Today: [Romans 6:] Free NOW and LATER: In Roman 6 Paul asserts that the work of God in Christ not only brings forgiveness of sin but actual deliverance from those things in us that result in sin and disobedience. In Christ Paul declares in this chapter sin is now OPTIONAL and not an unavoidable consequence of the fall. Christianity and the evangelical community generally do not believe or teach this, but it is the unimpeachable assertion of Paul in this chapter.