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Originally Posted by obriencp
Romans 6:4-5 ...what raised Jesus up from the dead? The Glory of the Father. I propose that the Glory of the Father is the Holy Spirit, not water baptism. Just as we are to be burried with him (water baptism) we are also to be resurrected with him (spirit).
Romans 8:5-11
also a number of verses in John equate the spirit to life.
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Spot on! In fact
Romans 6 says we are baptized
in order that we may too live a new life, just as Christ was raised by the glory (Spirit) of the Father.
And the only thing that can give a new life is God's Spirit, the same thing that raised Christ from the dead. It was our estrangement from God's Spirit that brought spiritual death to begin with. It is puzzling to me that anyone can't see this. Yes, we are baptized
in order that we may live a new life, but baptism itself does not give us that life, only God's Spirit can do that.
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