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Why Be Baptised? - Romans 6:1-8

Written by David Wise

Sunday, 21 October 2007

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Introduction

We have witnessed the baptism of Mark
Explore together a passage that teaches about baptism

United with Jesus (v 1-8)

All human beings naturally are “slaves of sin” …
… but death frees you from all claims
So the only reason a Christian sins is because they choose to

United with Jesus (v 1-8)

In NT times all believers were baptised and the act of baptism both caused and signified major spiritual changes
Cranfield, baptism “is a decisive event by which a person’s life is powerfully and unequivocally claimed by God”

United with Jesus (v 1-8)

For those of us who choose to become Christians, when we die physically we die totally and finally to sin and are raised totally and finally to new life with God