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 (cf. Rom. 6:3-4, 17). 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 the one baptism for? Baptism washes away
our sins
by the blood of Jesus (Matt. 26:28; Acts
The only scriptural candidate for water
baptism is a
taught penitent believer. If one does not believe that Jesus is the
Son of
God, or has not decided to turn from his sins (repented), he is not a
scriptural candidate for baptism. The one being baptized must know
about the shed
blood of Jesus, where it is to be contacted, and what it does. If one
does not
realize that by being baptized into the death of Jesus (Rom. 6:3) 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 (cf. Romans 6:17), he has not been baptized scripturally and needs to go back under the water again.
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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