Not Under Law But Under Grace

"Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. Romans 6:12-14 NKJV

Something must has been done for the believers of Jesus Christ the Lord. That is the death of Jesus Christ in our place! We're blessed by God-given faith to believe in His work of the cross, which leads us into a completely new life that we do not have to give our members of body to sin any more, but can submit them to God as instruments of righteousness. This is the good news. Yes, there is a way out provided for only believers to escape from the bondage of sin. We're liberated and set free from yielding to the power of sin and death through the faith in the works of Christ Jesus.

It practically means that we don't have to choose to sin any more. In the past, before coming to Christ, we cannot but sin at all. There was no other choice lie ahead of us but to sin. But now, in Christ, we don't have to sin. More bluntly, John tells in his epistle that we cannot sin (1 John 3:9). That's a revolutionary statement. It's true to all Christians.

Now we admit that we struggle at times and fail miserably because our bodies are still unredeemed. However, here is our source of encouragement now and forever that sin shall not have dominion over us, because we are not under law but under grace. At times, when we fail we are condemned with guilt and shame by law. Even so, remember that we're under His grace forever because we're born of God. We're untied with Christ through the faith in His death, burial, and resurrection. We're grafted unto Him by faith. 

What is grace? Grace is God's enrichment at Christ's expense. We have a special relationship with God and the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. So, God is not against us or hostile to us, but understands us even when we fail. And He knew that we fail. All He wants us is to come to Him and take what He is and has done for us. This we may do again and again. 

Therefore, no matter what, we don't have to give in ourselves to sin any more because we're in Jesus Christ and sin shall not have dominion over us.