I Colossians 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
I roto atoa i te piha haapiiraa, ua peritomehia outou e te porohita i hamanihia ma te rima, no te faaore i te tino o te mau hara a te tino na roto i te poro'i o te Mesia: Ua tanumia i piha'i iho Ia'na i roto i te bapetizoraa, i reira atoa outou i faati'ahia mai ai Ia'na na roto i te faaroo i te ohipa a te Atua, o tei faati'a mai Ia'na mai te pohe mai (Kolosa 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 (iri) is buried with Christ and becomes a partaker of His death and the new man (ōpu'upu'u) 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
Eaha ta tatou e parau i muri iho? E tamau noa tatou i te pohe, e nehenehe taua ahu? Te Atua Atua. Ehia tatou, e pohe te reira i te hara, A ora i roto i te? Aita outou i ite, e e rave rahi o tatou tei bapetizohia i roto ia Iesu Mesia tei bapetizohia i roto i To'na ra pohe? No reira, ua hunahia tatou i piha'i iho Ia'na na roto i te bapetizoraa i roto i te pohe: e mai te Mesia i ti'afaahou mai te pohe mai e te hanahana o te Metua, ia haapa'o atoa tatou i te haerea e au i te ora apî.
Ua tanu-amui-hia ho'i tatou i roto i te hoho'a o To'na ra pohe, e riro atoa tatou i roto i te hoho'a o To'na ti'a-faahou-raa: Ta'u, ia faaetaeta tatou i to tatou taata tahito, e nehenehe te tino o te hara e haamouhia, eita e tia ia tatou ia tavini i te hara. No ' na ïa i pohe no te hara (Roma 6:1-7)
I to oe bapetizo-raa-hia, you were circumcised in the circumcision of Christ and you have buried your old former life.
Te taata paari, who is carnal and sense-ruled and is dominated by the sinful nature, no longer exists.
Te taata paari, te taata hamani i te pereoo, has died in Christ and the new man, te taata i te pae varua, 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 A pee ia Iesu 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, e his Seed, i roto i te Faufaa Apî, 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
Mai te mea e, ua pohe tatou e te Mesia, te ti'aturi nei tatou e, e ora atoa tatou i piha'i iho Ia'na: Ma te ite e eita te Mesia e pohe faahou i muri a'e i to ' na faatiaraa mai i te pohe; aita te pohe e mana faahou i ni'a Ia'na. No te mea ho'i e, ua pohe Oia, Ua pohe oia no te hara: tera râ, te ora nei Oia, He liveth unto God. Oia atoa, ia mana'o outou ia outou iho ei feia pohe mau no te hara, te ora nei râ no te Atua na roto ia Iesu Mesia to tatou Fatu.
Eiaha ia hara i roto i to outou tino tahuti nei, ia haapa'o outou i te reira i roto i to'na ra mau hinaaro. Eiaha atoa outou e faariro i to outou mau melo ei mauhaa no te parau-ti'a ore ia rave i te hara: ia tuu râ outou ia outou iho i ta te Atua ra, ei feia faaora i tei ti'a faahou mai te pohe mai, e to outou mau melo ei mauhaa no te parau-ti'a i te Atua ra. No te mea e ore roa te hara e mana i ni'a ia outou: aore ho'i outou i raro a'e i te ture, i raro a'e râ i te aroha.
Eaha ïa i te mea i muri iho? E e pohe tatou, no te mea aita tatou i raro a'e i te ture, i raro a'e râ i te aroha? Te Atua Atua. Aita outou i ite, ia au i ta outou e horoa i te mau tavini i te mau tavini, to ' na mau tavini, o ta ' na ïa e; e, e aore râ, no te mea aita i papu - maitai - hia e te feia e patoi ra i te mea e, aita ratou e hinaaro i te patoi i te mea e, aita ratou e hinaaro i te aravihi i te pae no te iri.? (Roma 6:8-16)
E mai te mea tei roto te Mesia ia outou na, ua pohe te tino no te hara; area te Varua râ, o te ora ïa no te parau-ti'a (Roma 8:10)
Mai te mea e ora outou i te tino nei, e pohe â ho'i outou: ia rave râ outou na roto i te Varua i te mau ohipa a te tino, e ora oe. No te rahiraa o te mau mea e arata'ihia ra e te Varua o te Atua, e mau tamaiti ratou na te Atua (Roma 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. Fa'aterehia, Te mau nota, fa'ata'a, (Te viivii ore i te pae no te) Te mau nota, te vahine, Fa'ahou'āra'a (mārō'i), mau, Te mau nota, Aute'a, Utu'ā, pā'ōfa'i, ma'ohiroa, Fa'a'itehia, tia, fa'ahou'a, Te mau mana'o tauturu no te, Mō'o, āmui, tū'era'a, fa'a'ōfa'i, pārahi, Tau'āra'a, I itehia, te hi'o, tā'uru, tā'u, iti, Te mau oro'a (1 Korinetia 6:9- 6, Galatia 5:19-21, Kolosa 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.
Te hamaniraa tahito, 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 te peritomeraa o te Mesia 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. Ei faahopearaa, you shall live a holy life unto God and bear the te hotu o te Varua.
'Ia riro ei miti no te fenua’
