Daniel Whedon 4. Therefore Since we die, a cognate burial must follow. The faith which precedes baptism produces a death; the holiness which should follow is a newness of life, a resurrection. Buried… by baptism Where our regenerating faith is a death, and our sanctified new life is a resurrection, what should be the fitting burial between the two? Obviously, as said in Romans 6:2, our baptism consecrating us into Christ, embodying us into his mystical body the Church, is the burial. Faith insures... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 6:4
4. Therefore Since we die, a cognate burial must follow. The faith which precedes baptism produces a death; the holiness which should follow is a newness of life, a resurrection. Buried… by baptism Where our regenerating faith is a death, and our sanctified new life is a resurrection, what should be the fitting burial between the two? Obviously, as said in Romans 6:2, our baptism consecrating us into Christ, embodying us into his mystical body the Church, is the burial. Faith insures... read more