Introduction
How we can start a new life at peace with God.
Questions
1. What should be the result of baptism into Jesus' death?
v 4 We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
2. If we are like Jesus in dying, in what other way will we also be like him?
v 5 ... we will also be part of his resurrection;
and v 8 and 9 we will also live with him; knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. ...
3. If baptism frees us from bondage to sin, which master do we serve after baptism?
v 18 … Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.
and v 22 … being made free from sin and having become servants of God, ...
Summary Points
- v 1 to 4 We shouldn’t sin more so that God can be more gracious to us. Baptism into Christ means that our old way of life dies and is buried, and we rise to a new life
- v 5 to 14 A baptised believer is a new person who lives life to God, so we should no longer be in bondage to sin
- v 15 to 23 Baptised believers are in bondage to righteousness (being right with God). Bondage to sin pays death as wages, but God's free gift is eternal life through Jesus Christ