Parable
A Parable for Romans 6-9: The Two Gardens There was once a man who inherited two gardens.
The First Garden (Romans 6) The first garden was wild. Thorns grew between the rose bushes. The vines strangled the fruit trees. The man would work all day cutting back the overgrowth, but by morning, it had returned. He was exhausted.
One day, an old gardener came to him. “You are fighting a losing battle,” he said.