Romans Chapter 6 Vs. 14

 

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. Rom 6:14

sin shall not... God delivers from sin at the new birth (2Cor. 5:17-18; 1Jhn. 3:9; 5:1-4, 5:18), so if you become subject to it again, it is because of your choice (Rom. 6:13).

for ye are... You are not under the law that demands obedience, without giving power to obey. You are under grace that demands the same strict obedience to God, but gives free pardon for sin and power to obey.

not under law... This does not mean God has abrogated His moral law. The law is good, holy and righteous, but it cannot be kept, so it curses. Since it cannot assist anyone to keep God’s moral standard, it can only show the standard and thus rebuke and condemn those who fail to keep it.

but under grace... Requires more than the law. The law means following a set of rules, but in grace the desires of the heart can even be sin. The Christian under grace must walk in newness of life. Our walk must be in the Light of Jesus.

Sin must be able to exercise control in our bodies or Paul’s admonition becomes unnecessary. But sin does not have to reign there; so the apostle expresses his confidence that those who are Christ’s will not allow it to.

John 12:35-36 “Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.” “While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.”

Jesus is the Light (read John chapter 1), about Jesus as the Light.

God’s design is that sin shall not be your master (kyrieusei; “shall not rule as lord”; cf. Rom. 6:9). The reason this should not happen is that you are not under Law, but under grace. Paul had already explained that “the Law was added so that the trespass might increase” (Rom. 5:20), and elsewhere he declared, “The power of sin is the Law” (1Cor. 15:56). If believers were still under the Law, it would be impossible to keep sin from exercising mastery. But since believers are “under grace,” this can be done by following Paul’s instructions, God's design.