![]() (James 2:26 NKJV) “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” ![]() On the contrary, death in the Bible doesn’t mean annihilation it refers to separation from the means of expression. We do not annihilate the sinful nature out of existence at our baptism, (so that we will never have to deal with it again). That is, our old sinful nature will no longer have any expression through our physical body. So much so, that our old life will be dead. The reason for this is that by being baptized, we are committing ourselves to turning completely from our old life. (Romans 6:3 NKJV) “Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?”īaptism is a means of identifying with Jesus’s death. (3) For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, (4) and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, (5) and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.” (1 Corinthians 15:1-5 NKJV) “Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, (2) by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you unless you believed in vain. Public Baptism identifies us with four key aspects of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ: his death, burial, resurrection, and being seen of witnesses. (5) For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection.” (Romans 6:1-5 NKJV) “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? (2) Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? (3) Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? (4) Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Decades later, the apostle Paul recorded the revelation he received from heaven it gives deeper meaning and understanding to baptism-the first commanded act of obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ: ![]() Meanwhile, people submitted to baptism simply because Jesus said they should-obedience before understanding. That came later as the Holy Spirit revealed it to Paul. When Jesus gave this commission to his apostles-about making disciples and baptizing them-the full revelation of baptism’s meaning hadn’t been released. (Matthew 28:19-20 NKJV) “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, (20) teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you …” ![]()
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