The way you become free from sin is by becoming a slave to righteousness. Paul, in one of the most quoted verses of Scripture, makes clear that every person has sinned: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God ( Romans 3:23 ). Indeed, your sins hold you so deeply in bondage that they bring death to you: you were dead in your sins ( Colossians 2:13 ). Every one of us was born a slave to sin, but God offers to free us from that. How? We can choose to become slaves to righteousness: When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. ... But now ... you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God ( Romans 6:20,22 ). In other words, your default human nature is to follow sin and to consistently choose sin. The way you break free from sin is by following God and consistently choosing God; that is, you become a "slave" to God (to righteousness). One of the results of being a "slave" to God is being made righteou
"You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust I'll rise."-Maya Angelou