Romans 6

 What must be done with sin before baptism can occur? Before baptism can occur, we must lay done our life of sin and not continue in it any longer.

What events from Christ’s life are symbolized in baptism? Baptism symbolizes Christ laying down anything that is not of God and that life dying, and then also His resurrection and rising again, never to taste of death again.

Considering this symbolism, why couldn’t someone be baptized by sprinkling? We cannot be baptized by sprinkling because the life of sin isn’t being buried and dying. That would mean that it is still a part of us. Therefore, the baptism would be void.

What do these verses teach us about how we can maintain the “newness of life”? I think when we continue to put aside that life of sin and unite ourselves with the Savior, we can maintain the newness of life and walk with Him.

According to Mosiah 3:19, what part of us would ideally die at baptism? The part of us that would die at baptism would be the natural man. Anything that keeps us from being a saint and from becoming like a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit, would need to die.

Study Romans 6:14–23. Write a paragraph that describes how we know whose servant we are. Then write a statement identifying the true source of freedom.

We can know whose servant we are by if we are sinning or if we are righteous—when we are sinning we are serving the Devil. When we are righteous, we are serving the Lord. If we are obeying the Lord and serving Him, we will have peace and we will be free. The true source of freedom is righteousness.