Romans 6. Baptism

Review Romans 6:1-13 and answer the following questions in writing:

1. What must be done with sin before baptism can occur? 
• We must repent and get rid of the sin that we have.   
2. What events from Christ’s life are symbolized in baptism?
• Being buried under the water symbolizes Christ’s death, then being raised up out of the water symbolizes Christ’s resurrection.
3. Considering this symbolism, why couldn’t someone be baptized by sprinkling?
• They couldn’t be baptized by sprinkling because it would not show the symbolism of Christ’s death.
4. What do these verses teach us about how we can maintain the “newness of life”?
• It teaches us that it is through Christ and through the covenants that we make that we can obtain the newness of life.
5. According to Mosiah 3:19, what part of us would ideally die at baptism?
• The natural man, the way of the world. Our desire for worldly things would ideally die at baptism.

Study Romans 6:14-23. Write a paragraph that describes how we know whose servant we are. Then write a statement identifying the true source of freedom.

We know whose servant we are by who we obey. If we are servants of the Lord we obey his word. We would be free from sin and become servants of righteousness. But if we are servants of Satan we obey his word. We will not obey the Lord and his teachings so we are free from righteousness and become servants of sin. In Romans 6:23 it says, “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” The true source of Freedom is through righteousness and following our Savior Jesus Christ.