“It was illegal for Christians to meet at the time of Paul’s writing this letter. Hence, the church in Rome met in several different house churches…”

“When a person receives Christ by faith, they are​​ immediately baptized into Christ’s death, burial and resurrection​​ (a spiritual baptism).​​ The bible​​ refers to those folks as being “in Christ”, i.e., in union with Christ.​​ This is a permanent union in which Christ’s spirit is joined with our human spirit and Christ​​ becomes our new life.”