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“Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”

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The Word forTodaydevotional by United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) says:

When a couple gets married, they put on wedding rings. Could they be married without them? Sure, but the rings identify them as belonging exclusively to one another.

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We would think it odd if a husband never wanted to go out in public with his wife. He might say, ‘I’ll eat dinner with you, as long as it’s at home’. That would be an insult!

Likewise, just as the ring publicises the fact that you have a covenant relationship with your spouse, baptism declares that you believe in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus and you have put your trust in Him as your Saviour.

‘Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just 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 united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin.

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Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him’ (vv. 4-8 NKJV). Not only does baptism declare to others that you have publicly identified yourself with Christ, it is a constant reminder to you.

When you are tempted to go back to your old ways, it says, ‘You’re no longer that person, you’re a new creation in Christ with a new set of values, attitudes, actions, and destiny’.

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