After Paul spoke of the "more than enough" grace of God, he anticipated a misunderstanding. Romans 6 begins with the strongest denial that we shall not persist in sin so that grace may increase. The reason for this is since we have been baptized into Christ have been baptized into his death and burial. The old self is dead. If we have been baptized into his death, we have also been baptized into his life and resurrection. Therefore, we are new creation in Christ and we are not slaves to sin anymore.
Though that explains to us who we are, we also have to act upon that truth. Instead of presenting our bodies to sin for purposes of sinful things, we present our bodies to God for His purposes. Because we are in union with Christ, the Holy Spirit lives in us changing us and transforming us as we are also obedient and submissive to that work of God. Paul is not preaching legalism or moralism, or “let go and let God.” We have responsibility to present bodies to God and be obedient to live in holiness, for we are not under the law but we are under grace.
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