Romans 6:13-14

Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness. For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

You have been brought from death to life. Sin is not your master, because of grace. Paul finishes off his list of commands in v13. First, he says, “Don’t offer you bodies to sin as tools of wickedness.” Second, he says, “Offer yourselves to God as tools of righteousness.” The body itself can become a conduit for sin to arouse evil desires. The cravings of sin, like lust, often utilize parts of the body, like the eyes, in order to entice.

Paul knows that people will use that phrase, “You’re not under law; you’re under grace,” as an excuse not to follow after the way of righteousness. And so he puts it the other way around. He says, “We present the whole of ourselves to God as tools righteousness, because we’re not under law but under grace.” He means that the law doesn’t have the power to enable us to do what we should do, but grace does. Grace gives us the power to do what the law tells us to do. And we’re not under the law or its condemnation or its opposition or its conviction, because we’re under grace. We’ve been redeemed, forgiven, and empowered. So do what the law tells you to do, because you’re not under the law, but under grace. In light of who you are, give yourself to God. Live life in the conscious gaze of God. He is witnessing everything that we do. We live “coram deo,” before the face of God, and thus we should be encouraged daily to shine for His glory.