Wednesday, May 17, 2006

We Are Alive In Christ

"Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection: Knowing this that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him. Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over Him. For in that He died, He died unto sin once; but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:4-11

We are now buried with Jesus by baptism! So what exactly does that mean? “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. But He that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:” Matthew 3:11 We are buried with Jesus through the baptism of the Holy Spirit of God. The power of the Holy Spirit’s Anointing upon us has crucified our flesh, and the Spirit of God has now made us alive together with God through our Lord Jesus Christ! We now walk in the newness of Jesus’ life by the power of His resurrection that has been bestowed upon us! Just as Jesus lives through the power of God, so do we! This is why we are able to walk in newness of life, because we have been sealed with the Holy Ghost and we are now strong in the power of His might and we are now more than conquerors through Christ Who loves us! We are now one with Christ, because we have actually shared and been made partakers of His death! Therefore we actually share in His life and are now partakers of His life.

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