(Rom 6:21) “What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.” A true believer looks back at life before salvation and is ashamed of his/her deeds. Our goal of life now should be a life worth living to the praise and honor of He Who gave His life to pay for our shameful past.

(Rom 6:20)  “For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.”  It is only through Jesus’ Person and work that we are saved. Sin cancels out any righteous act. Now saved, made free, we can now offer works – not to be saved, but to glorify Him!

Rom 6:19  I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. At the center of why a person would yield to uncleanness is a love for self. Equally, at the center of yielding to righteousness is a love for Christ over self.

(Rom 6:18) “Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.”  Three things took place when I got saved: 1. My spirit was given life (Jn 3:5-6); 2. I was given a new nature (2 Pet 1:4); and 3. I was given the Holy Spirit (Eph 1:13-14). These prompt me and give me the ability to be a servant of righteousness.

(Rom 6:17) “But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.”  “Obeyed…doctrine…” Doctrine is important and should be obeyed. Should doctrine divide us? Yes. It is to be obeyed. Thought: it is better to err on the side of caution than to disobey God’s Word.

(Rom 6:17) “But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.”  Salvation and actively living for the Lord is a matter of the heart. Jesus said as much. In the parable of the sower, the one who brought forth fruit had a “good heart” Have you a good heart? 

(Rom 6:17) “But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.” Doctrine: nowhere is it ever taught in Scripture that we have the freedom to sin or to put self before God. The Bible teaches the sacrifice of self for the plan of God through His Church.

Rom 6:16 “ Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?”  Made free through salvation, our heart now has a choice – obey God or obey our old nature. God as Master rewards with good things. Sin as the Master rewards with the worse – death. What choose ye? 

(Rom 6:15)  “What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.”  Our soul’s destiny being secured does not mean we have been freed to sin. We have been freed to live above sin, to live as we should before our Holy God.

(Rom 6:14) “For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.” Law states a penalty for sin. Since Jesus paid that penalty I am no longer under its power of destruction. God gave forth to my soul “grace”: favor not deserved.