesus Christ, It is all very cool.
TORI - If you want to read the metephor that you are refering to it is found on Day 10 of our Romans Challenge. It went like this.... I am now going to quote a quote from myself... "I believe the reason that this portion of scripture is mind boggling is because it is describing a part of how we justify our sin to God. It doesn't make sense. It is like a child breaking a rule and then telling the parents that by breaking the rule they just proved that the parents were awesome and that the rule was a great idea. So therefore the more they break the rule it just proves that the parents are really truly awesome! So why should the child be punished if he is just proving how awesome the parents are??
So really you can see how this logic is truly stupid :-)"
Take our personal comments or leave them. We would love to hear what stood out to you about today`s passage and how it encouraged you. Tell us in the comments below!
It's not logical at all. Even with God's grace you still have consequences that come with sin. Just as a child has a consequence of a stomach ache if that ate too much candy. Why would you want to keep putting yourself through that?
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