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March 1 - Romans 6 Commentary In this chapter, Paul digs into resisting sin as a Christian. In salvation, we die to our sin and are made new by Christ. We are still sinners and in a sinful and temptation-filled world, so we won’t be perfect, but we should be making every effort to resist sin and we should come to God for forgiveness right away when we sin. Paul uses the metaphor of slavery to explain our relationship to sin. If we do not know Christ, then we are enslaved to sin. We cannot please God, we cannot save ourselves, and we cannot find a lasting peace and escape from sin. When we come to know Jesus, we are freed from slavery to sin, but we are made slaves in turn to righteousness. Now, thanks to Jesus, we can please God and resist sin. That is the freedom we have as Christians, not a freedom to do whatever we want without consequences, but freedom to finally please and find our rest in God. Our salvation now enables us to obey and please God, and our salvation is f...