…raised with him through faith in the working of god
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…raised with Him through faith in the working of God. Some Things Are Just Simple to Understand. Go… make disciples… baptizing them… Matt. 28:19-20 He who believes and is baptized will be saved… Mk. 16:16 Repent and be baptized… for the forgiveness of sins. Acts 2:38. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Some Things Are Just Simple to Understand
• Go… make disciples… baptizing them… Matt. 28:19-20
• He who believes and is baptized will be saved… Mk. 16:16
• Repent and be baptized… for the forgiveness of sins. Acts 2:38
As simple as the charges and statements are to understand
about baptism there are aspects about baptism that some
Christians still need to learn.
Colossians 2:11-1211 In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision
made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the
flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 buried with Him in
baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith
in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
• Circumcision – cutting away the foreskin (flesh). Gen. 17:9-14
• Colossians 2:11-12– Circumcision made without hands. – “…Putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the
circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism…” v. 11 (see NIV: “the putting off of the sinful nature”)
The Shadow of Circumcision
• Both circumcision and baptism are tied to the initial covenantal relationship with God. Vs. 11-12
• Both conjure up a picture of the removal of the flesh physically (with circumcision) and spiritually (with baptism). V. 11
The Link Between Circumcision and Baptism
• The identification is three-fold. Col. 2:12– Death.– Burial.– Resurrection.
• This link is also made in Romans 6:3-11
The Link Between Baptism and Christ’s Death
• God raised up Christ. Matt. 28:5-6; Acts 2:24• By/through faith we believe God’s work of
salvation has resurrected us from death to life… in Christ! Col. 2:11-12
The Link Between Faith and the Working of God