WALKING IN THE TRUTH
Today's Scripture
[St. Paul writes] "What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized in His death? We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, jut as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life." Romans 6:1-4Today's Devotional Thoughts
Whew! This sounds like deep stuff, but follow me here. I originally wrote this with high school students in mind, including freshmen. ** If any high school freshmen are reading this, I mean you no offense.
- His death was a sacrifice that God accepted in lieu of our eternal death for our sins.
- His death, therefore, was a substitute for our death.
- In our Baptism, therefore, our sinful nature was drowned, was killed, was buried with Christ.
- His sacrificial death paid for our sins.
- Our Baptism became a means of grace--God's undeserved love--accepted by God the Father as Jesus' sacrifice on our behalf. [A little redundancy never hurt anyone.]
- It was Jesus' victory over death.
- His resurrection from the dead is shared by us . . . is our spiritual resurrection.
- We are 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."
- We are forgiven & saved, become part of God's family, & blessed with saving faith in Jesus as our Lord & Savior. **
Today's Prayer
We praise You, O Lord, for the living waters of Baptism, by which we are forgiven & saved. For those among us who may not yet be believers, let Your Spirit work in their hearts that they may receive You. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
** Someday we will also be physically raised from the dead to live with Christ & all believers in heaven for eternity. Don't take my word for it. Search the scriptures!
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