How can we live in sin any longer?

“What shall we say then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?” Romans 6:1-2
It seems you just can’t win in Christian doctrinal circles sometimes. Paul encountered this, and we can today also: by preaching salvation by grace alone through faith, not works, there will always be people who counter with, ‘But then you’re opening the door for people to keep sinning!’
Indeed, the grace of God extends not just to the sins that we have committed in the past, but also the sins we will invariably commit in the future. But while this provision is there, it doesn’t mean we should exploit it. Rather, a true believer will understand that every sin hurts God. Why would we deliberately want to add to that? As we mature in the Lord, we come to see sin the way He does. To God, sin is repulsive. It is something that belongs to unregenerate men. It has no place in the life of a child of God. We have been saved from the cesspool of sin, immorality, and death – why would we want to go back to it? Anybody who deliberately goes back into an ongoing lifestyle of sin (I am not talking about the occasional slips that we all experience) needs to question whether they are really saved. Grace is not a license to sin. Rather, it is a license to live victoriously in Christ.