I was reading in Romans today, particularly chapter 6. This is a great chapter that helps us to understand what is necessary for us to be ready for the waters of baptism. The chapter speaks of how we must die in Christ before we can live in Him. So, to me, to die in Christ is to let go of the sins and sorrow of our lives that we have before we are baptized, that we can have them be buried in the depths and arise a new person.

Christ literally died for our sins that we may be found clean. He took all of our sins with him as He died on the cross for us, He was then resurrected and the sins were no more. The savior had to die so that we can live. We don’t have to die but we must be fully “buried“ in the waters of baptism to represent that death. If we were to simply sprinkle ourselves with the waters it would not be the same because it would be like the Savior simply putting a small scratch on his arm instead of giving the ultimate sacrifice.  When we follow the Savior’s example we gain a new life. We can continue to have this new life by continually remembering the covenants that we made and by partaking of the sacrament each week.

                Mosiah 3:19 talks of how when we are baptized we can have the death of the natural man be the death that signifies Christ’s death. For the natural man is an enemy to God. If can allow the natural man to die in us we will find that we will be better servant to our Lord.

                When we are baptized we become the servants of our Lord. For he has taken all of our sins and cleansed us from them, he has allowed us to be changed from natural men to men who are destined to be Kings. The lord wants us to be in his grace and to serve him righteously.

                For when we are servants of our Lord we are truly free from the sorrow and pain of the devil, for he has saved each of us!