NKJV 365 / Baptism

NKJV 365 Day Reading Plan

Day 194 of 365 Freedom from sin is grounded in the sacrament of holy baptism. Ignorance of what happens when we are baptized is a great enemy. Through this ignorance, many are defeated in their battle against sin. What Christ accomplished on the Cross-an actual death to sin-baptism accomplishes in us: an actual death to sin and our liberation from its power. Because our baptism into Christ gives us power over sin, it is an exact likeness of His death. Baptism does not merely "stand for" this truth, but is itself our death to sin. Taken from The Orthodox Study Bible Romans 6:3-4 NASB 3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.