Romans 6:4  We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

God uses Baptism to wash away your sins. Whatever sins you have - past, present, and even future - were paid for when Jesus died on the cross, and in Baptism His sacrifice is applied to you. His blood covers you. His forgiveness is sufficient - more than sufficient - for you. There is not a sin in the world that Jesus did not pay for, and so there is not a sin in the world that Baptism does not wash away? In Baptism, you therefore die to the person you were - someone who did not love God and who loved him - or herself more than others. In Baptism, you receive the new life of a child of God. You become a co heir with Jesus of everlasting life. The Spirit fills you and moves you. You are a new creation, and in the power of the Holy Spirit, you begin to live as that new creation, that coheir of Jesus, that child of God.

Yet, as you well know, you are not yet the perfect child of God that you will be. There is only one remedy for the conflict between the old, dead, sinful you and the new, living, righteous you. Return to your Baptism. Repent of your sinfulness rather than embrace your sins. Tell God you are sorry. Remember that you are baptized and that your old, sinful self was put to death. And then, enlivened by the forgiveness that God gave you in Baptism, embrace the good works God's Spirit works in you.
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