sin begets death.
"changing your mind from sinful ways to Gods way" is tantamount to recognizing that sin is death, dying to it and becoming alive to righteousness. "to repent" literally means "to turn away from."
turning from death to life.
this is exactly, humbling ourselves to the cross.
so how do you die to sin and become alive to righteousness....it is at baptism...
Colossians 2:9-15American Standard Version (ASV)
[SUP]9 [/SUP]for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,
[SUP]10 [/SUP]and in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power:
[SUP]11 [/SUP]in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
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having been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, I say, did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;
[SUP]14 [/SUP]having blotted out the bond written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he hath taken it out that way, nailing it to the cross;
[SUP]15 [/SUP]having despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
lets have a look at another translation...
Colossians 2:9-15Names of God Bible (NOG)
[SUP]9 [/SUP]All of God lives in Christ’s body, [SUP]10 [/SUP]and God has made you complete in Christ. Christ is in charge of every ruler and authority. [SUP]11 [/SUP]In him you were also circumcised. It was not a circumcision performed by human hands. But it was a removal of the corrupt nature in the circumcision performed by Christ. [SUP]1
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This happened when you were placed in the tomb with Christ through baptism. In baptism you were also brought back to life with Christ through faith in the power of God,[SUP]
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who brought him back to life.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]You were once dead because of your failures and your uncircumcised corrupt nature. But God made you alive with Christ when he forgave all our failures. [SUP]14 [/SUP]He did this by erasing the charges that were brought against us by the written laws God had established. He took the charges away by nailing them to the cross. [SUP]15 [/SUP]He stripped the rulers and authorities of their power and made a public spectacle of them as he celebrated his victory in Christ.
