Charles Spurgeon Commentary Romans 6:15

"What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid." — Romans 6:15 (ASV)

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

Again the apostle is shocked at such a suggestion. There are some who have denied that the law was binding upon them in any sense, and who have therefore claimed liberty to sin, but they can find no footing anywhere within the saved enclosure of God's Word.

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? (Romans 6:15)

Oh! This old question keeps coming up. Somebody wants to sin.

Well, if he wants to sin, why does he not leave this business alone and go and sin? What does he have to do with these theological questions at all?

But still, he wants, if he can, to make a cloak for his wickedness. He wants to enjoy the delights of being a child of God and yet live like an enemy of God. And so he repeatedly appears, asking: "May we not sin because of this or that?"

To this, the apostle answers again, "God forbid." Oh! May God always forbid it to you and to me: may this question never be tolerated among us.

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

That must not be. Again the evil spirit springs up, trying to turn the grace of God into licentiousness, and to make us feel free to sin because of God's love—that must not be.