ALIVE IN CHRIST
/in Steadfast Hope“Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4). Union with Christ means participation in His death, burial, and resurrection. Believers are united with Christ not […]
BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST
/in Steadfast Hope“Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?” (Romans 6:3) (Believers are united with Christ) A person who believes Christians are free to continue sinning betrays a fundamental lack of understanding of what a Christian is. Christians are not merely guilty sinners […]
DEAD TO SIN
/in Steadfast Hope“How shall we who died to sin still live in it?” (Romans 6:2). In Christ, believers are dead to sin. I frequently encounter people who profess to be believers, yet are living in all kinds of vile sins. People claiming to be believers while living in constant, unrepentant sin was not lost on the apostle […]
