1950 This Means Everlasting Life - A2Z.org

120 "THIS MEANS EVERLASTING LIFE"
in the flesh, but being made alive in the spirit ."
1 Peter 3 :18, NW Because his disciples could
not see spiritual creatures, the resurrected Jesus
manifested himself to them in flesh, materializing
a human body for each occasion, just as the spirit
angels did on his resurrection day and his day
of ascension to heaven .
I€ Can believers be baptized into Christ's death
and be resurrected like him to heavenly life? Yes .
Jesus told his disciples they could, saying : "The
cup I am drinking you will drink, and with the
baptism with which I am being baptized you will
be baptized ." Mark 10 :38,39, NW This means
they must sacrifice their human lives in God's
service, forever giving up the prospect of living
as human creatures perfected in the righteous
new world . That they may be counted as laying
down such perfect human life privileges, the right
to perfect human life which Jesus by his sacrifice
bought for them is counted to them because of
their faith in him as Ransomer. God's reckoning
of human perfection to them, his imputing of
righteousness in the flesh to them, is their justification
in his sight. It is their being declared
righteous by him through his Son, who lived a
perfectly righteous human life . Persons thus justified
or declared righteous in order to be sacrificed
with Christ have hope of heavenly glory : "Therefore,
now that we have been declared righteous
as a result of faith, let us enjoy peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom
also we have gained our approach by faith into
lo . Can believers be thus baptized and raised? How?