1 John 4:15: If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. Location Pinelake Church: Brandon, MS
When the Bible says that someone has died to sin, it means that the Christian has died "with Christ." It is not that we have actually died physically, but that we are, by faith, joined to the death of Christ on the cross. It was there, after fulfilling the law (Matt. 5:17; Gal. 4:4), that he suffered death, which is the wages of sin (Rom. 6:23) though he never sinned (1 Pet. 2:22; Heb. 4:15). By bearing our sins in his body (1 Pet. 2:24), becoming sin on our behalf (2 Cor. 5:21), and because Jesus represented us on the cross (1 Cor. 15:22; Isa. 53:4-6; 1 Pet. 2:24) and died there, when we trust, by faith, in the sacrifice of Christ we are then declared to be dead to sin, dead to the law (Rom. 7:4), and justified (Rom. 5:1). This death that Jesus underwent, and our identification with it, is symbolized by baptism.
1 John 4:15: If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. Location Pinelake Church: Brandon, MS
When the Bible says that someone has died to sin, it means that the Christian has died "with Christ." It is not that we have actually died physically, but that we are, by faith, joined to the death of Christ on the cross. It was there, after fulfilling the law (Matt. 5:17; Gal. 4:4), that he suffered death, which is the wages of sin (Rom. 6:23) though he never sinned (1 Pet. 2:22; Heb. 4:15). By bearing our sins in his body (1 Pet. 2:24), becoming sin on our behalf (2 Cor. 5:21), and because Jesus represented us on the cross (1 Cor. 15:22; Isa. 53:4-6; 1 Pet. 2:24) and died there, when we trust, by faith, in the sacrifice of Christ we are then declared to be dead to sin, dead to the law (Rom. 7:4), and justified (Rom. 5:1). This death that Jesus underwent, and our identification with it, is symbolized by baptism.