Title

What Keeps Me From Sin?

Scripture
“Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!”
(Romans 6:15)
Devotional
Grace is by no means a license to sin or even to flirt with sin. Grace is God granting us the ability to be conformed to the image of His Son, and empowering us to do so. We are freed from sin, not free to sin. Sin no longer has dominion over us as it did under the law.
We were and are unable to keep the law. Therefore, God sent His Son, born of a woman, to free us from sin and the penalty of it. We do not deserve this freedom on our own merit, but on the merit of Christ. He paid the price we owe.
What then should keep us from sinning? I know of nothing higher than the love of God. If God loved me enough to send His Son to pay for my sins, how could I violate that kind of love? Furthermore, every time I sin, that sin goes to Calvary. Every time I sin, I add to the pain and suffering of the cross. We must never forget - when Christ was on the cross we were on His mind.
Thought For The Night
“Saving grace makes a man as willing to leave his lusts as a slave is willing to leave his galley, or a prisoner his dungeon, or a thief his bolts, or a beggar his rags.” Thomas Brooks, (1608-1680), British nonconformist Congregational preacher, author of many devotional type books
Evening Text
Romans 6:15: Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!
Looking for Answers
 
Evening Study Guide
Defining: “Sin”: “The voluntary departure of a moral agent from a known rule of rectitude or duty, prescribed by God; any voluntary transgression of the divine law, or violation of a divine command; a wicked act; iniquity.  Sin is either a positive act in which a known divine law is violated, or it is the voluntary neglect to obey a positive divine command, or a rule of duty clearly implied in such command.  Sin comprehends not action only, but neglect of known duty, all evil thoughts purposes, words and desires, whatever is contrary to God's commands or law.” Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
 
Referencing: “Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?” Romans 6:1-2
 
Applying: By faith seek and walk in the grace of God.