Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
3 sermons cite this verse
… there is more going on than simply a reminder or simply a memorial or a symbol here do you not know romans chapter 6 verse 3 says that all of us who have been baptized into christ jesus were baptized into his death we were buried therefore with him by baptism into death in order that just as christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the father we too might walk in newness of life. Paul is highlighting this personal connection between receiving a sign and receiving real spiritual benefits from our Redeemer. The seminary professor R. Scott Clark uses really helpful language. He explains that the seal of baptism testifies that what is true in general is really true for you. Yes, Christ can wash away sins. Yes, his Holy Spirit can change people. And for those who receive baptism by faith, Christ has washed away all of your sins, and his Holy Spirit will change you. sometimes on Sunday mornings we will have several baptisms. We're blessed in a church of this size to sometimes these three, four, five, several baptisms in one day, and there is a reason, even though it would be much more efficient and we would get to lunch quicker, there's a reason that we don't walk all of these babies up here and get one of those kind of waving sprinklers, just do them all at one time, and then let them sit back down, go outside, and dry off. …
… How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Stop right there. In verse 3, being baptized into Jesus Christ, baptized into his death, is not speaking of water baptism. This is a dry verse, not a wet verse. This verse is totally dry. The wet part comes to indicate the dry part. and the dry part, the reality, the spiritual reality that Paul is pointing to is that when Jesus went to the cross and he died, it was as if you were dying there with him. Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into, immersed into, dipped into Jesus Christ, were baptized, immersed into, dunked into his death? When Jesus went to the cross, he went to the cross bearing your sin. When Jesus came up from the tomb, he came out bearing your new life. So listen to the next verse. …
… In verses three and four, this is what he says. He says, don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 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. you get to see that you are dead to sin through something called baptism, which is often referred to as the outward expression of an inward decision, going public with your faith. And when you look at life in general, typically anytime anything major takes place in your life, you do something externally to show it. Like you graduate from high school, you graduate from college, you graduate with the doctorate, you have a graduation ceremony. When you get married, you've got the wedding reception, the wedding party, the wedding ceremony. And the external thing is pointing to the greater thing, which is the covenant between one man and one woman for life. …