Buried to Disconnect
Buried to Disconnect
Romans 6:3 NLT
Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death?
This podcast is a repost, was originally published on July 11, 2017.
Series: Significance of Water Baptism
- Many times we get baptised before we know what is all about, because the Bible doesn’t encourage waiting.
- The Bible tells us to believe in Jesus and be baptised.
- Most of the times we don’t know why we are baptised and what is the complete spiritual significance of it. Hence, we are not able to share this with other people.
- The Bible says in
- We see the same in
- Let us study the scriptures as to ‘What is the heart of God behind us getting baptised?’ , ‘What is the desire of God?’, ‘Why does God wants us to get baptised?’, ‘Why does God want people to be baptised?’
- Romans 6
- How can we continue in sin if we have been disconnected from our past ?
- Through baptism we bury the old man who is dead and receive Jesus Christ in our lives.
- This is an act of complete disconnect with our past.
Question: Why do we bury a person?
Answer : When we are dead our connection with that person is disconnected. It is not to say that we don’t remember that person anymore but after this point we are not obligated.
- In a baptism service we do not mourn, we celebrate because we are disconnected from the old life, and it is Jesus’ grace, kindness and love that made sure that we are disconnected from old life.
- When we get baptised in faith, our hope is that our old lifestyle will not come back again.
- So many times, when we are dead we refuse to bury the old self, we refuse to put it to bed, we refuse to disconnect with it completely by getting baptised.
- Our life in Christ is supposed to create an aroma, fragrance of Jesus Christ but instead of that it still carries an odour of our past life.
- Baptism is the symbol of our disconnect from our past, complete surrender and disconnect from our past.
- Kids’ cannot disconnect with their past because they do not have history to disconnect from, they don’t have a history of rebellion and living without God to disconnect from but we have history to disconnect from.
We hope that this message would be taken seriously and if anybody has not been baptised that they go ahead and get baptised even before the next weekend. And if you’re already baptised, we pray that God will convict you to teach this to other people in our pursuit of seeing people completely transformed.
It is not enough that we believe in Jesus but it is necessary that we get Baptised!
Psalm 147:2–3 reveals God's heart as a Restorer rather than a Punisher. Although Israel went into exile because of its own rebellion, God did not abandon His people. Instead, He promised to restore Jerusalem, bring the exiles home, heal the brokenhearted, and bind up their wounds.
The message reminds us that while God may use friends, pastors, counselors, or loved ones to help us, true healing and restoration ultimately come from the Lord. His restoration reaches every part of our lives—our hearts, relationships, health, finances, emotions, and spiritual walk.
God knows every wound, including those hidden from others. Unlike people, who can only comfort from the outside, He sees the deepest parts of our hearts and heals completely. His healing is so complete that even the scars of past pain lose their power to define us.
The devotion encourages believers to fix their eyes on God instead of relying solely on human help. No matter how far someone has drifted, how many mistakes they have made, or how broken they feel, God is still calling them back. His desire is to restore, heal, and make all things beautiful in His perfect timing.
Partner with us in our dream for revival. Your generosity goes towards supporting our initiatives to reach out, serve & transform lives.
If you’d like to be a monthly partner & would like to contribute towards missions trips in India and Africa, please write to us here.
Subscribe to Another Day with Jesus!
If you would like to receive this podcasts right into your phones, you could subscribe to it on a regular feed reader like feedly, or on a podcasting app like iTunes or easier still you could receive it by Telegram. Click on the links below to subscribe!