(To read full sermon click The True Baptism of the Spirit). 5:18; Rom. (NLT - Tyndale House), Phillips: We were dead and buried with him in baptism, so that just as he was raised from the dead by that splendid Revelation of the Father's power so we too might rise to life on a new plane altogether. Sharing in his death by our baptism means that we were co-buried and entombed with him, so that when the Father’s glory raised Christ from the dead, we were also raised with him. The way you get around in this life is to walk. Glory then is the true apprehension of God. The believer does not want to go back into sin any more than Lazarus wanted to go back into the tomb dressed again in his grave clothes! 14:15; D. L. Moody alluded to a believer's walk when he quipped that “Every Bible should be bound in shoe-leather.”, J Vernon McGee adds a practical notation that :Walking is not a balloon ascension. Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. There is always the idea of close union, and that is the idea here." 1:32; Rom. but a glorious truth in which to rejoice. 7:13; Rom. And here it denotes that Christians and the Saviour have been united intimately in regard to death; as he died and was laid in the grave, so have they by profession died to sin. O Offer (Romans 3:21-31) – God’s offer of justification by grace We have been co-resurrected with him so that we could be empowered to walk in the freshness of new life. We are called a new creation (2Cor 5:17), a new creature (Gal 6:15), and a new self (Ep 4:24-note). Can a believer, one who has put his faith into Jesus Christ, go back and live as if he is still in Adam? The believing thief was crucified (physically but more importantly spiritually) with (sun) Christ (see word study on crucified with = sustauroo) while the other thief was crucified (physically next to) with Christ. It is a thing not to be thought of that the sinner should accept justification-and live to himself. Play and Sing Hymn Why should we be so blessed? Those two steps follow in this passage. (Php 2:7 -note). (Poole, Matthew: Matthew Poole's Commentary on the New Testament), Writing to the Colossian saints at the beginning of the exhortational section of that epistle (Col 1-2 = doctrine, Col 3-4 = duty in light of the doctrine) Paul reminds them, If then (denotes reality = since this is true that) you have been raised up with (co-resurrected = past tense, accomplished fact, spiritually speaking) Christ, (His life in us now gives us the desire to) keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. (Jn 15:5). M Model (Romans 4:1-25) – Abraham as a model for saving faith 6:4; Eph. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives. The glory of God means His unchanging essence, what He is essentially, the totality of His perfection. Frank Gaebelein has a helpful comment noting…, "Our spiritual history began at the cross. 7:10; Rom. You make up your own mind! When we placed our faith in Christ, God placed us into Christ on the Cross, to share His death, burial and resurrection. Romans 6:6 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Romans 6:6, NIV: "For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin--" Romans 6:6, ESV: "We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin." This is indeed a mystery that is hard to grasp. 8:38; Rom. As his physical descendants, Adam's sin in the garden became our sin, for we are all imputed with Adam's sin at birth. Then you are beginning to walk. 6:5; Rom. In reality, there are two ways to be saved!! Speaking of the resurrection of Lazarus, Jesus said to Martha: “Did I not say to you, if you believe, you will see the glory (doxa) of God?" 3:21. "How different?" Resurrection (386) (anastasis [word study] from ana = up, again + histemi = to cause to stand) literally means “to stand again" or "to cause to stand again" and most NT uses refer to a physical body rising from the dead or coming back to life after having once died. He is now our "life" Source (Col 3:4-note) providing the potential for this new, full life. Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death. Hodges goes on to add that "Although this is obvious (i.e., future tense speaks of certainty not so much actual future), all reference to the future resurrection of the body should not be excluded… If, therefore, we are baptized into the death of Christ, united and conformed to Him in His death, the certain result will be that we will be conformed to Him in a holy life here (the present life) and in a life of glorious immortality of the soul and body hereafter (the future life). Study and be blessed by the nine occurrences of with Christ in Paul's epistles -, Ro 6:8; 8:17; Gal. Just stir them all together. 5:21; Rom. Christ was RAISED through the glory of the Father, so that we, His spiritual children, might also live in newness of life, and not have to live by the letter of the law.