Rom 6:4 (Baptism)

we'll start with the first part of this verse: "Therefore, we are buried with Him by baptism into death."

BAPTISM

I love to read J. Swaggart's Commentary on these because he goes into such detail to explain these things to you. a lot of what i am going to share are just paraphrases of what he has written, others, what the Lord has shown me through these studies as well, along with other Commentators. :)

Now, this scripture speaks about how baptism, whether in water or into Christ is a type of death. So if it is baptism in water, the believing sinner must be totally immersed into water. Total submersion is crucial. (allow me to explain why). Many might believe that being baptized into water and into Christ are one and the same, and they are not. Water baptism is an outward expression to God, what the believer is wanting God to do in their heart, if He will baptize them into Christ. Here is an example to better help the reader to understand:

a wedding ring is a symbol for marriage and a reminder to the people engaged in this legally binding ceremony or act, that they are dedicated to one another, that they have made a vow for a lifetime to only that other person. the wedding ring is not the marriage in a sense, it is just a symbol for the marriage. likewise is water baptism between the believer and the Lord. it is a reminder to the believer, and an outward adorning, but the actual relationship with Christ occurs upon baptism into Him...the Only One that can save us. Hence the name in the verse from Is 7:14 "Immanuel," it means "God is with Us", and Jesus means "Jehovah Saves."

Many people think that Christ possibly looked like Mary, but not Joseph...because Joseph was the step father. the truth is, Jesus looked like neither of them. It is a scientific fact that the blood of the mother never ever touches that child's blood, meaning, their blood never mingles. the blood is always determined by the Father...Christ's blood line was from God the Holy Ghost, not man. Mary only served as an incubator for the Holy Thing to be born. (isn't that eye-opening?)

Jesus had to be born of a Virgin in order to save humanity and be the Perfect Sacrifice at Calvary, for that alone was all God would accept. That is why in the Old Testament, the Levites would offer up a lamb, spotless and blameless to God. but those lambs only covered sin, they did not take sin away. it was a typology of Christ, the Virgin birth is how he is spotless and blameless from sin. That is why John the Baptist called Jesus the "Lamb of God, who takes AWAY the sin of the world." (YEAH!!!)