I have been working on memorizing Romans 6. The only way I can get a verse to stick is to repeat it over and over in phrases. I was on verse 16. It says, “Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness.”

As I kept repeating “…sin leading to death, or of obedience…” it hit me hard. Tears came into my eyes as the Holy Spirit highlighted the either or. It is either sin or obedience. Translated to either we are walking in our flesh or in the Spirit.

Years ago someone challenged something that was in my book. They said, “Marilyn, you cannot be so black or white.” The Bible is. Romans 6 testifies to its distinctness one way or the other. There is no middle ground ~ no gray areas.