I love sharing in this blog what I am learning and so I’m going to share this Scripture passage which I read in The Letter To the Romans by William Barclay, a commentary on Romans:

Romans 6:15-23: What then? Are we to go on sinning because we are not under the law but under grace? God forbid! Are you not aware that if you yield yourselves to anyone as slaves, in order to obey them, you are the slaves of the person whom you have chosen to obey – in this case, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness. But, thank God, you, who used to be slaves of sin, have come to a spontaneous decision to obey the pattern of teaching to which you were committed, and, since you have been liberated from sin, you have become the slaves of righteousness. I speak in human terms, because unaided human nature cannot understand any others. Just as you yielded your members as slaves to uncleanness and lawlessness which issues in still more lawlessness, so now you have yielded your members as slaves to righteousness and have started on the road that leads to holiness. When you were slaves of sin, you were free as regards righteousness….but then what fruit did you have? All you had was things of which you are now heartily ashamed, for the end of these things is death. But now, since you have been liberated from sin, and since you have become the slaves of God, the fruit you enjoy is designed to lead you on the road to holiness and its end is eternal life. For sin’s pay is death….but God’s free gift is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

I won’t go on to include Barclay’s comments because reading this from the Apostle Paul makes sense when you open your heart to how Creator God – Father, Son, Spirit, sees sin and the terrible damage sin causes in all of us. God offers us freedom in Him – the road that leads to holiness with His help guiding us to what is true and good. Take His hand and He will be your help and the first thing you will know is how much He loves you. He loves you as much as He loves all of His children. True freedom is living in God’s love and turning away from the slavery of sin and hate in all of its forms. It’s not easy. We need God to help us. We need His love to light the way.