Baptism - a new opportunity

Paul speaks of coming to Christ, leaving sin, and receiving grace in Romans 6. He ties this in to baptism, thus it becomes quite clear that baptism is necessary to come to Christ (while circumcision clearly isn't based on Chapters 4 and 5).

Also, continuing to sin is not okay - just because Christ can cover your sins doesn't mean that you should sin so that grace can abound. Important to not sin once you've accepted him, in your heart and through baptism.

Here's a few of Paul's thoughts on baptism, accepting Christ, leaving sin, and grace:

1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that ^agracemay abound?

2 ^aGod forbid. How shall we, that are dead to ^bsin, live any longer therein?

3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were ^abaptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

4 Therefore we are ^aburied with him by ^bbaptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the ^cdead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should ^dwalk in ^enewness of life.

5 For if we have been planted together in the ^alikeness of his^bdeath, we shall be also in the likeness of his ^cresurrection:

6 Knowing this, that our ^aold man is crucified with him, that the^bbody of sin might be ^cdestroyed, that henceforth we should not serve ^dsin.