Romans 6:1 

“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?” – Romans 6:1 

Many people have twisted this Scripture and used it as an excuse to continue living in sin, as though Paul were giving them permission. They claim that the more they sin, the more grace they will receive (Romans 5:20). But before anyone makes such a conclusion, we must understand what sin truly is and how it affects our lives, and we must also understand what grace is and how the grace of God transforms and improves our lives.

Isaiah wrote that,

“But your iniquities have separated you from your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you.” – Isaiah 59:2

Sin is a choice. This we must always remember. Sin is our decision to disobey the Word of God. It is not something forced upon us, it is something we choose. And every choice to sin is a choice to turn away from the God who created us.

Sin separates us from God because sin is the enemy of God. Anything that is lawlessness (1 John 3:4) is a transgression against God, for every act of sin goes against His nature. God alone is the source of all goodness, righteousness, and justice, and when we sin, we rebel against who He is. The penalty for anyone who commits sin is death (Romans 6:23). When we die [speaking of physical death], which is the first death that separated from the eternal God. Physical death we knew is the result of sin, limiting us from living eternally with God in our mortal bodies. But beyond this, all who die without believing in and receiving the LORD Jesus Christ will face final judgment and be cast into the fire that never ends. This is eternal separation from God, the full and final consequence of sin the second death. Many believe that hell is only a place of fire and torment, but do we not see that living in sin is already a form of torment and suffering here on earth?

Look at the outcome of sin in every human being life:

When a person lies, the situation may seem temporarily covered, but the damage it creates is far greater. A lie may offer a quick escape, yet it plants seeds of distrust that can last a lifetime. What was meant as a “solution” becomes the very thing that breaks relationships, destroys credibility, and corrupts the heart. “A lying tongue is but for a moment” (Proverbs 12:19), but the wounds it causes endure.

When the heart is filled with covetousness always longing for what belongs to another there is no peace, only emptiness, restlessness, and dissatisfaction. Covetousness is a thief of joy, a disease of the soul.

When people chase wealth above all else, they may gather riches, but they remain hollow inside. Jesus Himself asked, “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?” (Mark 8:36). The love of money never satisfies, it devours them.

Sexual sin bears bitter outcome. Sleeping with someone outside of marriage destroys purity, scars the heart, shatters families, and corrupts the foundation of society. What God created as holy becomes defiled when taken outside His design.

Today, sin is not only practiced, it is celebrated! Lust is normalized. Pornography is accessible, affordable, and aggressively promoted. And the rise of sexual abuse is undeniable evidence of what happens when a society rejects the Word of God and embraces darkness. 

Even same-sex relationships, though praised by the world, pull a person away from the identity God gave them. They rob purity, distort purpose, and turn hearts away from the truth of who the Creator designed them to be. The world may call it love, but the Word of God exposes it as deception that leads away from Him.

So then, does sin bring us any good? The answer is unmistakably clear. Just look at the world around us, the chaos, the confusion, the brokenness. Sin brings no good thing. Sin slowly kills us, destroys us, corrupts us, blinds us, and separates us from the God who loves us with an everlasting love.

If sin kills, then how can we continue in something that kills?

If sin destroys, how can we remain in something that destroys?

If sin corrupts, how can we cling to something that corrupts?

If sin blinds, how can we walk in something that blinds?

If sin separates, how can we stay in something that separates us from Jesus, the One who bled and died for us on the cross and rose again?

What makes you think that God who is holy, righteous, and full of love would ever love the very thing that kills, destroys, corrupts, blinds, and separates us from Him?

Now I am asking you just as Paul asked, What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?

You know why some teachers do not like to teach on grace? Because many people have twisted grace into a license for sin, using it to excuse and justify their wrong choices. But what does grace truly mean? Grace means that God extends His mercy to every one of us who chose sin, who chose to turn away from Him, who were willing whether knowingly or unknowingly to live separated from Him. Grace means that even when we were walking in a lifetime of torment and suffering because of our own rebellion, God still desired us to be with Him once more.

For us to be with Him, we must receive the truth that we cannot restore ourselves, nor we cannot save ourselves. Sin blinds us. Sin corrupts us. Sin cripples us. And because God is a righteous judge, He cannot simply ignore sin or erase it without justice for that He cannot deny His own holiness. Therefore, in His grace, God did what we could never do. He placed our sins upon the body of Jesus Christ. As it is written, “The Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all” (Isaiah 53:6). Grace means that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8). Grace means that God loved us so deeply that, though we were undeserving, He granted us pardon for all our offenses and invited us to receive eternal salvation through Jesus Christ.

Grace opens the door back into God’s presence.

Grace brings reconciliation.

Grace restores what sin has shattered.

God’s grace restores life. (John 10:10)

God’s grace restores identity and gives all of us a new beginning. (2 Corinthians 5:17)

God’s grace restores marriages and families. (Malachi 4:6)

God’s grace heals broken relationships. (1 Peter 4:8)

God’s grace gives freely with no expectation of repayment. (Matthew 10:8)

God’s grace transforms the heart. (Ezekiel 36:26)

God’s grace breaks chains and bondage. (John 8:36)

God’s grace empowers forgiveness for those who don’t deserve it (Ephesians 4:32)

God’s grace is not earned by good works. (Ephesians 2:8–9)

God’s grace teaches us to reject sin. (Titus 2:11–12)

God’s grace strengthens us in weakness. (2 Corinthians 12:9)

God’s grace keeps us until the end. (Philippians 1:6)

The grace of God is something far beyond human comprehension. God is love, and His love stretches higher, deeper, wider, and longer than our minds can ever fathom. As it is written:

“that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” Ephesians‬ ‭3:17-19‬ ‭

No one who truly understands the greater love of Jesus will continue living in sin. As it is written,“He who says, ‘I know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” Anyone who claims to know Jesus while refusing to obey Him is speaking lies.