Hey my friends, welcome back once again, Carrie here. It is time for the

morning nine set. I hope you're ready to get your mind aligned with the

truth of God.

Now we ended yesterday's episode talking about the issue of identity in saying that the

Apostle Paul is going to give us a series of arguments coming up in chapter 6, 7, 8 that are entirely

based on this issue.

Because identity plays a huge factor, a huge role in how we live in the world.

For example, if you think you were a failure and that is how you perceive of yourself and the way that you are in the world,

then your actions are going to correspond to that belief, right?

I've said it many times, our beliefs dictate how we live in the world.

Well, Paul, in answering the question about whether or not we should continue sinning so that we can receive more of God's

grace gives us an answer that's based on identity.

Let's look at Romans 6, verse number one. He's just told us that when sin increases, grace increases all

the more. And so he asks a question that surely somebody is thinking.

He says, what shall we say then?

Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?

And here's Paul's answer.

By no means. Now stop for a moment before you read ahead. What's he

going to say next? You might expect him to say,

sin is wrong or sin is opposed to God, or sin is the direct opposite of what God intends for our lives.

You might expect any of those answers, and those would be true. But those are not the answer the

Apostle Paul gives. He says by no means we are those who have died to sin.

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