Freedom from Bondage to Sin At conversion a believer dies with Christ to sin and God frees him or her from bondage to sin (Rom. 6:6–7, 17–18, 22). However, this freedom does not mean that a person is free to continue in sin (6:1; Gal. 5:13; 1 Pet. 2:16). We have been freed so that we should no longer be slaves to our old master, sin, but slaves to our new Master, God (Rom. 6:14–20). Christians become enslaved to their new Master by obeying three commands: stop letting sin reign in your bodies by