Good Morning!! I
love a baptisms, for me they are one of the great church. The symbolism
of being buried (dunking someone) and then the re-birth (pull them out
of the water). Water baptism is an outward expression of the
inner transformation of Christ,...and when someone makes that public
expression, it just invigorates me from head to toe. I just want to be
apart of that experience, first hand.
Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?—Romans 6:3 (NIV)
Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?—Romans 6:3 (NIV)
We die with
Christ, that we may be resurrected in, and with Him. This is a God
mystery, but it's true. The phrase is repeated again: We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in
order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of
the Father, we too may live a new life.(Romans 6:4) Whoa! What happened to the old you? The old you, died on the cross, when Jesus died,...we
share in His death, and we were also placed into the tomb with Him,
when He was buried. This is not theological trivia. This is how it
happened,...this is how it had to happen,...in order that we too may live a resurrected life in Christ (because He can’t dwell in something sinful).
"The old man has been put to death just as decisively as Christ died upon the accursed tree."—John Murray
Father in Heaven, we thank You for killing off the old us,...and resurrecting us, as new creatures in Your Son. Amen.
"A great key to Christ-like living,...is to never place stuff over people."
"A great key to Christ-like living,...is to never place stuff over people."
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