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God Loves Math - Romans 6:3

 God Loves Math:

In which I select a random Bible verse from a random Bible verse generator (this one) and ask God to show me a new way of understanding Him, honoring Him, and loving Him while using a mathematical mindset to approach the section of scripture. 

Today's Random Bible Verse

Romans 6:3

"Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?"

Right before today's random verse, the author makes the point that, while we see God's grace when he forgives our sins, of course we should not keep on sinning... Then comes our random Bible verse. Then he makes this follow-up statement: "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." (Romans 6:4)

This short section is talking about what the sin in our life should look like. The Bible is very clear that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23), but one might ask if more sin gives God more opportunities to give grace. Would we be helping further God's goals by providing him with more sin to forgive? Of course not! Why?

I'm reminded of two congruent triangles. 


If I know the measure of Angle A, then I automatically know the measure of Angle D, as well, because corresponding parts of congruent triangles are congruent. 

Being baptized in Christ Jesus is synonymous (congruent to) being baptized into his death. That means the "corresponding parts" of our lives will be congruent also. "... just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life." (Romans 6:4) Said in mathematical terms, AB must equal DE. AB represents Christ's resurrection. DE represents our new life. 

Romans 6: 2 says, "We are those who have died to sin, how can we live in it any longer?" When we are baptized into Christ Jesus, our lives go from being a scalene mess to being an equilateral triangle, perfectly congruent with the triune God. Just like an equilateral triangle has 3 congruent angles and perfect symmetry, God has 3 perfect parts, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. His grace transforms us so that God looks at us and sees Jesus' sacrifice. When I accepted Jesus' forgiveness and was baptized, I became a new creation congruent to Jesus. Asking how we could possibly live in sin any longer is like asking how an equilateral triangle in Euclidean Geometry could possibly have a 100 degree angle. 

A friend once said that we all deserve to die. Rather than ask why God lets some people go to Hell, we should ask why God let's even one person go to Heaven. The fact that he gives literally every single person on the planet that has ever lived and ever will live an opportunity to be forgiven and go to Heaven is already grace beyond comprehension. 

I want to live a life congruent to Jesus.

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