3Or didn''t you realize we packed up and left there for good? That is what happened in baptism. When we went under the water, we left the old country of sin behind; when we came up out of the water, we entered into the new country of grace--a new life in a new land! That''s what baptism into the life of Jesus means.c
Romans 6 is Paul’s definitive answer to a dangerous question: if grace abounds where sin abounds, why not sin more so grace can increase? Paul rejects the logic with force, arguing that baptism unites believers to Christ’s death and resurrection, breaking sin’s dominion. The chap
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