Romans 6:4–5

“Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection.”

When Paul speaks of the resurrection, he doesn’t just describe it as something Jesus did—he shows us how it fundamentally changes who we are.

In Romans 6, Paul teaches that believers are spiritually united with Christ—in His death and His resurrection. We died with Him. We were buried with Him. And we were raised with Him. We have a new identity in Christ.

“Just as Christ was raised from the dead… even so we also should walk in newness of life.”

This newness of life isn’t symbolic or emotional—it’s real. When we believed the gospel, something supernatural happened: we were placed into Christ, the resurrected Lord of glory (1 Corinthians 12:13). And because He lives, we live.

This is one of the most staggering revelations Paul received from the resurrected Lord Jesus. No prophet, no apostle before him taught this. Peter didn’t preach this on Pentecost. This is Paul’s gospel “good news”—that we are no longer “in Adam,” but now “in Christ” (Romans 5:12–19). This new identity was forged in resurrection.

“For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection.”
(Romans 6:5)

This isn’t a future promise only—it’s a present reality. We’ve been raised to live now as those who are alive from the dead (Romans 6:11). That’s resurrection power. That’s newness of life.

The Christian life isn’t a moral improvement plan—it’s the outworking of a brand-new creation, birthed by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We live, not by striving to be better, but by walking in the reality of who we are in Him.

This truth is central to Paul’s gospel, and it’s why he said:

“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me…”
(Galatians 2:20)

Bible Study:

• Romans 6:4-5
• 1 Corinthians 12:13
• Romans 5:12–19
• Romans 6:11
• Galatians 2:20