1) Death does not have mastery over Christ in the physical sense which proves that Ahn Sahng-Hong couldn’t have died again. Or….
2) If we take the spiritual approach, we’ll have to assume that death had mastery over Christ from a spiritual point of view.
There’s no in between. You can’t chop up the verse to fit your WMSCOG view.
]]>Adam thank you for commenting. Your raise a good point but I’m afraid that you are missing an important part of the chapter. Christ died for our sins, not his because Christ is perfect. You are correct when you say that Jesus died on the cross, but the method by which he was put to death is not the focus of the message. Romans 6:9 “For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.” It clearly states that Christ will not die again, not just that he will not be crucified again. Romans 6:10 tells us that Christ died in order to pay for our sins “once for all”. Romans 6:9 tells us that Christ “cannot die again”. This contradicts the WMSCOG’s belief that Ahnsahnghong was “god” because he indeed suffered a physical death in 1985 and did not resurrect.
Yes he talks about the apostles being dead to sin. Romans 6:4 “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.” There is some obvious use of figurative language here. In summary, as you said the passage talks about being dead to sin and alive in Christ. Here baptism is symbolic of dying to sin (or buried through baptism) and resurrection is symbolic of us living a new life in Christ under God’s grace (Romans 6:11, 14).