Romans 6:4 Glory and Newness, God's Gift to You

Romans 6:4 King James Version (KJV)

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.

by the glory of the Father...

"glory"  meaning the true apprehension of, the true reality, the true experience of who God really is.  It is a real awakening of who God is.  It is God realized, God sensed in a very real way that becomes personally altering.  His glory affects change in us.

Christ was raised up by the glory of the Father.  God intervened, made it personal, made it real for the impossible to become possible.  The manifest presence of God intervened to raise Christ up.

But, just as important, that special intervention and interjection of divine line into our inner being is just as real as what took place to raise His Son from the dead.  

...newness of life.

• new practice, lifestyle of living
• new purpose, new priorities, new desires and impressions upon the will
• no longer the desire to practice sin, the new desire to serve Christ
• glory is revealed to us, conviction is sensed, the will of heart turned to surrender to Christ.  Then regeneration begins, the Kingdom of our Lord is established in the center place of our heart.  Jesus takes the throne where self once ruled.
• A heightened conscience awakens and takes action upon the choices we face in life. A warning before we choose to do wrong.  A penalty of guilt when making the wrong choice.  A memory of what we don't want to do and want to do that leads to peace and fruitfulness in Christ.
• Each step we choose right leads to a bigger crop of spiritual fruit. An increased crop leads to a multiplication of rich blessings, "eye hath not seen, nor entered into the heart the things which God has prepared for those who love Him" [who obey Him]

Do you walk in newness of life?  You may in the sphere of Christ but are you connected to the Life intended?  Do you experience the inner flow of divine life and its fruit in your being if you say you are surrendered to?

If not, could there be unconfessed sin?  Could there be the sin of unbelief, something deep in you where you need to spend time for God to search and speak to your heart?  Is there blindness you need to be healed from as a result of honestly waiting upon God, with no time limit, no unbelief, no conditions?

Is the newness of life desperately needed or is there still a desire to have God and something you love and practice?

Talk to God about all your weaknesses and sins.  Discuss who you are, your dissatisfactions and yet your desires.  Do this fully till there is nothing more in the Light to see and say.  Admit your weaknesses.  Receive His forgiveness and His fullness.  Open and surrender to Him without expecting a feeling, but expecting His rule in your heart.  This is all you need.