 Good morning everyone and good to see all of you, we have now three online students, in-person students, Siddharth has joined along with Asha and Khun. So all three of them here in the classroom with me and it's good to have Siddharth join us. Okay let's begin, can one of you lead us in prayer please? Anyone like lead us in prayer? Anyone lead us in prayer please? Abraham? Abraham Kete, can you lead us in prayer? Okay thank you. Let me mind it a little bit. Hello Pastor. Yes, hi Abraham. Yes please can you hear me? Is my volume okay? Yes we can hear you. Okay let's pray. Precious Father we thank you for this hour, we thank you for this moment. Father our hearts and minds are open to receive your word. Father we pray for the grace that whatever we hear from our pastor this hour will be a blessing to us. That Father will not be hear us only but will be do us of your word. That we will step out understanding the scripture and delivering it as you've given us. Father we thank you. In Jesus name we have pray. Amen. Thank you Abraham. Thank you Sayyih as well for just pitching in but sorry we just had Abraham pray. Okay well we're looking at Romans. We are in Romans chapter with chapter Avian. With chapter Avian. Chapter 5, thank you Siddharth. Okay so our in-person students have all answered chapter 5. Okay so we were looking at chapter 5 we reached to was 17. So in chapter 5 Paul is basically talking about 4 outcomes of being justified by faith. Okay so what are the outcomes of being justified by faith? We have peace with God. Okay we are one with God. We are reconciled to God. We are no longer enemies of God. We are no longer fighting God but we have peace with God and we have the peace of God. Okay what is the second outcome? Access by faith into a standing in grace. That means we have a position where we are highly favored by God. Okay and we saw all the positions that we have what it means to be standing in grace to God. We are you know we look at all the things that who we are to God. The third thing is that we are in a place of rejoicing. Okay we are rejoicing for the good things that God has planned for us. And also the good things that he has planned for us in the future. Okay that he's going to release upon us the glory that he has kept for us. We also rejoice in tribulations knowing that it develops in the ordinance. In the ordinance there was character and character. Okay and then we saw Paul goes on to talk about how God's love is being poured out into our lives. Okay that and then we see he talks about Christ having died for me. What is the result? What is the result of Christ's death? Okay because Christ died we are justified by his blood. Paul says he writes and he says we are justified by his blood. We are saved from broth judgment and we are saved from eternal judgment. And then in verse 12 he tells us something more that has happened because of the cross. And you know and I said that verses 12 to 21 is very unique. We don't find it anywhere else in scripture. He refers to Paul refers to this as the truth of truth as identification. The truth that he's mentioning in verses 12 to 21. He's referring to as identification. This truth he's referring to as identification. And he says that every person is affected because of the one man Adam. And he talks about because of what happened as the consequences of one man Adam. The man Adam sin and how it affected the entire human race. And similarly he talks about what happened with the other man which he refers to as the last Adam. So the Adam that was born on the earth is created by God is called as the first man or the first Adam. And we see that Jesus Christ is referred to as the last Adam. The second man is also referred to as the second man. So we see what we inherited because of the first man Adam. All that we inherited how it affected the rest of our lives, the rest of human race. Similarly we see how our lives are impacted or affected because of what Jesus Christ did who was the last Adam or the second man. So Jesus Christ is available to the rest of the human race and what he has made available for each one of us. Now here in these verses 12 to 21 Paul is presenting a very interesting talk here. This passage is very unique compared to, sorry. This passage is very unique compared to, you know, we don't see this with Paul writing about this or mentioning about this elsewhere in his letters, his epistles. He mentions a little bit about this in 1 Corinthians chapter 15 which we will look at. But Paul mentions here that he builds, you know, that what Paul mentions here, sorry, he builds on this in Romans 6 on how it affects the life of a believer today. Okay, so all that he's mentioning here, he builds on further in chapter 6 on how it affects a believer today. So we looked up to, that's a brief introduction. We looked, we examined chapter 5 verses 1 to 17. On Wednesday we will look at chapter 5 verses 18 onwards today. Okay, not last today. So chapter 5 verse 18. Can somebody read that please? Can I read my doubt? Yes, go ahead. Now it's chapter 5 verses 18. Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. For as by the one man disobedience, the many were made sinners. So by one man's obedience, the many will be made righteous. Now the law came in to increase the trespass. But where sin increased, grace abound all the more. So that as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Christ, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Thank you. So here we see in verse 18, you know, he's, Paul is kind of repeating the same thing again and again, because he's saying, you know, he's writing it. He's saying it again and again because he says, I really want you to get hold of this truth, which is our identification. Okay, who we are. So in verse 19, he says, for as one man disobedience, many were made sinners. So also by one man's obedience, many will be made righteous. Again, he's repeating the same thing. So if you look at your notes, you know, there is, you know, two columns where it talks about what Adam, what he inherited from Adam and what happens as a result of us being in Christ. Okay. So in Adam, in verse 15, it says Adam's sin brought death to many, but Jesus Christ brought us the gift of grace. Okay. So that came through Adam. And through Jesus Christ, we received a gift of grace to many. Verse 16, Adam's sin brought judgment and condemnation. And Christ took all our sin. And he justified us in God's sight. Okay. We are made just righteous. Verse 17, Adam's sin brought us under subjection to death, but Jesus Christ released abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness, which enables us to reign in life. Verse 18, Adam's sin brought again judgment and condemnation, but Christ's work on the crosses, righteous act on the cross brought that free gift of grace resulting in justification, righteousness and eternal life. That is Zoë life, the God kind of life, eternal life. And Adam's sin made all of us sinners, but Christ's obedience makes all who believe righteous. So when we obey him, when we believe in him, you know, it makes us righteous. Okay. So this is what he's presenting the truth as identification, you know, our identification, who we are in Christ. When we are in Adam's race and we belong to the old nature, you know, we belong to Adam's race and what is our identification. And when we are born again, we are born in Christ, you know, what is our identification. And I said that, you know, he also mentions about this, he writes about this in 1 Corinthians chapter 15, verses 45 to 48. So let's just briefly look at that. So just keep your hand on, you know, your finger, one of your fingers on in Romans chapter five will be coming back to that. And you can turn to 1 Corinthians chapter 15, verses 45 to 48, because Paul is writing something very similar about, you know, the first Adam, the last Adam, the first man, the second man in 1 Corinthians 15, verses 45 to 48. These are the only two places where he, you know, he writes about this and explains the truth. So let's look at 1 Corinthians 15, 45 to 48. Can somebody read that please? Sure, can I? Yes, sure, please. Thank you. And so it is written the first man Adam was made a living soul. The last Adam was made a cooking spirit, albeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that is which is natural and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, the earthly, the second man is the Lord from the heaven. As is the earthly such are the old soul, that the earth that are earthly and as is the heavenly such are the old soul that are heavenly. Thank you. Thank you, Sikumar. So here we see, you know, Paul drawing a simple picture like what we saw in Romans chapter five. You know, and here he's saying that Adam was a type of man that was to come that this he's talking, referring to Jesus, just like Adam. You know, in the same type, there will be a man who come that is Jesus and then he draws the contrast as we saw in Romans chapter five. And he refers to Adam here as the first Adam and Jesus Christ is referred to here as the last Adam. Okay, so all those who are born of Adam were born in sin, which sin came out of death. And, you know, while we are in Jesus when we are born again, we become we are in Christ, you know, and when we are in Christ, we don't have the sinful Adamic. That means our sinful Adamic nature is dead in us. Okay. And we see that Jesus himself, even though he was born as a man, but you know, he was not. He did not have the sinful Adamic nature in him, because we see that he was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit. Okay. So as the last Adam, the sinful Adamic nature stops before him. Okay. What does that mean? So those of us in Christ, we are free from being identified with Adam spiritually. Okay. Of course, we have the body of man, but in a spirit being we are made new. We have, you know, we have the nature of the last Adam, that is Jesus Christ being made new in our spirit beings. And, you know, we are dead to sin. Okay. So as the last Adam, the sinful Adamic nature stops before him, because, you know, in Christ, when we are in Christ, you know, our sinful nature comes to an end. We are dead to sin. We are dead to the power of sin. We are dead to the desire to sin. So those of us in Christ, we are free from being identified from Adam spiritually. In Christ, we are no longer having a sinful nature with sin and death working in our spirits. Okay. And because of this, you know, it stops the work of sin in our life. Okay. So in Christ, we are born from above. And because we are born from above, we have the life and nature of God in us and we partake of the divine nature. So in verse 46, he says he speaks of the natural and spiritual. In the natural Adam's race, you know, technically Adam's race continues. Okay. In the natural people are still born in Adam's race. But spiritually in Christ, you know, he is the last Adam. Okay. Which means, you know, in Jesus Christ, there's no longer sin that continues. You know, those who are in Christ, they no longer have sin, sin no longer reigns in their bodies or in their spirit man. And we are dead to sin and we have the nature and we have a life of God in our spirit man. Okay. And verse 47, he says, you know, he refers to Jesus as the second man. And he says the first man was natural, was of the earth. The second man is Jesus and he is from heaven. Okay. So there is one race of people who are earthly and there's another race of people who are spiritual. So those who are earthly are, you know, of the atomic race, the atomic line, the first man and those who are born into the kingdom of God. Those who are, who accept Jesus Christ as a Lord and Savior, you know, they are born of the, you know, they're part of the second Adam, the race, the second man. Or the last Adam, sorry. And, you know, they are spiritual now because they are born from above. Okay. So for those people who are born again, you know, the, there's an end to the atomic race in their spirit man. And, you know, what does it mean when we say that Jesus is the second man? It means it's the beginning of a new race. Okay. A new race means, you know, a race where there is no sin, where sin does not reign in our spirit man. We have no inclination. We have no desire to sin. So Jesus is the second man of the new race. So people born of the second man are spiritual and they are born of heaven. In verse 48, he says, those who are natural, they bear the image of man, that is Adam. Okay. And they are like him, whereas he says Paul writes as is the heavenly man. So also are those who are heavenly. Okay. So the spiritual people, you and I, we bear the image of the, of heaven. Okay. The image of the one who is from heaven and that is Jesus Christ. So all of us who are spiritual, spiritual lot, you know, there are many people in this world who are spiritual, but when we're talking about spiritual people here, we're talking about those who are in Christ. Okay. When we are born again, we are born in Christ. We'll explain that a little later. Okay. We bear the image of the one who is from heaven, who is Jesus Christ. And that is what the Holy Spirit does in our life. He, you know, he works in our life. He sanctifies us so that we can be transformed into the likeness, into the image of God. In verse 49, he says, we shall also bear. Okay. But actually, if you look at it in the Greek, it does not have a future tense to it, but it says, we now bear. Okay. It says, we now bear. Okay. In verse 14, he says, and as we have born the image of the dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly man. It's not something that will happen in the future that will bear the image of the heavenly man. But here in the Greek, it's the present tense. It says, you know, we now bear the image of the heavenly man. So the moment we are in Christ, we bear the image of the, you know, heavenly man. What is the meaning of bear? It means, you know, you know, it means let's show forth, you know, even as we are in Christ, we need to show forth through our words, our actions, our deeds, our very life that we have the nature of the second man or the last Adam, we are, you know, walking or living or, you know, acting in Christ-likeness. Okay. Or in the manner that Christ would have spoken or acted or reacted. Now, in these verses, we see Paul doing a wonderful contrast. He talks about the first Adam, who is the first man. And he refers to him to also as the natural man. That is Adam who got created in the, you know, in the beginning of the world when he created the world on the sixth day. And the second man who is referring to as Jesus, you know, he's also calling him as the second Adam and as the spiritual man. And then he says that the first man, Adam is, or the first Adam is a man from the earth. The second Adam is a man from heaven. Okay. And he mentions that in Adam, we all die, but in the second Adam, we all live. We all have life. Okay. And we all bear the image of the second Adam. All those who are in Christ bear the image of the second Adam, who is a spiritual man, who is from heaven. Okay. So Paul is writing all this to explain to us, you know, what happens because we are in Christ or what happens because of what Jesus Christ did on the cross. Okay. Any questions anyone has? If you are able to follow. Yes. No. Okay. That brings us to chapter, end of chapter five. Anyone has any questions? Chapter five. Yes. Okay. Okay. So cool question is that we are, when we are in Christ, we have the image of. Okay. So. Oh, so I, I, this, I think, I hope I understood. Question right. I'll just mention to you. So come is saying that, you know, we are already made in the image of God because we read in Genesis chapter one or chapter two, you know, God created man in his own image in his own likeness. And if we are already created in God's image, and we are already created in God's likeness, then why does it say that, you know, that, like I said in verse 49, that we also, you know, have the image of the heavenly man. Okay. Good question. So when God created was going to create Adam, a man and woman, he said, let us create man in our image. Okay. In our likeness, which means that, you know, God has no form or shape because he is a spirit being, but when he says he created us in his image and likeness, it means that God does not sin. So he created mankind, never to sin. God is holy. He created us holy. God never dies. He created us never to die. God has a mind to think. He gave us a mind to think and to reason and to be able to understand him. God has a will. You know, he's sovereign. He does what he wills. He gave us a will to choose. Okay. But when, so that is, you know, we are created in God's image and like this, but when Adam and Eve sin, they, you know, they no longer have, they, the sin corrupted everything on earth. So they no longer were in the image or the likeness of God because God is holy. We were unholy. God is without sin. You know, we were, you know, we, you know, sin came into this world and all, hence everyone born, everyone born thereafter was born in sin. And also that, you know, God never dies, but because of sin that came into this world. So no longer having the image of God in us, image of God also means we no longer were manifesting the glory of God. Okay. Lord manifesting the glory of God means manifesting who he is and what he does. So God was actually in the garden. You know, he was actually releasing his unfolding, his plan of his kingdom here on earth. And he wanted us to be representatives of his kingdom to represent who the king is in his kingdom here on earth. Okay. And so when we sing, you know, sing corrupted everything. And hence we moved away from the glory of God. We moved away from, you know, bearing the image of God. We no longer could manifest the glory of God because of our sinful nature. But now, you know, crisis made away when Christ died for us on the cross. He took over, you know, he defeated sin and death and Satan and gave us the keys of authority and the power. And hence all of them who believe in the finished work of the cross believe in Jesus. They no longer, you know, they are no longer now belonging to the Adamic race. Okay. So they are born. That's why we say we are a new creation. We are born again. What does it mean? We're born again means we're born again. We made new in our spirit man. And we have, you know, remember what I said about, I think when I spoke about propitiation and I talked about redemption, redeeming God, redeeming us. You know, God did not just redeem us from the bias out of the slave market by paying a cost, but he also redeemed us back to our original position. Okay. That is redemption. And it's very beautiful. And you can, when you read the word redemption in the New Testament, there are various contexts which these Greek words are used. And we need to read that in that context. So in some context, it is just, you know, we've been redeemed from the slave market by paying a cost. In another, you know, context, it could be that we are redeemed back to our original position. So what is our original position? You know, in the image of God to manifest his glory to be like who Jesus is. And that is why the Holy Spirit is sanctifying us because he wants us to become more Christ-like. So that, you know, we can be true representatives of him even as we are his and, you know, of his kingdom. And even as we are here, now given the authority of his kingdom to advance his kingdom and further his kingdom here. So did that help answer your question? This is an idea. This is one of the things you're talking about. That's history. And God is history. That's baptism. So then we had it. Yes. Yes. Okay. Anyone else has any question? I saw somebody putting their hand up. Anyone else who put up their hand? Somebody put up their hand. Mangi. Mangi, are you there? Yes, yes. Because I just had, I wanted to ask you a question, but you answered it. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Mangi. Anyone else has any question? Okay. There are no questions and we'll move on to chapter six and chapter six. Paul is basically writing or talking about sins, power being broken over our lives in our lives. Okay. So, you know, based on the title of this chapter, what is Paul going to be talking about based on the title of this chapter? Chapter six title is sins, power broken. So what do you think Paul is going to be talking about? Identity. Identity. Okay. So that says identity. Yes, he's continuing to focus on our identity, who we are. But what is he basically talking about? Okay. Okay. All natures crucified with Christ. Anyone from the online class? Chapter six, our topic is, okay, Srikumas has no more bondage of sin. No more in bondage of sin. Okay. He's basically talking about sin here. Okay. And how sin's power is broken over our lives. Now has Paul already spoken about sin in the previous chapters? Yes. No. Yeah. Okay. You'll be sure about this. Yes. He's always spoken about it. So what is he already established about sin and salvation in the previous chapters? Okay. What is he already spoken about sin? Okay. Salvation that there are new creation Christ. Okay. Okay. Okay. So he's spoken about how sin came through Adam. So, you know, we see that he's already established the fact that we are all sinners, that Jesus died for our sins. Yeah. Thank you. Laisha's sin has come through Adam's salvation came through Christ. The law exposes sin. Thank you. Yes. Man has fallen short of the glory of God because of sin. Thank you. Srikumar. Okay. Okay. So we see that, you know, he's already established this fact that we are all sinners, that Jesus died for our sins. We are all forgiven and his righteousness has been imputed on us or it has been put into our account. Hence, we have been made righteous with God. We've been justified with God and we have a right standing in grace. Now, when he's talked so much about sin and, you know, and established these truths, established these facts, then why is he talking about sin here again? Okay. Anyone has any idea why he's talking again about sin? Because he's talking, he's dealt so much in depth about sin. You know, the consequences of sin came. You know, what happened as a result of sin? What we've received as a result of the cross? And then why is he talking again about sin here in this chapter? Now, as I said in the introduction that, you know, this letter is not just written chapter-wise, you know, but it's like, it's a letter and so, you know, the flow of thought is running through and then sometimes the person can go back on what they said initially. So, Sri Kumar says he's trying to explain the solution of sin. Okay. First, our conscience convicts us on sin. Okay. So, as I said in the introduction that this is a letter and not written chapter-wise. So, I mentioned that we need to have a forward and a backward look. Right. So, what he writes initially or what he introduces initially saying chapter one, he will further explain it in, you know, maybe some other part of his letter or for us as chapter-wise, we'll explain it and build on it later. So, similarly, when interpreting something in a, you know, chapter that comes later on, we need to maintain a backward look, which means we need to interpret it in the light of what we have studied. We have learned so far in chapters one to chapter five. We need to look at it in the context in which it was introduced and what else has been stated on this in the, stated on this previously by Paul. So, chapter three, Paul talks about sin. He says all have sinned and we are justified and made righteous by faith. And just like, you know, he raised several questions there to bring about the truth. Similarly, he raises some questions in this chapter or in this part of the letter as well. Okay. So, in this chapter, Paul addresses the main issue, you know, or the main issue or the main problem, main issue of the problem of sin. Okay. So, in this chapter, Paul addresses the main issue of the problem of sin. Okay. He says, we are all sinners. Jesus died for our sins. We are all forgiven. His righteousness is imputed on us or is put into our account. Hence, we are righteous. We are justified. We have a right standing with grace. But in spite of all this, in spite of knowing all this, receiving all this, then why do we still continue to sin? Okay. And, you know, some people say that, you know, maybe, you know, in his time, you know, people were continuing to sin because they were saying, because we have the grace of God. We have the grace of God. We've already been justified. We've already been forgiven. So, even if we sin, then we go and ask God for forgiveness. He will justify us again because he'll forgive us, forgive God. And his grace is living the grace period, you know. And I've heard many people, and it's very shocking and very sad. You know, when we point out sins for people, they get very upset with us, especially even our loved ones. When you point out their sin and tell them, you know, this is not honoring in God's side, they tell us, you know, who are you to judge because, you know, God is gracious. He is merciful to me. He loves me. He will forgive me. So, there's no point, there's no need for you to judge my sin or tell me what I'm doing is wrong. And they're taking the grace of God for granted. Okay. And so, I think this was also running through the minds of, you know, the people there when Paul was writing. And so, he says, in spite of all this, why do we still continue to sin? Because some people say we had the grace of God. We've been justified and forgiven. When we do that, we're taking the grace of God for granted. Okay. And then we see that, you know, in this chapter, he transitions to how we need to live our Christian life. How do we live in the view of the cross and what has happened at the cross? Okay. So, what actually Paul is bringing to us in Romans 6 is an in-depth understanding again of the truth of identification, just like Siddharth said, you know, he's bringing an in-depth understanding of the truth of identification. He's already done quite a bit of fit and built on it in Romans chapter 5 where he's spoken about in Adam how, you know, what we receive and when we are in Christ, you know, what is our identification, what is our standing, what we have received. And now he addresses the main issue of the problem of sin in two main questions. The first thing he says, shall we continue to sin or shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Verse one. Or verse 15 he says, shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? So, he's going to address the main issue of the problem of sin by answering two main questions. The first one is shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Verse one. And then shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Verse 15. Now, to answer these two main questions, he has some follow-up questions. So, for each of the two questions, he has two follow-up questions that points to the spiritual truths that he wants to, you know, bring about to us. The first question shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? We ask two more follow-up questions and that is how shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? And do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death was three? The second main question shall we sin because we're not under law but under grace? He has two more follow-up questions for that in verse 16 and verse 21. It says, do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one slave whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death or of obedience leading to righteousness? The second follow-up question is in verse 21 where it says, what fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? Now, so as Paul responds to these two main questions, he introduces us again to the truth about identification and how that has set us free from the dominion or the power of sin. And he also talks about what should be our response to God's grace. He says our response should be that we billingly make ourselves slaves to God and slaves to righteousness which results in holy living before God. So this is just a brief background and now we will look in detail, we will study chapter 6. So can one of you please read chapter 6 verses 1, 2 and 3, please? Chapter 6 verses 1, 2 and 3. Okay, go in. Okay. Romans chapter 6, 1, 2 and 3. What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means. By no means. How can we do, how can we who died to sin still live in it? Do we, do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Thank you. So we see that, you know, Paul having presented the powerful truth that we are justified by faith and that we are sin abounded, grace abounds all the more. Paul addresses a question that, you know, people could possibly raise and that question is shall we all just keep on sinning so that God can keep giving us more and more grace? And what is the answer? He says he gives an answer. Does he give an answer? Yes. Yes, what is the answer? By all means no. By all means no. Yes, it was to say certainly not absolutely no. And why does he say, you know, certainly no or absolutely no is because we are dead to sin. Okay. Dead people do not sin and they cannot. Okay. And so he says because we are dead to sin, you know, we are dead to sin. That's why we cannot sin any longer. Okay. And he says that when we are baptized into Christ, we are baptized into his death. So what baptism is he talking about here? Is he talking about what the baptism or some of the baptism? Talking about what the baptism anyone else? We're looking at, so he says, or do you not know that as many of us as we're baptized into Christ Jesus, we're baptized into his death. So is he talking about what the baptism or some of the baptism here? Other. Kung is saying other. Okay. Good try. Yes, he's not actually talking about what the baptism, you know, but he is talking about spiritual baptism here. Okay. So why do we say it's spiritual baptism? Because he says we have been baptized into Christ. Okay. Rose says baptism in the Holy Spirit. Okay. It's not part of baptism. It's not, you know, baptized into the Holy Spirit where we get the gifts of the spirit and we flow in the gifts of the spirit. We speak in tongues, but this is more spiritual baptism because, you know, it says here that we are baptized into Christ. Now to understand what Paul is saying, we need to look at, you know, the other epistles, other letters that he's written where he's mentioned about this so that we can interpret rightly in the context what we are reading. Because one scripture helps us to interpret another scripture, understand it. And so it's important to use other scripture as well. So he writes about this in 1 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 13. So can all of you turn to 1 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 13 please? 1 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 13. And can somebody read that please? Anyone? 1 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 13. 1 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 13. Thank you, Koen. So he says, you know, it says here that, you know, by one spirit we're all baptized into one body. Okay. So it's the Holy Spirit that baptizes us into the body of Christ. We're not baptized in water, but we're baptized in Christ. Now, yes, water baptism is a physical expression of Romans chapter 6 verse 3. Okay. Yes, we use this. It is a physical expression of, you know, of verse 3 here. But the spiritual significance of the spiritual truth is it's a spiritual baptism. Okay. Water baptism is a physical expression of the spiritual reality of the spiritual truth that we are going to see here. So what he's focusing here is the spiritual truth. Okay. The spiritual truth is that all of us believers have been baptized into Christ or we have been brought into Christ. We are immersed into Christ. We are put into Christ or we are cloded into Christ. So when you say that we are baptized, you know, it's a powerful expression. It's a powerful proclamation of the spiritual truth of our identification with Christ's death, burial, his resurrection, his ascension, and his seated, his, you know, him seated at the right hand of God, the seating of Jesus Christ. Okay. Now, just before the end, I'll just explain something and then just give me one or two minutes. This is something, you know, for us to understand that Christ, you know, died 200 years back, sorry, 2,000 years back. And here we are 2,000 years later, when we hear the gospel, when we believe in Jesus Christ, when we do, we are baptized into Jesus Christ. So today we are immersed into Jesus Christ spiritually. That means we are brought into Christ or we are immersed into Christ. And God's saying that I'm going to treat you as though you were in Christ 2,000 years ago. So what happened to Christ 2,000 years ago becomes effective in our body, becomes effective in our lives today. And how is that possible? You know, we already spent time explaining it in Romans chapter 5 because of Adam, you know, and we being in Adam, because Adam sinned, all of us have sinned. And that came upon us because of Adam sinned. We're all affected by what happened to Adam 6,000 years back because of one man's disobedience, you know, we're all born in sin and we are all destined to die. So the same truth continues here that the moment we accept Christ, you know, we are in Christ, we identify with Christ, we identify with His death. So spiritually we are made one with Christ and because we are made one with Christ or baptized into Christ, we are baptized into His death. We identify with His death and then He goes on to talk about further in this chapter that we not only identify with His death, but we also identify with His burial, with His resurrection, with His ascension and with Him being seated in heavenly places. Okay, we'll stop here and we'll move on with verse 4 of chapter 6 next Wednesday. Anyone has any questions? Anyone has any questions? Okay, no questions. Okay, so we've already discussed about our test, right, assessment. Okay, there's no questions, sorry, then we can end class. Thank you all for joining class. Have a blessed weekend and a refreshing weekend and see you next week. Thank you.