STEP 5: BE BAPTIZED (Immersed in Water)!
One cannot preach the Gospel of Christ without
preaching
baptism for the remission of sins (Mark
The death, the burial, and the resurrection of
Jesus for
our sins are the facts of the Gospel (1 Cor. 15:1-4). These facts must
be
believed and obeyed if a soul is to be saved. If we do not obey the
Gospel, we
will be eternally lost (2 Thess. 1:7-9). The command to be baptized was
a part
of the first Gospel sermon (Acts
How many baptisms does the Bible demand? "There
is…One Lord, one faith, one baptism” (Eph. 4:5).
What is the action? “Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are raised with him through the faith of the operation of God who hath raised him from the dead” (Col. 2:12).
What is it for? Baptism washes away our sins by
the blood
of Jesus (Matt. 26:28; Acts
These Spiritual blessing include but are not
limited to
forgiveness of sins (Eph. 1:7), salvation (2 Tim.
The only scriptural
candidate for water baptism is a taught
penitent believer. The one being baptized must know about the blood
of
Jesus, where it is to be contacted, and what it does. If one does not
realize
that by being baptized his sins are washed away by the blood of Christ
(Matt.
26:28), and is thus added to the
Concerning denominational baptism, if a person was
baptized,
but was ignorant of the significance of baptism to his salvation, he
was not
baptized scripturally. He needs to be taught right and baptized again
(cf. Acts
19:1-5). Since baptism is a burial in water (Rom 6:4), a person who
simply had
a little water sprinkled or poured over his head or body was not
scripturally
baptized. So if a person has not been immersed in water with the proper
understanding of its significance, he has not been baptized
scripturally (cf.
Romans
Please answer the four questions below by reading the scripture and filling in the blanks:
Why are we baptized?
Acts 22:16… We are baptized to wash away our _____________.
Revelation 1:5b… We are baptized to wash away our sins by the _____________ of Jesus.
Romans 6:4… We are baptized to walk in newness of ______________.
John 3:3, 5… We are baptized to be ____________ again.
1 Peter 3:21… We are baptized to be ____________.
Acts 2:41, 47… We are baptized to be added to the _______________.
How are we baptized?
Acts 8:38-39… We are baptized by going down into the _____________ and coming back up out of the ____________.
Colossians 2:12… We are baptized by being _____________ in the water.
Into what are we baptized?
Galatians 3:27… We are baptized into ______________.
Romans 6:3… We are baptized into Christ’s ______________.
1 Corinthians 12:13… We are baptized into one _______________ (the church).
What will we receive when we are baptized?
Acts 2:38… We will receive forgiveness of _____________ and the gift of the ___________ ____________.
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