Identified With Christ In His Death And Resurrection
IDENTIFIED WITH CHRIST IN HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION
Since we all were born in Adam, how can we say that we are now in Christ?
Baptized into Christ
In Romans 6:3 Paul says, "Are you ignorant that as many of us as have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?" Al though we were born in the first person, Adam, we have been baptized into the second person, Christ. How pitiful it is for Christians to argue about the outward form of baptism! Some dis pute about the kind of water used, and some argue about the method of baptism. Baptism means to be put into Christ and into His death. Whether we were good or bad, we were born in Adam. Now we see another man, Christ. How can we get into Him and be a part of Him? The way is to be baptized into Christ. The meaning of baptism is to put people into Christ. It is not a ritual or a form; it is an extremely significant experience. A spiritual transfer must happen in the act of baptism, and if we do not have a re alization of this, we should not touch the matter of baptism. Never baptize people in a ritualistic