Tag: Romans 6:3-6

God’s Righteousness vs. the Power of Sin

If you owed a billion dollars and someone graciously paid the entire amount, you would be free of the debt.

That would be fantastic!

But now your bank balance would be zero and you would still be bankrupt.

You would have no assets, and you would still be without the means to support yourself.

Similarly, God has made payment for our sin debt through the blood of Christ.

But now where do we get the power to overcome the sin that indwells us so we can live righteously from here on out? Continue reading

What Does Baptism Signify?

Bible teach Ch 18

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Paragraph 1 (pp. 174-175) begins “Bible Teach” Chapter 18—“Baptism and Your Relationship with God”—by commenting about how eager the Ethiopian official in Acts 8 was to be baptized. You are supposed to feel the same way.

I recommend that you point out to the Witnesses how quickly Philip fulfilled his request. There were no lengthy educational sessions and no evaluations by elders to determine his worthiness to be baptized.

As this chapter unfolds, you’ll see all the requirements the Watchtower puts on people before they can be baptized. After you’ve covered them all in your study of the chapter, I’ll be recommending that you remind the Witnesses that none of the people in the Bible had to go through such a process in order to “qualify for baptism.” Continue reading

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