Romans 6:3-4 New International Version (NIV)
3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were
baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 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.
Baptism is far more than getting wet or checking off another
thing on our obedience to do list. You see, what saves is Jesus' death, burial,
and resurrection (1 Cor. 15:1-5). God has given us the incredible grace (Rom.
6:1,14,15) of being able to share in Jesus' saving work through faith and
experience it in baptism (Gal. 3:26-27). We die to the old way of life and bury
it in the past. It no longer holds us. This death is the death that matters
most. Raised to a new life, our life is now joined to Christ and his future
becomes our own (cf. Col. 3:1-4). The life we now live is to glorify God
and to live with him forever. That means the Gospel is not just something
preached; it is something we experience by grace.
Thought for today:
Does my life reflect my faith in the goodness of God in both good and bad?
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