by Jonathan Perz<\/p>\n
Do you believe in a doctrine that endorses burying the living?<\/p>\n
Baptism is likened to a burial (Romans 6:4; Colossians 2:12). Now, if we are saved (i.e., made alive – Colossians 2:13; Ephesians 2:1, 5) before baptism, then aren’t we actually burying the living when we are baptized because<\/strong>\u00a0we have already been saved (as so many are arguing)?<\/p>\n Seems to me Paul’s words, though speaking of our final resurrection, have an application to our being made a “new creation” (cf. II Corinthians 5:17). He said, “Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive until it dies<\/em>” (I Corinthians 15:36). We don’t bury the living. We bury the dead!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Jonathan Perz Do you believe in a doctrine that endorses burying the living? Baptism is likened to a burial (Romans 6:4; Colossians 2:12). Now, if we are saved (i.e., made alive – Colossians 2:13; Ephesians 2:1, 5) before baptism, then aren’t we actually burying the living when we are baptized because\u00a0we have already been…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[52],"class_list":["post-50342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-baptism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":95595,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/baptism-faith-in-the-powerful-working-of-god\/","url_meta":{"origin":50342,"position":0},"title":"Baptism – Faith in the Powerful Working of God","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Edwin Crozier I honestly do not understand why there is so much debate surrounding baptism. 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