Do I love God more than I love myself? (Romans 6:15-23)

Paul will again explore the question of whether we are able to go on sinning or live an obedient and righteous life for Christ. This is a good question because many will take the forgiveness of Jesus and abuse it, thinking that it is a license to sin, and ensuring that they have Jesus only as a means to do whatever they want to do, rather than an actual relationship with God that faith in Jesus should bring. Paul uses examples that were very common to the people of his day - an indentured servant was someone who gave themselves over to a family or a business, so that they could earn money and have a life in the house that they gave their service to. Paul picks up on this and uses it as an analogy in order to say that now we belong to God, we belong to Him as though a servant and so we should act accordingly. We are no longer slaves to sin but slaves of righteousness because of our faith in Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit working in us. May you be blessed as you listen to this sermon today.