Baptism in Romans 6

1.    Review Romans 6:1–13 and answer the following questions in writing: 
o       What must be done with sin before baptism can occur?
- We must be "dead unto sin and alive unto God." This means that we need to put our sin away and be baptized in Christ's name and enter into his Gospel and not let sin reign in our mortal body.
 
o       What events from Christ’s life are symbolized in baptism?
- Baptism is a symbolism of Christ's death and his resurrection.  The descent into the water is symbolic of his crucifixion but as we rise out of the water it symbolizes his resurrection just as it does our own. 

o       Considering this symbolism, why couldn’t someone be baptized by sprinkling?
- Baptism by sprinkling doesn't offer the symbolism of death. We must be fully immersed under water to rise up again out of death. With baptism by sprinkling there is nothing to rise out of.

o       What do these verses teach us about how we can maintain the “newness of life”?
- The "newness of life" to me is that feeling of a life clean from sin and immersed in Christ's gospel. We can enjoy this feeling by being pure and without sin through the repentance that we are capable of because of our baptism.

o       According to Mosiah 3:19, what part of us would ideally die at baptism?
- The goal of baptism is the die in the sense of losing your natural man and being resurrected a saint. The natural man is what we are here is this life to overcome and we are only capable of that if we have the help of the spirit and the opportunity to repent.  

2.    Study Romans 6:14–23. Write a paragraph that describes how we know whose servant we are. Then write a statement identifying the true source of freedom.
- I believe we can know whose servant we are by knowing our heart. The verses state that those who are servants of God are servants of righteousness. There is a reward for both being a servant of righteousness and a servant of sin, the reward of sin is death but the reward of the servants of God is eternal life. I know for myself that I am striving for eternal life and to be righteous. People in the world think that by not following a set of morals they are more free but in righteousness we are freed through Christ.