COLOSSIANS 2:12

“having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.”

I will never be “with” someone here on earth like I am “with” Jesus. No one here on earth dwells within me like Jesus. I have been married to my bride for almost 40 years now, but we are still two very distinct people. We may live in the same house, sleep in the same bed (except when I’m snoring too loud, lol) and attend the same church. But I will never be “with” her like I am with Jesus.

In today’s verse, Paul uses two Greek words to describe this connection. Sunthaptó is translated “buried with”, while sunegeiró is translated “raised with.” Do you notice what those two words have in common? The preposition sun begins each word. This is that inseparable “with” we see in Greek. The other Greek “with” is meta which is not as intense.

APPLICATION

Sunthaptó is only used one other time in the New Testament. In Romans 6:4 we read, “Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness of life.” Now, we are not literally buried with Christ. Our baptism symbolizes our death, burial and resurrection with Jesus. We are publicly declaring our dedication to Jesus.

Sunegeiró “conveys the idea of a spiritual resurrection or awakening that believers experience through their union with Jesus Christ. This term emphasizes the transformative power of the believer’s new life in Christ, symbolizing both a present spiritual reality and a future physical resurrection.” (Strong’s Lexicon) Are you awake? Are you living each day in the resurrection power of Christ?

Sunegeiró appears here, later in Colossians 3:1 and in Ephesians 2:6 where it reads, “and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,” Did you read that clearly? Read it again. You have been raised up with Jesus and have already been seated with Him in the heavens. Jesus already sees us glorified. Hallelujah! Live like it.

O Father, I am alive in Jesus. I died to my sins at Calvary and now am raised up to live for You daily.