Romans 6 - Baptism

Unit 1 Choice 3

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

• What must be done with sin before baptism can occur? We should be “dead to sin” or turn from sin and keep the commandments.
• What events from Christ’s life are symbolized in baptism? Death, burial and resurrection.
• Considering this symbolism, why couldn’t someone be baptized by sprinkling? Because baptism is symbolic of burial and resurrection we need to be fully submerged in the water (buried) and come up out of the water (resurrection). When baptism is performed by sprinkling there is no motion to represent the burial and resurrection.
• What do these verses teach us about how we can maintain the “newness of life”? Follow Christ and yield ourselves unto righteousness.
• According to Mosiah 3:19, what part of us would ideally die at baptism? The natural man

2. 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 or freedom.

We know whose servant we are based on our actions and attitudes. It is not enough to do good, we must do it for the right reasons and with the right spirit. If we are doing something good for it to be seen by others then it does us no good. We must do righteous actions because we know they are right and because we earnestly desire to follow Christ.

The true source of freedom is having a testimony of the gospel.