Having died to sin, we are no longer subject to the bondage of sin that formerly enslaved us. Therefore, we are not to give ourselves back over to it once again.
When we commit our life to the lordship of Jesus Christ, we are automatically freed from sin’s domination, and instead become slaves of righteousness. This means that, as long as we continue to present ourselves to God through obedience to Him as the practice of our life, our natural inclination will be to serve God in the righteousness He has provided.
In other words, we now have a predisposition to righteousness as opposed to the penchant for sin of our former life.(Romans 6:17-18) This pretty much strips us of any excuse not to pursue God because of fleshly weakness, doesn’t it?