Catechesis Notes for the Week — Baptism Places Us in Christ – “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation…” Holy Baptism places us IN Christ! This means that we are joined to Him. His death for sin has become our death for sin. His atonement for sin is our atonement. His righteousness covers our sin. His resurrection has become our own. By His forgiveness, life, and salvation we are a NEW creation. The old life of sin and death has passed away. In Christ we are a NEW creation. This means that you are a new man or woman, holy and righteous. God looks upon you and you are spotless, without sin! Christ has taken it all away and declared you righteous. It means that you are a new man and a new woman, a new husband and a new wife, a new father and a new mother because the old things have passed away with all their frailty, sin, and corruption, and all things have become new! You are a new creation in Christ! This is the gift of our Baptism and what it means to be “IN Christ!”

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