The good news there in verse 18 and there in verse 22 is that we've been made free from sin.

Now when you understand sin and its sinfulness, then you have an appreciation for what it means

to be free from sin. What a glorious deliverance that is.

Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil Johnson. It's where the enemy is

met, where good strategy sustains you or bad planning breaks you, a place of victory or defeat.

And in this case, the enemy is sin and the field of battle is you, your person. As far as

intensity goes, there's never been a more brutal war and where achieving victory is concerned,

well, you may already have the keys to victory at your disposal. We trust today's lesson on

Grace to you will help you find out for sure. Stay with us as John MacArthur continues a compelling

study that is all about helping you find freedom from sin. And with that, here's John.

Now we're looking at Romans 6 verses 15 through 23. In the first three chapters of Paul's

epistle to the Romans, he presented the utter sinfulness of sin. He painted a picture that's

horrifying to put it mildly. And men must understand their sin. They must understand the sinfulness

of sin. Else they will never be able to understand God's forgiving grace. Now when one becomes a

Christian, the power of sin is broken. Sin's tyranny is ended. And that's why we see twice in this

passage the statement free from sin. Free from sin. The good news there in verse 18 and there in

verse 22 is that we've been made free from sin. Now when you understand sin and its sinfulness,

then you have an appreciation for what it means to be free from sin and what a glorious deliverance

that is. Just remember this, that Paul's discussion is triggered by an antagonist to question in

verse 15 and we said that this was the question of the antagonist. Paul has heard this question

before. He's preaching grace so somebody inevitably comes along and says, oh grace. In other words,

we should sin because we're not under the law but under grace. Is that right? We're free now.

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