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April 15th, 2017

4/15/2017

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​“Buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised Him from the dead.” Colossians 2:12
Have you ever thought about Baptism and what it truely means? People often ask me, “Why do so many churches immerse people—put them fully under the water—when a new convert to Christ is baptized?” Well here is my explanation: Because that’s what God’s Word teaches. When you go under the water, that is a picture of your 
death and burial. When you come up out of the water, that is a picture of your resurrection. “Buried with Him.” “Risen with Him.” If I died and you took me to the cemetery and sprinkled a few granules of dirt on my head, have you truly buried me? No. The very word “baptism” means to immerse. Your baptism is a funeral service: Dead to the old life. Raised to newness of life. And the devil doesn’t like that. The baptismal is a liquid tomb, and the mourner who comes to that funeral is the devil. Let’s be sure he has plenty to mourn about.
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