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Scripture Focus

“But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.) By no means! For then how could God judge the world? But if through my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? And why not do evil that good may come?… Their condemnation is just.” — Romans 3:5–8 (ESV)

Devotional Thought

Paul confronts a twisted argument that still appears in hearts today: If God uses our sin to highlight His grace, then why not sin more? Doesn’t a darker backdrop only make the light of Christ’s righteousness shine brighter?

Paul answers with force: “By no means!” — the strongest possible rejection. Why? Because this objection reveals a heart that has never truly tasted grace.

When someone says, “So, if Jesus paid for all my sins, I can sin all I want?” they’re exposing that they don’t yet understand the gospel. Grace is not a loophole. It’s not a free pass to indulge in darkness. True grace not only forgives sin—it transforms the sinner.

The redeemed heart doesn’t ask, “How far can I go?”

It asks, “How close can I stay to Christ?”

Yes, it’s true that the worst sins ever committed cannot outmatch the power of Jesus’ blood. Yes, God’s glory is magnified when He saves the most broken among us. But the response of a saved soul is never, “Let me sin more.”

The response is gratitude, humility, and a longing to crucify whatever remains of the old self.

When someone wants to use grace as an excuse to sin, Paul says, “Their condemnation is just.” Why? Because they’re proving they’ve never experienced the miracle of a renewed heart. Salvation doesn’t only cancel guilt—it creates new desires. It makes us love what God loves and hate what God hates.

The one who truly knows Christ doesn’t celebrate sin.

They battle it.

They grieve it.

They hunger for holiness because grace has changed their very nature.

Reflection Questions

1. Do you see grace as permission—or as power?

2. What sins in your life is the Spirit calling you to crucify rather than excuse?

3. How does the depth of Christ’s forgiveness motivate your pursuit of holiness?

Closing Prayer Father, thank You for a grace that does more than forgive—it transforms. Guard my heart from twisting Your mercy into an excuse to sin. Create in me a deeper hatred of sin and a greater love for holiness. Let gratitude, not rebellion, shape my obedience. Conform my desires to Yours, and let my life reflect the righteousness of Christ who saved me. In Jesus’ name, amen.