Most Christians understand that Christ has set us free from the bondage of sin.

We give intellectual ascent to this theological marvel.

After all, God's grace is a gift that comes with our salvation.

But sadly, we often cling to our guilt and shame, opting to live in a perpetual state

of self-punishment, constantly rehearsing our flaws and failures.

Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall points to the far better alternative.

In his brand new series called Living by Grace, we discover the liberating solution that

Paul described in his Letter to the Romans, chapter 6.

He has inscribed you on the palms of his hands.

Your ways are continually before him.

You are not alone, you're not forsaken.

The tunnel isn't endless.

The test isn't eternal.

Your great God, in grace, is a marvelous plan that is unfolding without your knowledge.

He's not handing out maps to tell you where you're going or where I'm going.

We walk by faith, but we know this, that the way we go, he knows.

Joe put it this way.

He knows the way that I take when he has tried me, I will come forth as gold.

My foot has held his steps.

His way have I kept and not declined, neither have I gone back from the command of his lips.

I have esteemed, I've valued the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Today we do that as we look into Romans chapter 6.

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