(Rom 6:22) “But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.”   Everything about the Lord Himself is holiness. Many wish to “straddle the fence” of life seeking to please the Lord while also pleasing self. Is that what the Lord, our Master, desires? (Deu_6:5)  “And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”

(Rom 6:22) “But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.”   Interesting. If one would ask the average professing Christian if they was a servant of God, they would think – preacher – “No”. Yet, if you are saved you are God’s child – yes. But you are also His servant. Does that thought change your actions? 

(Rom 6:22) “But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.”  Those who are saved are able to bring forth fruit through the way in which they live. Notice it is through “right living” – holiness. How is it that many times those who claim salvation are guilty of unclean jest? How is it that the lost feel so comfortable around us, so as to not seek to clean up their ways before us? Remember: darkness hates light.

(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 should have discernment by the Spirit of God to see the result of actions – wisdom. To put self first and sin before God only yields negative results. There may be temporary pleasure, but it shall be judged in the end.

(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?