1. So do you think we should continue sinning so that God will give us more and more grace?
2. Of course not! Our old sinful life ended. It’s dead. So how can we continue living in sin?
3. Did you forget that all of us became part of Christ Jesus when we were baptized? In our baptism we shared in his death.
4. So when we were baptized, we were buried with Christ and took part in his death. And just as Christ was raised from death by the wonderful power of the Father, so we can now live a new life.
5. Christ died, and we have been joined with him by dying too. So we will also be joined with him by rising from death as he did.
6. We know that our old life was put to death on the cross with Christ. This happened so that our sinful selves would have no power over us. Then we would not be slaves to sin.