Baptised into Christ

Q: What does the Bible say about baptism into Christ?

Baptism into Christ signifies being united with Him in His death and resurrection, illustrating the believers' new life. According to Romans 6:3-4, when we are baptized into Christ, we are baptized into His death, illustrating a profound union with Him. This act symbolizes our identification with Christ in His death and resurrection, as believers are buried with Him in baptism and then raised to walk in newness of life. This reflects a spiritual transformation where the individual renounces their old lifestyle and is invited into a life characterized by holiness and obedience to God.

Q: Why is baptism important for Christians?

Baptism is a public declaration of faith, symbolizing a believer's transformation and commitment to Christ. Baptism holds significant importance for Christians as it serves as a visible testimony of one's faith in Jesus Christ. This act symbolizes the believer’s death to sin and resurrection to a new life, publicly professing their relationship with Christ. It is not merely a ritual but a demonstration of the inward change that has occurred in the believer’s heart through faith. As they go under the water, it illustrates their identification with Christ's death; coming up signifies their new life in Him, emphasizing that they are now called to live a life of holiness and obedience.

Q: How do we know that baptism symbolizes our new life in Christ?

Baptism symbolizes new life through the illustration of being buried and raised with Christ, as emphasized in Scripture. The symbolism of baptism as representing new life in Christ is clearly articulated in Romans 6:3-4. When a believer is baptized, it portrays the death and burial of their old self. This act is not simply about the physical immersion in water but is a profound spiritual representation that underscores the believer's identification with Christ’s death and resurrection. Additionally, Colossians 2:12 reinforces this by stating that baptism exemplifies being buried with Christ and rising again through faith. Through baptism, believers publicly affirm that they have turned away from their former sinful ways and now live transformed lives by the grace of God.

Q: Why should Christians not continue in sin after baptism?

Christians are called to live in holiness, as baptism signifies death to sin and a new life in Christ. Following baptism, Christians are not to continue in sin because they are called to demonstrate the transformative power of Christ in their lives. Romans 6:1-2 addresses this concern, stating that just because we are saved by grace does not mean we should continue in sin. The act of baptism symbolizes our death to the old self and our desire to live obediently and righteously before God. The believer's new life in Christ should reflect a commitment to holiness and renounce the previous life dominated by sin. Therefore, true repentance and faith in Christ produce a genuine desire to live in accordance with His will, demonstrating the change that baptism signifies.

Q: What does being baptized into Christ mean for believers?

Being baptized into Christ means believers are united with Him in His death and resurrection, marking their new identity. Being baptized into Christ signifies that upon believing, individuals enter into a profound union with Him. Romans 6:3-4 reveals that through baptism, they are identified with Christ in His death, symbolizing the crucifixion of their old sin nature. This act of baptism illustrates the believer's new identity and status as a child of God, having been freed from the dominion of sin. They are not merely participating in a religious rite but are declaring their transformation and commitment to follow Christ in holiness and righteousness, as their lives should now reflect the character of their Savior.

seeking once again the help of the Lord. I would like you to turn with me to the chapter that we read, Romans chapter 6 and the text you will find in verses 3 and 4. Know ye not that so many of us as were baptised into Jesus Christ were baptised into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death, that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. As we looked at this morning about the a eunuch as he travelled on his journey after being at Jerusalem and he had come to worship the Lord and no doubt to offer a sacrifice or sacrifices on account of his own sin. We know that there is no amount of animal sacrifices that could ever take away the sin of that eunuch and that he no doubt offered his sacrifices in faith believing the word that there was to be one that would come.

And as he was reading from Isaiah and it speaks there of the suffering servant, the Lord Jesus Christ that would come, he ponders over that portion of the scriptures, led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her, his shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

And he is confused, he is unable to determine, is the prophet speaking about himself, or is he speaking about somebody else? And so the Lord sends to him in his need, in his moment of need, Philip. He is drawn to where he was and the chariot stands still and Philip is able to expound to him the Scriptures. He preaches Christ to him from that portion of the Scriptures that he is this Lamb of God.

He is this perfect sacrifice that is able to take away the sins of his people and no doubt he runs through the life of the Lord Jesus Christ about his birth, about his about his perfect sinless life, about his death and about his resurrection, and also about baptism, that those who were following this man, the Lord Jesus Christ, those who were putting their faith in this man, the Lord Jesus Christ, for their salvation, to show the evidence that they were stepping away from the kingdom of darkness, and to show external evidence that they are putting away their old nature, their old life, that they were being baptised. And so, as this sermon is taking place, this eunuch is pondering this saviour, He's pondering the Lamb of God and he's believing in his heart that this is the one that has come, this is the one that the Prophet is speaking about.

And so he says in his mind, you know what, I believe. I believe. And because I believe, therefore I should be baptized. And so as they're traveling along in their journey, and he's having this one-to-one sermon, this exposition of Isaiah, he sees the water. And so immediately he says, well, because I believe, therefore I should be baptized. And so he says, look, here is water. What does hinder me? What is stopping me from being baptized? And so Philip says to him, if you believe with all your heart, you may.

Now, a transformation had taken place in this eunuch. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship God. He had gone to the temple to worship. He had offered his sacrifice. He had done what the ceremonial law required. But now he was willing to walk away from all of that and to put his trust in the one and perfect sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. And so he says, I believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God. And we can confidently say that that was his last trip to Jerusalem to offer up any sacrifice. He may have gone there for a pilgrimage to visit or to visit friends, but he never went there again the same because he's changed.

The types and shadows had gone and he was now trusting in the fullness of Christ Jesus and his perfect sacrifice and he was going to demonstrate that by being baptised. He was going to demonstrate that his life was now transformed. He put away his old life and he was going to walk in newness of life.

And after he is baptized, Philip is caught away by the spirit in a miraculous exit and the eunuch is left alone. But he goes on his way rejoicing. rejoicing in what he has in Christ Jesus, a perfect sacrifice. And no doubt he went to Ethiopia and he went and published abroad the greatness of the Lord Jesus Christ. And so as Paul writes to the Romans, he begins to expound to them in more detail as to what this baptism is all about. that they're not just baptised like Simon. As we saw, Simon, he believed the message. It was a head knowledge.

He decided to follow on or join the crowd and he was baptised, but he was not truly saved. His heart was not transformed. He still loved his sin. He was not willing to wholly follow Christ Jesus. He wanted one foot in the world. He still wanted his fame. He still wanted to be somebody. He still wanted that excitement of the flesh to be noticed and to be known by people by doing miraculous things. And it was there that his sin was exposed. His unregenerate heart was exposed. As I said, the mold coming through the paint, the problems were still there.

And so Paul says that true baptism first must begin with the heart. We are baptised by the Spirit of God. We are baptised into Christ Jesus, into a spiritual relationship with Christ Jesus. Every true believer is baptised by the Spirit. They are united in one. Rich or poor, all the same, male and female. They enter into the church by the same way, by being baptized into Christ. They are united by one spirit.

But then there is that secondary evidence, that act of faith, that demonstration of what takes place, has taken place within the soul, that they are publicly baptized. This public baptism is symbolic, but in a sense it's more than symbolic. There must be more that takes place. It's not just a dipping of water. There is an expectation that that person is going to walk in newness of life.

They're going to be different. They have publicly declared that they are saved by the grace of God. They have publicly demonstrated that Jesus Christ is their savior and that they are going to walk in newness of life. they cannot be the same anymore, there is a greater expectation of them for they have testified that they are united to the Lord Jesus Christ, that the relationship between them and God has been restored, that their sin has been done away with. And so the apostle here in the book of Romans seeks to make clear that there is to be a difference. seeks to make clear though that we are saved by grace, that that saving by grace being redeemed from the curse of the law, that does not give somebody a license to continue in sin. Just because Christ has paid the payment that he has undergone the punishment for the sins of his people does not give that person freedom or license to continue in sin because they've been saved by grace.

That was his concern. He was concerned that the unregenerate person would get hold of this truth that we've been saved by grace without works of the law and then continue a lifestyle of sin. And so he says, what shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, at our dead to sin, live any longer therein?

So one of the evidences or one of the symbols then of baptism is that we have died. symbolizes that we go down into the water, that we are being placed into a, as it were, an open grave, that we have died to our past life, that we have died to our sin, our old nature, and we've been placed into the grave as evidence of that.

As we laid my auntie in the grave last week, you know, that symbolizes her life is over. as she's no more. All her troubles and difficulties of this world, they're finished. And her body is placed into the grave and covered over, waiting for the resurrection of the just. But symbolically, as a believer, we've died to self, we've died to sin, and we evidence that by going down into the grave, by being baptised and rising again in newness of life.

We are saved by grace. but unto holiness, unto holiness, not saved by grace unto continuing on in sin. but saved by grace, that we may live a life that is honouring and glorifying unto our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. We have died to our old nature. We have died to our old lifestyle. We have died to sin. We have died to Satan. We have died to guilt. And we're rising again, now in newness of life, walking under a new master. We are no longer at home. We are strangers and pilgrims in the world on the narrow way that leads to life.

As Moses came out of Egypt, the scriptures tell us in Corinthians that they were all baptized as they walked through the Red Sea. They all were baptized. They came out of Egypt and they walked a new life. And so it is with the believer, they demonstrate that by being baptized, that they have died to their old life.

They don't continue in sin anymore because they say we're saved by grace. They don't continue in sin because they say, you know, Jesus Christ has secured my salvation. It doesn't matter how I live anymore. No, not at all. They now walk in newness of life, in love to the Lord Jesus Christ. They dare not offend him. because of the great sacrifice that he has wrought for them and the great gift that he has given to them, eternal life and the forgiveness of their sins.

And so by our profession of faith, we renounce our old life, our life of sin, and we pledge our allegiance the Son of God who saved us and gave himself for us. God forbid, how shall we that are dead to sin live any longer therein? Know ye not that so many of us were Baptised into Christ, we're baptised into his death.

When we are baptised, first of all there's that spiritual baptism, we're baptised into union with Christ, union with his church, with his people. We are taken as lost sheep, wandering out into the wilderness. We are placed on the shoulders of the Good Shepherd and we are brought into his sheepfold with his sheep. We are taken as an isolated part of the body and we are brought into a union with that body. We are baptized into Christ Jesus, into union with him and with his people, with his church.

It is a living relationship. It's not just a fanciful fairy tale, a feel-good story. It is true that we are baptised into union with Christ, that we have a living high priest and mediator at the right hand of the Father. And we're in union with him, in oneness with him.

And baptism is a public declaration of that love. When a sinner saved by grace says, I'm going to be baptised, what does hinder me to be baptised? It is a demonstration of his love to Christ. I could say it's like a marriage ceremony. A marriage ceremony is a public declaration of two people and their love for one another and their commitment to one another, that they are renouncing all others. And so the baptismal service is similar. It's a marriage ceremony, being married to Christ, renouncing our sin, renouncing our former way of life and walking in commitment and oneness and union to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Forsaking all other, we say. Isn't that what you want to do? Do you not want to forsake your sin, forsake all other, forsake Satan, and to be married to the Lord Jesus Christ, to be part of his body, to be part of his sheepfold, to be part of his church?

Don't you know, he says, that so many of us, as we're baptised into Christ Jesus, we're baptised into his death. Galatians 3, from verse 27 it says, or from verse 26, For ye are all the children of God, by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ. We've been baptized into him, we have put him on. We are associating ourself with him. We are at union with him. Romans 13.

And verse 14 it says, but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh to fulfill the lust thereof. is to wear Christ. As Christ says, I am the light of the world. He says, you also are of the light of the world. As you are baptised in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and you have put on Christ, you have made an open profession of your love and your relationship to the Lord Jesus, and you are to walk in newness of life, making no provision for the flesh. Why? Not only have you put on Christ Jesus and associating yourself with the Lord Jesus Christ, but you are also baptised into his death.

When Christ died, or when anyone dies, they are separated from this world. They cease to be in this world. If we look at what baptism is, as you stand beside an open grave and you lay in your loved one, they have ceased to be. They are not there. As Christ gave up the ghost upon the cross, his body and spirit separated and he cried out, it is finished. His body is laid in the grave. and we are told that we are to be baptised. And as we look at what baptism is, it is like there is an open grave, although we here have them dug out, but there is also those who baptise in the sea or baptise in lakes or rivers or waters. The person is placed down into the water.

It symbolises death. It symbolises that person ceasing to be. They have been placed down into the earth. They cease to be. And they are risen again in newness of life. Jesus was taken from the land of the living. And the believer, when they come to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, they have died. They cease to be what they once were. And they demonstrate that by going down into the water. They demonstrate that publicly, what has taken place, that they've ceased to be. Their old nature has been cut off.

And they go down and they rise again in newness of life. become dead to sin. Their troubles are over, aren't they? Those who have died, those who have died in Christ, the battle is done. They have the victory. There is no more needing to wear the armor to fight the kingdom of darkness. Their warfare is over.

And so the believer, as they enter into the water, they are declaring that the war is, although we can say the war is beginning, but in a sense that Christ has done away with sin. They're demonstrating they have been justified by faith in Christ Jesus. And so we are baptized into his death.

If we look at the life of the Lord Jesus Christ, what was his purpose? What did he come to do? He came to redeem us from the curse of the law. He came to pay the penalty for our sin. He came to experience the wrath of God for our sins. He came to seek and to save those that were lost. And it came to its pinnacle. As he is punished by the Father upon the cross and he gives up the ghost, he dies there upon the cross. And so Jesus came to save us from sin and to deliver us from our sin by his death.

And so as we are baptised, we are placed down into the water. We are baptised into his death. We have become dead to the world. we rise again symbolically in this newness of life. In Colossians chapter 2 verse 12 it says, 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. And so we see there Christ, it is symbolic of Christ, that Christ crucified, died, laid in the grave, and risen again on the third day, buried with him in baptism. wherein also you are risen with him through faith in the operation of God who hath raised him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, has he made alive together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses. blotting out the handwriting and ordinances that was against us, which were contrary to us, took it out of the way, nailing it to the cross. And so there it is, that the believer dies with Christ, symbolizing that they've been buried with him in baptism, that their sin has been blotted out, the handwriting that was against them, has been blotted out. What handwriting is against us.

Every single sin that you have committed. It's like God is an accountant and he has written down all the debt that you owe. Every single thing that you have done. And Paul uses this illustration as like an accountant dealing with debt. But he says, through the death of the Lord Jesus Christ, that debt has been blotted out and done away with. Every single sin, every single debt that you owe to God has been paid and paid in full. Why or how? By nailing it to the cross. in his son the Lord Jesus Christ and Christ dealing with that debt is done away with. And so the believer as the eunuch hears of the suffering saviour and him dealing with the sin and debt that his people owe.

He says, well, what must I, what's hindering me from being baptised? I believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the son of God. I believe that my sin has been nailed to the cross. I believe that Christ laid in the grave and rose again on the third day and is seated at the right hand of the Father. What does hinder me from being baptized? And he says, nothing hinders you. Nothing hindered him because he believed in the Lord Jesus Christ.

And he was going to demonstrate that belief by walking through the ordinance of baptism, showing that he had died to self, showing that he had been washed from his sin, showing that he had turned from the ceremonial law and was going to walk in newness of life. He was going to cut ties with his old life. and walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death, like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Jesus died to die no more. The believer also dies to die no more.

We are born again. The scripture says that we have died. That our life has been done away with and we've been given eternal life. Our death was the moment that we were regenerated Our body may fall into the grave, but our spirits will soar to be with Christ, which is far better.

For he that is dead is freed from sin. How shall we be dead with Christ? Now, if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we also live with him. You see, the death for a believer It is a mere separation of the carnal body, of the clay pot in which we are housed. This body by which we have cared for for so long will go down into the grave. This body which is corrupted by sin will go down into the grave. but our spirit will soar to be with Christ, which is far better.

This body, when Christ comes again, will be resurrected from the grave, and it will meet our soul, and we will be together with the Lord, both body and soul, just as the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ being the first fruit of the resurrection, he is the evidence that what is going to take place for believers.

We are dead to die no more. We are free from sin. Yes, we still have to battle with sin, but sin no longer has dominion over us. We are no longer ruled by it. We're no longer governed by it. We are fighting against it. It no longer drives us, but we are driven by love to the Lord Jesus Christ.

We are driven to walk in newness of life. And we're given the strength to do so by his Holy Spirit. When we are born again, we are granted access to the Father. we are born again, we immediately possess eternal life. Jesus says, I am come to give them life that they may have it more abundantly. And baptism, it demonstrates that.

It demonstrates death and resurrection. It demonstrates death and newness of life. that that person is now freed from sin to walk in newness of life we desire to live our life. for the Lord Jesus Christ, for in that he died, he died unto sin once, but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise, reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through our Lord Jesus Christ. One of the evidences is that you are born again is that, that you are dead to sin. You are alive to the Lord Jesus Christ. Christ is your object. You want to put to death sin in your life. You no longer want to be governed and ruled by it. You desire to be conformed to the image of the Lord Jesus.

He says, knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should no longer serve sin, for he that is dead is freed from sin. And so the believer has this desire now to walk in newness of life. So we have sung the way the holy prophets went, the road that leads from banishment, the king's highway of holiness, I'll go for all his paths are peace. That is, the narrow way that leads to life is the road of holiness. Those who have taken up their cross and are following the Lord Jesus Christ, those who have Jesus Christ as their object, he is their desire, they no longer want to walk a lifestyle of sin? Are they desire to walk in obedience to the Lord Jesus?

He says, know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey? His servants ye are to whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death or obedience unto righteousness. Who is it that you desire to obey? in your life, who is it that you are listening to?

Is it yourself? Is it the lust of the flesh, whatever satisfies the body? Are you a servant to sin? Are you seeking always self-gratification and satisfaction? Or is it a desire to walk in union with the Lord Jesus. Are you a subject of the Lord Jesus Christ?

If you think of your baptism as a marriage and as the Old Testament, the Lord used to say of his people that you've committed adultery. that you've gone after idols, you've called yourself mine, that you're married to me, and yet you've gone after idols, that you've committed adultery. Is that you this night? Yes, you've married Christ Jesus, and yet you're still going after your own lusts, you're still going after your own way, your own idols, doing your own thing.

When you declared that you were Christ's, you declared that you were His and His only, but now over time you've gone astray. Others have crept in, sins have been able to manifest themselves and you haven't put them to death, you've encouraged them, inflamed them. You're no longer a servant walking in obedience to righteousness, but you are a servant to sin. You've adulterated the relationship between you and Jesus.

You've brought others in. Other pleasures instead of the Lord Jesus. Jesus tells us that it is the narrow way that leads to life. There is only room for you and the Lord Jesus Christ. There's no other room for any other lovers. There's no other room for any other sins. It is a narrow way that leads to life. You cannot have Jesus Christ and the world. You cannot have Jesus Christ and your sins. You cannot have Jesus Christ and any other. Every other idol must be pulled down, just like Gideon. He had to go and pull down his father's idols. If you say you're Christ's, you're Christ and Christ alone, it is a narrow way, a sheep's trail that leads to heaven through the valley of the shadow of death, but following the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd, and he is a Good Shepherd.

Yes, he knows your unbelief. Yes, he knows you've adulterated the relationship, yet he will still draw you to himself. Yes, he still has an arm of mercy. Yes, he still has an arm of grace. Yes, he will still receive you to himself. For he understands the weakness of our frame.

He says, for sin shall not have dominion over you. You are not under the law, but you are under grace. You see, once he has redeemed you, he's redeemed you from under the curse of the law. He's brought you under his new covenant, the covenant of grace. And he will deal with you in grace and mercy. But he will make you fully aware of your sin and the sin that you've committed. Turn then from your sin. Turn from your sin. Abandon your idols, abandon your adulterous relationships and come back to your one love, the Lord Jesus Christ, the good shepherd, the good shepherd of his sheep.

Is it evident in our lives that we belong to Jesus? Is it evident to others that we have died to sin? Is it evident to others that we are seeking not to be conformed to the image of the world? Is it evident to others that we are indeed walking on the narrow way that leads to life? Is it evident by our lifestyle, what the Bible calls our conversation, our way of life? Is it evident that we are walking in newness of life under the power and influence of the Holy Spirit? Is it evident that we have died to self and risen again in newness of life? Is it evident that we are putting to death our old nature and are crucifying our old man? Is it evident? that we belong to the Lord Jesus.

What did they say of the apostles? Ignorant and unlearned men, but they had been with Jesus. Is it evident in our life that we have been with Jesus Christ? As Moses came down from the mountain, didn't his face shine? Why? Because he'd been with God. Is it evident in our life? Does our face shine? Because we've been with Jesus Christ.

Put to death our old nature. We've been baptised. We've risen again in newness of life. We're walking on the narrow way that leads to life. We have the power of the Spirit of God to overcome sin. We're on a diet of sin. We hate chocolate now. We hate the sins of this world. We love the Lord Jesus Christ.

I know it is a high standard that is set in the Word. And day by day, we as believers have to undergo that battle. We have to fight Satan. We have to fight the world. We have to fight our old nature. We're not to buckle underneath it. We're given that strength to continue. We're given that encouragement in the word of God to persevere, to run the race set before us. They're putting aside, laying aside the sins of the body. We're given that encouragement. Although the race is hard, We are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus. Ask yourself this, is every day a battle for you? Is every day a battle? Striving against sin.

If it isn't, then you're no different to Simon. Simon the sorcerer. He says, Peter says to him, you're still in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity. If sin is not a problem to you, if the battle does not take place daily against the old nature, then you're not saved. Even the apostle said, I wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death? The apostle Paul struggled against sin, the weakness of the flesh. Yes, renewed in the inward man daily, but this outward man perishes.

It's a battle. And that battle begins as soon as you're born again. But when will it end? The moment you die, laid in the grave. The battle's over. Victory won. Baptism, to cite Christ, laid in the grave, rose again in newness of life. So we as believers in Christ Jesus, the moment we breathe our last, our body will be laid in the grave, but it won't remain there forever and ever. It will remain there until the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. And then, and then body and soul reunited to be with Christ, which is far better.

Forever and ever. Having obtained a victory in Christ Jesus. no more sin, no more sorrow, no more suffering. Why? Because this nature, this old nature, the old man will have finally been done away with and will be the new man, the new woman with a new body. in glory forever.

Know ye not that so many of us were baptized into Christ, were baptized into his death, baptized into union with Christ, baptized into his death, having separated ourselves, having been separated from sin. Because of this, we are buried with him by baptism into death. That like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we should walk in newness of life. If we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall also in the likeness of his resurrection. May the Lord add his blessing and help us each in our daily lives. Amen.

Let's sing our final hymn from Hymns for Worship, number 171. 171. Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee. Take my moments and my days. Let them flow in ceaseless praise. Hymns for Worship, 171, June 485. My life, God, let it be, Close it, let it go to Thee, Take my moments and my days. Let them flow as easy as rain.

Take my hands and let them through. ♪ Hail the apples of my love ♪ ♪ Take my feet and let them be ♪ ♪ Tipped and beautiful they are ♪ ♪ And let me sing ♪ ♪ The words that before I came ♪ ♪ Take my lips and let them be ♪ ♪ Filled with messages from Thee ♪ ♪ Take my silver and my gold ♪ ♪ The hearts of might would I withhold ♪ ♪ Take my empty heart and ease ♪ ♪ Every power that thou shalt choose ♪ ♪ Take my will and make it thine ♪ It shall be no longer mine. Take my heart, it is thine own. It shall be thine own. ♪ My Lord, I do hope ♪ ♪ At thy feet its treasures fall ♪ ♪ Take myself that I will be ♪ May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God the Father, with the fellowship and communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you each now and for evermore. Amen.

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Why should Christians not continue in sin after baptism?

What does being baptized into Christ mean for believers?

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