Slaves to Righteousness
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Rom 6:15
What then? Shall... Questions 36-38. Next, Rom.6:21. See, Rom. 6:1; see, Rom. 3:5-8.
The believer is no longer under the law as a condition of acceptance with God, an impossible condition to meet and one designed only to show man his sinfulness. But under grace, which enables him to truly fulfill the law’s righteous requirements.
As we said above, grace requires God’s laws to be written on the heart. The heart will be judged. Jesus said, if you lust in your heart for a woman, you have committed adultery already. Grace received is not a license to sin.
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The mention that believers are “under grace” (Rom. 6:14) raised another aberrant idea that the apostle refuted. The question is, Shall we sin because we are… under grace instead of the Law? The Greek aorist (past) tense here may have the sense of committing an act of sin now and then, in contrast to living a life of sin as stated in Rom. 6:1. Paul’s response was the same as before (Rom. 6:2): By no means! (mē genoito; cf. See Rom. 3:4) Again he proceeded to explain why that idea cannot be accepted.
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