Love Fulfilled Ministry

The dead man came out, his feet and his hands bound in bandages and his face wrapped in cloth. Jesus said, loosen him and let him go . * One translation reads, "take off the grave clothes and let him go." Like Lazarus there is no question we were dead, we existed as the old man before Christ spoke life into us. And he continues to give us life. We died with Him, we were crucified, buried with Him in baptism, we participated in the likeness of His death so also we participate in the likeness of His Resurrection. Jesus is the resurrection and the Life, if you believe this then "take off the grave clothes," you are a new man, so walk in newness of life. It is a picture of baptism, the earthly man, the old self dies, crucified with  Christ, putting off the grave clothes we walk in newness of life.  Therefore, as you go, train in discipleship all, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, teachings them to guard all that I charged...

" If indeed, united we have become in the likeness of His death, yet also of the resurrection we will be ." 1 We that have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death. 2  We were united with Him, in 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 lif e." 2   To be united with Him in the resurrection is to be united  First  with him in death. 4  Is not this the cross we must first take up? The old man was crucified with Him on the cross, as Jesus died and condemned sin in the flesh, in His death, we are to reckon sin dead in the flesh. " This knowing that the old self was crucified with Him that might be annulled the body of sin that we are no longer enslaved to sin ." 5 This word for annulled is katargéō (from katá, "down to a point, from a higher to a lower plane" intensifying argé...