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Baptized
Into His Death
"Baptized
into His death." Rom. 6:3. Many saints fail to walk
in that blessed fellowship and intimate communion that
their souls crave. They long to have Christ more real in
their life. They yearn for a greater consciousness of His
presence. They come short of their soul's cravings because
they are not baptized fully into Christ's death. They live
too much to the flesh. They live too much for earthly
things. They have too great an admiration for earthly
things, a fine home, fine furniture. fine automobile. Look
closely into the life of Christ. Not once did He ever
manifest an admiration of the fine things of the world. He
admired God in nature, but never admired nature of itself.
If He admired the works of man, it was not what man had
done, but what God had helped him do. In all His sight
seeing He never lost sight of God. This is a precious
secret in the Christian life. See God everywhere and in
everything. Admire God, adore Him, and not the thing He
has created. Alas, how many think more, admire more, talk
more about, seek more after the thing created than they do
the Creator. Jesus saw this world and all the fine things
in it under condemnation and ready for the burning, and so
will you when baptized into His death.
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