Trustworthy for Life

1. If we died with Him,

we will also live with Him;

2Romans 6:4 (NIV)
4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

Colossians 2:12 (NIV)
12 having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.

2. 12 if we endure,

we will also reign with Him.

Philippians 3:12-14 (NIV)
12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

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3. If we disown Him,

he will also disown us;

Genesis 4:6-7 (NIV)

6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.”

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4. 13 if we are faithless,He will remain faithful,

for he cannot disown Himself.

1 John 2:1-2 (NIV)
1 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

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[1] The Holy Bible : New International Version. electronic ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996, c1984.