The teaching on justification by faith, that people are made right by trusting in what has been accomplished for them at the cross, is likely to meet with objections. The answers to these objections take minds and hearts to a wonderful place.

 

What the apostle Paul has said at the end of Ch 5 of Romans and in the earlier chapters about justification by faith alone was and is likely to raise objections. In this passage we find the beginning of four possible or actual questions which might have been asked. The first is: “What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? ” Rom 6:1 (NASB)

Paul’s answer to this question is a definite ‘no’. The reason is that the believer is united, by faith, to Jesus Christ in His death and resurrection and is therefore ‘dead’ to sin. This does not mean that there are no longer any struggles but that he or she is released from its controlling influence….. “For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.” Rom 5:14 (NASB)