What does buried with Christ in baptism and risen with Him mean?

In Kolossense 2:11-12 we read about the circumcision in Christ and being buried with Christ in baptism and risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God. But what does buried with Christ in baptism and risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God mean according to the Bible?

The circumcision in Christ 

In wie julle ook besny is met die besnydenis wat sonder hande gedoen is, deur die liggaam van die sondes van die vlees af te lê deur die besnydenis van Christus: Begrawe saam met Hom in die doop, waarin julle ook saam met Hom opgewek is deur die geloof in die werking van God, who hath raised Him from the dead (Kolossense 2:11-12)

The new creation is circumcised in the circumcision of Jesus Christ. This circumcision is not made with hands, a natural circumcision of the foreskin of a male. But this circumcision is a work of the Spirit and takes place by putting off the body of the sinful flesh of males and females. The circumcision in Christ; the putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, takes place by baptism, when the old man (vlees) is buried with Christ and becomes a partaker of His death and the new man (gees) has risen from the dead through the faith of the operation of God, who has raised Him from the dead.

The old man is buried with Christ in baptism 

Wat sal ons dan sê? Sal ons voortgaan in sonde, sodat genade oorvloedig kan wees? die Here behoed. Hoe sal ons, wat dood is vir die sonde, leef nie meer daarin nie? Weet julle nie, dat so baie van ons wat in Jesus Christus gedoop is, in Sy dood gedoop is? Daarom word ons saam met Hom begrawe deur die doop in die dood: net soos Christus uit die dode opgewek is deur die heerlikheid van die Vader, so moet ons ook wandel in 'n nuwe lewe.

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection: Om dit te weet, dat ons ou mens saam met Hom gekruisig is, sodat die liggaam van sonde vernietig kan word, dat ons voortaan nie die sonde moet dien nie. Want hy wat dood is, is van sonde bevry (Romeine 6:1-7)

Baptism in water

Toe jy gedoop is, you were circumcised in the circumcision of Christ and you have buried your old former life.

Die ou man, who is carnal and sense-ruled and is dominated by the sinful nature, no longer exists.  

Die ou man, die vleeslike mens, has died in Christ and the new man, the spiritual man, has been risen in Christ from the dead.

Old things have passed away, all things have become new!

You believed in Jesus Christ and decided to volg Jesus and entered a covenant with Him and as a sign of the covenant is the circumcision in Christ. 

Just like in the Old Covenant the natural circumcision of the foreskin was a sign of the covenant between God, Abraham, en his Seed, in die Nuwe Verbond, the circumcision by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh through baptism, is a sign of the New Covenant in Christ.

The new man is risen with Christ from the dead

Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him: Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over Him. For in that He died, He died unto sin once: but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, maar onder genade.

In Hom is geen sonde nie, wat in Hom bly, sondig nie

Wat dan? sal ons sondig, omdat ons nie onder die wet is nie, maar onder genade? die Here behoed. Weet julle nie, dit aan wie julle julleself diensknegte oorgee om gehoorsaam te wees, sy dienaars is aan wie julle gehoorsaam is; hetsy van die sonde tot die dood toe, of van gehoorsaamheid aan geregtigheid? (Romeine 6:8-16)

En as Christus in jou is, die liggaam is dood weens sonde; maar die Gees is lewe vanweë die geregtigheid (Romeine 8:10)

Want as julle na die vlees lewe, julle sal sterwe: maar as julle deur die Gees die dade van die liggaam doodmaak, julle sal lewe. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God (Romeine 8:13-14)

Jesus Christ has conquered the death! If you have become a new creation in Him, you have been redeemed from the power of sin and death by the putting of the body of the sins of the flesh and you have been given power in Christ to reign over sin and death.

You shall no longer listen to the flesh and be led by the sinful nature of the flesh and fulfill the lusts and desires of the flesh, since the flesh with its sinful nature has died in Christ.

The proof that the flesh has died in Christ

If the flesh with the sinful nature has died in Christ, the flesh shall no longer produce the unrighteous works of the flesh, which are a.o. owerspel, hoerery, egskeiding, (seksuele) onreinheid, effeminacy, buitensporige liefde (wellus), bose begeerte, hebsug, woede, toorn, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication, lieg, ongebondenheid, afgodery, heksery, Haat, variansie, emulasies, twis, Sedisies, Dwaalleer, afguns, stealing, Moorde, dronkenskap, Verlustigings (1 Korintiërs 6:9- 6, Galasiërs 5:19-21, Kolossense 3:5-10). 

If you still do the works of the flesh, you are not circumcised in Christ, because the body of the sins of the flesh has not been put off and is not buried in Christ but is still alive.

The old creation, who belongs to the world and lives in the kingdom of darkness, does these unrighteous works. But if you are born again and you are circumcised in the circumcision of Christ by the putting off the body of sins of the flesh, you shall not do those works anymore, but you shall do righteous works according to the will of God. 

You shall listen to the Father and submit yourself to His Word and obey the words of God and apply them into your life, since the Word of God is the truth. You shall walk after the Spirit in the will of God and the Spirit shall reign in your life. As a result, you shall live a holy life unto God and bear the vrug van die Gees.

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