Read Romans 6:20-23
“But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life” (v. 22).
Two kinds of freedom are noted in today’s passage. The apostle stated clearly that sinners are free from righteousness. As “servants of sin,” every one of us was once so captivated by sin that righteousness was not a part of our lives or characters. Paul would have disagreed strongly with the idea that people are basically good. His teaching indicates that apart from a saving relationship with Jesus Christ, everyone is essentially evil.
Yet that does not make freedom from sin an impossibility. Paul continued by insisting that freedom — the word means liberty or liberation — from sins is possible in Christ. In fact, he said that we have been set free from sins by our relationship with the Savior. Whereas we once were free from righteousness and servants of sin, we are now free from sin and servants to God.
What a difference it makes when Jesus saves! Theologically and practically, we are changed when Jesus saves us and lives in our hearts and lives. Later, Paul talked about us being made new creations in Christ because old things pass away and everything keeps on becoming new. When we become servants of God, we are liberated, produce the fruit of holiness, and have the hope of everlasting life. (Mark Avery)
Salvation in Jesus Christ sets us free from sin’s bondage.
This is the Tuesday, June 23, 2015, devotional entry from Opening the Word.
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