We must be very careful at this point because popular attitudes encourage insubordination. It is normal to shout back at the referee, to downgrade authority figures, to evade taxes, to rebel against parents. They represent an institution that believers should hold in the highest respect. There was a clear distinction in Peter's day between a slave and a free. Every Christian has the capacity to resist sin.
Sin is defeated.
Victory is not an experience. It is the application of the truth to ourselves. What the N.T. says is that we must realize the truth about ourselves, the truth about what Christ has done for us and about our standing and status. Our position gives me freedom. Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.