Thoughts on the Epistle to the Romans (108) - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2026

Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 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.
Romans 6:3.4

Thoughts on the Epistle to the Romans (108)
Paul had decisively refuted the thought that a true Christian could continue living in sin. He makes it clear that "Christ died to sin" (v.2). As an explanation he now refers to baptism, which stands at the start of Christian life. This was, at any rate, the practice of the early Christians: "Those who gladly received his word were baptized" (Acts 2, 41). Christian baptism has a symbolical meaning. Whoever is baptized shows: henceforth I belong to Christ, who died for me on the cross. He was buried and raised again on the third day. Because I am so closely associated with Him, His death is my death. When He was buried, so, too, was I. His resurrection is my resurrection to new, eternal life that God has granted me.

Because I have been identified with Christ in His death, I, too, have died to sin (v.2). What matters is not what a Christian feels, but how God regards it. If Christians accept this fact by faith, it has a liberating effect on their life.

Then a believer leads his life consciously not as one who belongs to Adam's family, but as one who, possessing eternal life, has become a member of Christ's family. And Christ rose again; therefore a Christian can walk "in newness of life".

(to be continued next Sunday)