Here is an unpublished devotion, written many years ago!
Romans 6:4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
Christian baptism powerfully speaks of this.
We are dead in sins and trespasses and yet are made alive when we trust Jesus. As a dramatic picture, with incredible spiritual ramifications, we journey to the watery grave and are silently and forever buried in the water. When the believer slips under the water, it is a beautiful picture of being dead and buried in Christ. The old life is forever gone; we are finally and forever dead to the old man.
When we break the surface and come out of the water, we are identified as being resurrected in Him and are declared to be more fully alive than we have ever been.
We are raised in Him.
The water is the picture of our grave.
When we go down and are covered by the water, it is a picture of the finality of death, like the dirt poured on my grandmother's coffin. Yet, it also becomes the symbol of our life, our new life in Jesus.
When we break the surface and come out of the water, we are now shown to be alive. More alive than we have ever been.
We are alive in Jesus, and now possess a brand new life, a life of faith in Him.
Today, may I encourage you to live a new life, granted to you gracefully through the Lord Jesus Christ.
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