<p>6:2&nbsp;<i>God forbid We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live in it?- </i>The idea is of living in the sphere of sin, identifying ourselves with being &ldquo;in Adam&rdquo; rather than the sphere of &ldquo;in Christ&rdquo;. Romans 6 is talking about being in one of two spheres- in the flesh, and in the Spirit; in Adam, or in Christ; continuing in condemnation, or rejoicing in our justified status in Christ. It is actually impossible for us to &lsquo;live in sin&rsquo; for a moment, because we are no longer &ldquo;in&rdquo; that sphere or position.&nbsp;</p><p>Baptism is a change of masters- but we are still bondslaves, not of sin, but of God. The implications of this figure may not be immediately apparent to the modern mind. We are totally committed to the Master- this is who we are, bondslaves. In Gen. 44:9, being dead is paralleled with being a slave; and there appears a parallel between being a bondslave and dying in Gen. 44:9,17. Indeed, Romans 6 draws the same parallel- death to sin is part of being a slave of Christ. The very fact we are baptized means we should not continue in sin, seeing we are dead to it (Rom. 6:2). This is one of the most basic implications of a first principle which we live in ignorance of most of our days.</p>