Scripture to Read: Romans 6:3–4
As we read the questions in Romans 6:1 yesterday, we began to see how our sinful flesh tries to trick us into thinking that since God’s grace abounds so greatly, we should have no problem continuing in sin. Today, God continues to use Paul to ask questions we must take to heart to realize who we are in Christ. So, God has Paul ask in Romans 6:3, “Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?” God asks a very pointed question in Romans 6:3. Another way of asking this might be, “Have you become ignorant of the fact that all of us who have surrendered to Christ as Lord have become one with Him in His death?” God wants all Christians to understand that being one with Christ means we’ve been set free from the power of sin. Christ, through His life and death, utterly defeated sin so we can walk in victory over sin each day. So, God continues in Romans 6:4, “Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.” God continues to give us His “good news” and all we have through Christ. Our old way of life was buried with Christ through our spiritual baptism. We chose to die to ourselves and receive life in Christ. Therefore, we must continually walk in the new life we have through Christ.
Challenge & Application
How are you making sure you never forget that you are one with Christ and have been set free from sin’s power?
How are you crucifying your old way of life each day and walking in your new way of life in Christ?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!