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NASB | Romans 6:4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 6:4 We have therefore been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory and power of the Father, we too might walk habitually in newness of life [abandoning our old ways]. |
Subject: What if you don't obey that command? |
Bible Note: I believe that arguments of this nature arise from a fundamental misperception of salvation. It is a man-centered rather than a God-centered view of how WE are saved. Many people are under the impression that salvation depends on what WE do: WE must excercise "saving faith; We must be baptized; We must love God; WE must obey His Law; We must etc., etc., ad infinitum. I contend that the Bible (clearly teaches) that our salvation depends on what HE does. Rev 19:1 "After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God;"...It is God who has provided salvation for His people and He recieves the glory for it is His power that accomplises it in those who have been and are being saved. John |