Be united in the likeness of his resurrection

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 “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death, that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we should be also in the likeness of his resurrection” (Rom 6:4-5).

The saying that the mark of Christianity is the Word and the Sacraments is golden rule.

The sacraments are baptism and sacrament.

As long as we have the Word, even without bread and wine, we can throw ourselves into the grace of the redemption of the cross of the Lord anywhere in the world and commemorate eating the Lord and drinking His blood as a new creature who has been resurrected.

If our body is a temple, that is, a mobile temple, it means that we carry the function of a temple.

After you burn your sins on the burnt offering altar, wash your hands and feet with water, and enter the sanctuary, by the light of the golden lampstand you will see the table of bread, the incense altar, and the veil of the most holy place.

Interpreted as the new covenant in which the Holy Spirit came, when the Holy Spirit illuminates, the Lord becomes the bread of life, a prayer of praise is offered at the incense altar, and finally, it becomes a worship service that goes to the throne of God's grace.

Therefore, if we have been baptized into the Lord's death, just as the Lord was raised from the dead through the glory of God the Father, we are delivered into a new life and walk in new life.

Here, too, the glory of the Father intervenes.

He raised the Lord to life with his glory, and we also have new life with his glory.

Paul, fearing that there might be some people who will turn around saying that Jesus is risen like Christians these days, he hammered a nail in saying that if we were united with his death, we would also be united with his resurrection.

It's a big nail.

You cannot say that you are born again without being united with the Lord, who is the resurrection and life in the Holy Spirit.

The Resurrection and life are outside, so why are you baptized?

Baptism is received as a sign that the dead have come back to life.

Therefore, if we are united in the death and resurrection of Christ according to the redemptive grace of the Lord's cross, we become one with Christ, who is the resurrection and life.

It is union with Christ, who is resurrection and life.

The Holy Spirit carries it out, makes known, seals, and guarantees.

If you enter the sanctuary without passing through the altar of burnt offering and the laver, you will die.

It becomes a sin if you lie that you have become one with Christ without being born again.

The Corinthian church saints, who had no faith in Christ living in them,  skillfully ate and drank the bread and cup, and many were weak, sick, and asleep because of sins against the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 11:29-30).

To attend the sacrament, you must thoroughly examine the fact that you have crossed the river of death and resurrection through baptism.

Israel was entrusted with the law of God and the temple, but they could not handle it properly, and wandered for 2,000 years due to the aggravated punishment  for the specific crime of killing Jesus, and about 6 million people were slaughtered by the Nazis.

It was restored in 1948 and found the old name Israel.

Surprisingly, those in charge of the Word emphasized the death of Jesus, but failed to declare the fact of being united with his resurrection through the baptism that followed his resurrection.

In such a state, they urge people to eat and drink the body and blood of Christ.

That's why there are many people like Israel who are disciplined and their bodies are destroyed.

We received him and believed in his name , so we have the qualification to become God's children (John 1:12).

We are praying in the name of the Lord because we have received the name of the Lord. (John 16:24).

If so, is there anyone whose name was given by God without resurrection and life (John 11:25) in the name of the Lord?

If we faithfully pour out the installments of faith because we lack, will we be resurrected on the day when the Lord returns or after our bodies die?

If a bird's wings are not large and its body is large, it cannot fly and crawls on the ground.

Why do we have to sing hymns excitedly in their words as if we were struggling so much?, because we can't worship and praise.

Will God be impressed?

The resurrection and life are outside, so the sacrament of eating and drinking the Lord under the illumination of the Holy Spirit is not established, so that prayer does not become incense in the name of the Lord (Revelation 5:8, 8:3), and the veil to enter the most holy place is not visible.

Ah! Why is the reality of Christianity so frustrating?

Written by Ptr. Yohan Kim.

Translated by  Nancy Chung

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