Die With Christ, Live With Christ (Rom 6:5-11), Part 1/4

Send us Fan Mail“For if we have been planted together…” sounds like a condition at first glance, but we argue Romans 6:5 is doing the opposite. Paul is saying since you’ve been planted into Christ, your story is now bound to His death and His resurrection. That shift from maybe to certainty changes everything, especially for Christians who live exhausted by fear, constantly watching their own performance and wondering if they will make it to the end.We slow down and trace the logic of union with Christ: planted together means an intimate, inseparable bond, like a branch grafted into a living tree. If that’s true, then sin can still harass you, but it cannot rule you. We talk about what it means for the dominion of sin to be judicially broken, why assurance of salvation is not arrogance, and how the same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead now works spiritual life and progressive holiness in His people.We also tackle common confusion around baptism in Romans 6, pushing back on the idea that Paul is primarily teaching water baptism as the means of being buried with Christ. Finally, we move into Romans 6:6 and the “old man” crucified with Christ, including a clarifying moment on the difference between the old man and the flesh that remains. If you want clearer gospel confidence and a steadier approach to sanctification, listen now, then subscribe, share the episode, and leave a review so more people can find it.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!