READ Romans 6 COMMENTARY: : 4        Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. (2538 “newness” [kainotes] means a state of being different, new life, new spirit, freshness, or life of new quality.) DEVOTION:  Change is what takes place once we make a commitment to Christ. Our old self is dead. Our new self has come alive through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. The illustration that is give is that of baptism. We believe that baptism is by emersion in water. Our whole body is put under the water to show the end of the old life and the beginning of the new life in Christ. I had one lady who was…