The scripture for today, June 3 (6/3), is Romans 6:3f as found in the New Testament of the Bible:
“Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 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….because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.”
Oh! Baptism does all that? Some people say no, but God says yes. Indeed, in baptism we obtain a “new life” ~ are born again. And in baptism we are “freed from sin” ~ forgiven. Look at it this way:
Just as Jesus died carrying our sins on himself, we die to our sinful nature ~ the part of us that sins and doesn’t care. Then just as Jesus was buried in his grave, we are buried in our watery grave. And just as Jesus came up out of his grave the Savior, we come up our of our watery grave the saved ~ with a “new life”, having been “freed from sin.”
Everything works together beautifully ~ hearing, believing, confessing, dying to sin, being baptized. What an honor and privilege we have been given to imitate what he did for us! And for those reasons!
Katheryn, I enjoyed this and I loved reading your bio. What a tremendous ministry you have. I, too, wrote about baptism today. You might enjoy reading it at http://morningglorylights.blogspot.com/.
I looked at your blog and it was inspiring. I noticed you ended with a scripture about the future apostle Paul being baptized. When, years later, Paul spoke of this event, he said Ananias told him, “Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins.”