Baptism Into The Body Of Christ

Jesus did not come to establish a religion. He is the only way to the Father.
How can we go from a shallow christian life to a solid one?

Romans 6:3-4 ‘Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.’

Romans 6 speaks about - Freedom from sin
Romans 7 speaks about - Freedom from the law
Romans 8 speaks about - Life in the spirit.

Our life should be deeply rooted in Christ.
Now what is this baptism mentioned in the verse above? Is it water baptism or baptism of the spirit?
Hebrews 6:2 ‘instruction about cleansing rites, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgement.’

In the new testament, there are many types of baptisms.
1 Corinthians 12:13  ‘ For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.’

Here we understand one type of baptism. ‘We are baptized by one Spirit to form one body.’ This is the baptism of one Spirit to form one body.
What is the body of Christ? When Jesus was on Earth, he had a human body. He was said to be around 5 feet tall. His appearance was like any other person.
But this is not the body we are reading about in 1 Corinthians 12:13. 
When one Spirit forms one body, that is known as the body of Christ. Another meaning to this body of Christ is the church.

Which is this church? There are many churches all around. And all these churches by the baptism of the Holy Spirit, form one body and that is the body of Christ.

The Holy Spirit is the baptiser. And through this baptism we become a part of the body of Christ. The minute you receive this baptism and become a new creation, you are a part of the spiritual body of Christ.

That is why it is important for you to be a part of the church. Never be just a Sunday christian.

Illustration : Suppose one day your hand tells you that it wants to stay at home and does not want to come with you to work. Will you remove your hand and keep it at home? No. Just like that you are a part of the body of Christ.

1 Peter 2:24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”
Jesus never sinned. But he bore the cross for ours.
The old creation of ours died on the cross with Jesus and the new creation was born along with his resurrection.

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