 If that does not mean that we Christians do not do good works or that we can just continue in sin as if what we do does not matter. Rather, if you are in possession of Christ's righteousness through faith, then you too will produce works of righteousness. We who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death so that we might also rise like him to walk in newness of life. Having been joined to Christ's death and resurrection, we are no longer enslaved to sin.