…raised with Him through faith in the working of God.

Some Things Are Just Simple to Understand

• Go… make disciples… baptizing them… Matt. 28:19-20

• He who believes and is baptized will be saved… Mk. 16:16

• Repent and be baptized… for the forgiveness of sins. Acts 2:38

As simple as the charges and statements are to understand

about baptism there are aspects about baptism that some

Christians still need to learn.

Colossians 2:11-1211 In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision

made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the

flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 buried with Him in

baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith

in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.

CIRCUMCISION MADE WITHOUT HANDS

• Circumcision – cutting away the foreskin (flesh). Gen. 17:9-14

• Colossians 2:11-12– Circumcision made without hands. – “…Putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the

circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism…” v. 11 (see NIV: “the putting off of the sinful nature”)

The Shadow of Circumcision

• Both circumcision and baptism are tied to the initial covenantal relationship with God. Vs. 11-12

• Both conjure up a picture of the removal of the flesh physically (with circumcision) and spiritually (with baptism). V. 11

The Link Between Circumcision and Baptism

BURIED AND RAISED WITH HIM

• The identification is three-fold. Col. 2:12– Death.– Burial.– Resurrection.

• This link is also made in Romans 6:3-11

The Link Between Baptism and Christ’s Death

FAITH IN THE WORKING OF GOD

• God raised up Christ. Matt. 28:5-6; Acts 2:24• By/through faith we believe God’s work of

salvation has resurrected us from death to life… in Christ! Col. 2:11-12

The Link Between Faith and the Working of God

No Boasting, Except in GodEphesians 2:8-9: 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.