Ao amin'ny Kolosiana 2:11-12 we read about the circumcision in Christ and being buried with Christ in baptism and risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God. But what does buried with Christ in baptism and risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God mean according to the Bible?
The circumcision in Christ
Ary ao aminy koa no namorana anareo tamin'ny famorana tsy nataon-tanana., amin'ny fanesorana ny tenan'ny nofo amin'ny famoran'i Kristy: Nalevina niaraka taminy tamin'ny batisa, izay niarahanareo natsangana taminy koa noho ny finoana ny asan'Andriamanitra., Izay nanangana Azy tamin'ny maty (Kolosiana 2:11-12)
The new creation is circumcised in the circumcision of Jesus Christ. This circumcision is not made with hands, a natural circumcision of the foreskin of a male. But this circumcision is a work of the Spirit and takes place by putting off the body of the sinful flesh of males and females. The circumcision in Christ; the putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, takes place by baptism, when the old man (nofo) is buried with Christ and becomes a partaker of His death and the new man (Fanahy) has risen from the dead through the faith of the operation of God, who has raised Him from the dead.
The old man is buried with Christ in baptism
Inona no holazaintsika amin'izany?? Hanohy ny fahotana ve isika?, mba ho be ny fahasoavana? Noraran'Andriamanitra ny. Ahoana no fomba hanaovantsika izany?, Izay maty noho ny ota, Miaina ao intsony ao? Tsy fantatrareo, fa maro amintsika izay natao batisa ho amin'i Jesosy Kristy no natao batisa ho amin'ny fahafatesany? Koa niara-nalevina taminy tamin'ny batisa ho amin'ny fahafatesana isika.: fa tahaka ny nananganana an'i Kristy tamin'ny maty tamin'ny voninahitry ny Ray, Na izany aza dia tokony handeha amin'ny fiainam-baovao koa isika..
Fa raha nambolena niaraka tamin'ny endriky ny fahafatesany isika, Ho tahaka ny endriky ny Fitsanganany tamin'ny maty ihany koa isika: Fantatrao izany, fa ny antitra nataontsika dia nohomboana aminy, mba horinganina ny vatan'ny ota, Amin'izany fotoana izany dia tsy tokony hanompo ny ota isika. Fa izay maty dia afaka amin'ny ota (Romana 6:1-7)
Rehefa natao batisa ianao, you were circumcised in the circumcision of Christ and you have buried your old former life.
Ilay antitra, who is carnal and sense-ruled and is dominated by the sinful nature, no longer exists.
Ilay antitra, ny olona araka ny nofo, has died in Christ and the new man, ny olona ara-panahy, has been risen in Christ from the dead.
Old things have passed away, all things have become new!
You believed in Jesus Christ and decided to manaraha Jesosy and entered a covenant with Him and as a sign of the covenant is the circumcision in Christ.
Just like in the Old Covenant the natural circumcision of the foreskin was a sign of the covenant between God, ABRAHAMA, SY his Seed, Ao amin'ny fanekena vaovao, the circumcision by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh through baptism, is a sign of the New Covenant in Christ.
The new man is risen with Christ from the dead
Ankehitriny raha miaraka amin'i Kristy isika, Mino izahay fa hiara-belona aminy koa isika: Satria fantatray fa natsangana tamin'ny maty i Kristy dia tsy maty intsony; Tsy manam-pahefana intsony ny fahafatesana. Fa tamin'izany dia maty izy, Maty tamin'ny ota indray mandeha izy: fa raha velona izy, Velona ho an'Andriamanitra izy. Ary aoka ho tahaka izany koa ianareo, ataovy ho efa maty ny amin'ny ota, fa velona ho an'Andriamanitra amin'ny alalan'i Jesosy Kristy Tompontsika.
Aoka ny ota tsy hanjaka amin'ny vatanao mety maty, mba hankatoavanao azy amin'ny filany. Ary aza manome fahafaham-po ny mambra ho fanao amin'ny tsy fahamarinana amin'ny ota: Fa omeo tena ho an'Andriamanitra ianareo, toy ny velona avy amin'ny maty, Ary ny momba ny fahamarinana ho solon'ny fahamarinana ho an'Andriamanitra. Fa ny ota tsy hanan-kery aminao: fa tsy eo ambanin'ny lalàna ianareo, fa ambanin'ny fahasoavana.
Ahoana ary? Hanota ve isika?, Satria tsy eo ambanin'ny lalàna isika, fa ambanin'ny fahasoavana? Noraran'Andriamanitra ny. Tsy fantatrareo, fa izay omenao mpanompo hankatò, Ny mpanompony izay ankatoavinao; na ny ota ho faty, na ny fankatoavana ny fahamarinana? (Romana 6:8-16)
Ary raha Kristy no ao aminao, Maty ny vatana noho ny ota; Fa ny Fanahy dia fiainana noho ny fahamarinana (Romana 8:10)
Fa raha velona araka ny nofo ianao, Ho faty ianareo: fa raha amin'ny alàlan'ny Fanahy kosa dia ataovy ny asan'ny vatana, ho velona ianareo. Fa izay rehetra tarihin'ny Fanahin'Andriamanitra, Zanak'Andriamanitra izy ireo (Romana 8:13-14)
Jesus Christ has conquered the death! If you have become a new creation in Him, you have been redeemed from the power of sin and death by the putting of the body of the sins of the flesh and you have been given power in Christ to reign over sin and death.
You shall no longer listen to the flesh and be led by the sinful nature of the flesh and fulfill the lusts and desires of the flesh, since the flesh with its sinful nature has died in Christ.
The proof that the flesh has died in Christ
If the flesh with the sinful nature has died in Christ, the flesh shall no longer produce the unrighteous works of the flesh, which are a.o. Fanitsakitsaham-bady, fijangajangana, FISARAHAM-PANAMBADIANA, (firaisana) fahalotoana, maha-vehivavy, Fitiavan - tena tafahoatra (filan'ny), Hevi-dratsy, fitsiriritana, fahatezerana, TEZITRA, lolom-po, fitenenan-dratsy ny finoana, fifandraisana maloto, ny lainga, fijejojejoana, fanompoan-tsampy, fanaovana ody ratsy, fankahalana, hampifandrafy, adi-, fifandirana, fisarahana, fitokoana, fitsiriritana, nangalatra, famonoana olona, fahamamoana, filalaovan-dratsy (1 Corinthians 6:9- 6, GALATIANINA 5:19-21, Kolosiana 3:5-10).
If you still do the works of the flesh, you are not circumcised in Christ, because the body of the sins of the flesh has not been put off and is not buried in Christ but is still alive.
Ny famoronana taloha, who belongs to the world and lives in the kingdom of darkness, does these unrighteous works. But if you are born again and you are circumcised in the famoran’i Kristy by the putting off the body of sins of the flesh, you shall not do those works anymore, but you shall do righteous works according to the will of God.
You shall listen to the Father and submit yourself to His Word and obey the words of God and apply them into your life, since the Word of God is the truth. You shall walk after the Spirit in the will of God and the Spirit shall reign in your life. Vokatr'izany, you shall live a holy life unto God and bear the Vokatry ny Fanahy.
‘Aoka ho fanasin’ny tany’
