I came across this passage again in Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ sermons on Romans 6. In this passage Lloyd-Jones is addressing the question raised in Romans 6:1 (”What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?”) in response to the Apostle Paul’s preaching about God’s grace.

First of all let me make a comment, to me a very important and vital comment. The true preaching of the gospel of salvation by grace alone always leads to the possibility of this charge being brought against it. There is no better test as to whether a man is really preaching the New Testament gospel of salvation than this, that some people might misunderstand it and misinterpret it to mean that it really amounts to this, that because you are saved by grace alone it does not matter at all what you do; you can go on sinning as much as you like because it will redound all the more to the glory of grace. That is a very good test of gospel preaching. If my preaching and presentation of the gospel of salvation does not expose it to that misunderstanding, then it is not the gospel…I would say to all preachers: If your preaching of the salvation has not been misunderstood in that way, then you had better examine your sermons again, and you had better maker sure that you really are preaching the salvation that is offered in the New Testament to the ungodly, to the sinner, to those who are dead in trespasses and sins, to those who are the enemies of God (Romans: Exposition of Chapter 6, The New Man, pp. 8-10).

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