Does baptism wash away a sinful relationship?

 by David Long

Does baptism wash away a sinful relationship? For example: a couple living in an adulterous marriage, would baptism make their marriage right? No. Why? Because they would still be living in a sinful relationship (Matt. 19:9). They didn't repent (Acts 2:38). To repent of adultery you have to stop committing adultery. "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God" (1 Cor. 6:9-11). Can't walk in newness of life and continue to live in sin (Rom. 6:1-4; Col. 3:5-7).