Don’t Misuse The Grace Of God

MY DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL

Devotion for Tuesday June 6, 2017                      

Topic: Don’t Misuse The Grace Of God                               

Text: Romans 6:1 – 3

God grants us grace at different levels and variations. The grace He has given me may not be the same with yours. Continuing in sin after you have repented is an abuse of God’s grace. When the grace will disappear, you will pay dearly for it as Samson did. God is of a purer eyes not to behold our sins (Habakkuk 1:13) and does not live in sin either (Ephesians 4:30) because the moment we offend Him, He leaves. When we grieve the Holy Spirit, we provoke God (1 Corinthians 10:22) and it will attract unbearable consequences.

What Paul is saying in our text is that believers (Christians) must die to sin and live to God (Romans 6:1 and 2). He explained further in Rom 6:3–10, that this act of living in holiness is necessary because of our baptism and union with Christ. He shows that the connection between justification and holiness are inseparable. Anyone united with Christ should live as Christ did. The attitude of deciding ahead of time to take advantage of God by sinning shows that the person does not understand the seriousness of sin. That God forgives us does not make sin less serious; allowing His Son to die for our sins shows how dreadful sin is.

Genuine and true Christians died to sin at their baptism and therefore should not live in sin again. It is a well-known fact that we can never be dead and alive at the same time. Only those who are foolish and deceivers can say they are dead unto sin while they are still living in it. Remember you cannot serve two masters.

Food for Thought: By virtue of our baptism, we ought to have died to sin. Are you truly dead to sin?

Memory verse: Romans 6:15

Prayer: God, make me dead to sin and never to abuse your grace I enjoy.