"Don't you know that all
who share in Christ Jesus
by being baptized also share in his death?"
Don't you know that all who
share in Christ Jesus by being baptized also share in his death? When
we were baptized, we died and were buried with Christ. We were
baptized, so that we would live a new life, as Christ was raised to life by
the glory of God the Father. If we shared in Jesus' death by being baptized, we will be
raised to life with him. We know that the persons we used to be were
nailed to the cross with Jesus. This was done, so that our sinful
bodies would no longer be the slaves of sin. We know that sin doesn't
have power over dead people. As surely as we died with Christ, we believe we will also live
with him. We know that death no longer has any power over Christ.
He died and was raised to life, never again to die. When Christ died,
he died for sin once and for all. But now he is alive, and he lives
only for God. In the same way, you must think of yourselves as dead to
the power of sin. But Christ Jesus has given life to you, and you live
for God. Romans 6:3-11 Contemporary English Version The Holy Bible (New York , NY: American Bible Society 1995) |