To Die With Christ

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.- Romans 6: 1-12

Wow, huh? When I think of baptism I think of new life, and here it says that we die with Christ in baptism. If you think about it more you see how true it is, even though we die we find life, new life. We die to this world, to sin, and to ourselves. In turn we live with Christ! Not a bad deal huh?
Think of a dead person, nothing can affect them. No matter what you say or do nothing can change them because they are no longer living. We are called to be dead to sin, not only insensitive, but totally dead to it! It sounds so crazy, so impossible, but yet it is already here! We are baptized so we have died and lived with Christ, we can live a new life! Through our baptism is brought so much freedom, freedom from sin and from death. We are brought into life and life to the fullest, life abundant! Praise Him!!!
Peace and love in Christ,
Alyse