Baptism Part 3

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Baptism Part 3

• We will do a survey of the New Testament teaching
  on Baptism with 2 parts in mind
• What Baptism IS
• What Baptism DOES

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Baptism IS -

• How we get into Christ
• Galatians 327 - For as many of you as were
  baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
• Romans 63 - Or do you not know that as many of
  us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were
  baptized into His death?

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Baptism IS -

• Accompanied by faith and repentance
• Mark 1616 He who believes and is baptized will
  be saved but he who does not believe will be
  condemned.
• Acts 238 - Then Peter said to them, Repent, and
  let every one of you be baptized in the name of
  Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and you
  shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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Baptism IS -

• Gods terms of surrender
• Matthew 721 Not everyone who says to Me,
  Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven,
  but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

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Baptism IS -

• Our signal to God that we have accepted Christs
  gospel
• 1 Corinthians 151-2 1Moreover, brethren, I
  declare to you the gospel which I preached to
  you, which also you received and in which you
  stand, 2by which also you are saved, if you hold
  fast that word which I preached to youunless you
  believed in vain.

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Baptism IS -

• The external washing with water and the internal
  washing away of sin by God
• 1 Peter 321 There is also an antitype which
  now saves usbaptism (not the removal of the
  filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good
  conscience toward God), through the resurrection
  of Jesus Christ,

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Baptism IS -

• Calling on the name of the Lord
• Acts 2216 - And now why are you waiting? Arise
  and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling
  on the name of the Lord.

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Baptism IS -

• Being unified with Christ in his death, burial
  and resurrection
• Romans 63-5 - 3Or do you not know that as many
  of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were
  baptized into His death? 4Therefore we were
  buried with Him through baptism into death, that
  just as Christ was raised from the dead by the
  glory of the Father, even so we also should walk
  in newness of life. 5For if we have been united
  together in the likeness of His death, certainly
  we also shall be in the likeness of His
  resurrection,

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Baptism IS -

• Clothing ourselves with Christ
• Revelation 35 - He who overcomes shall be
  clothed in white garments, and I will not blot
  out his name from the Book of Life but I will
  confess his name before My Father and before His
  angels.
• Galatians 327 - For as many of you as were
  baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

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Baptism IS -

• Accepting Christ on His terms, not ours
• Romans 1016 - But they have not all obeyed the
  gospel. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed
  our report?

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Baptism IS -

• WHEN our sins are forgiven
• Acts 319 - Repent therefore and be converted,
  that your sins may be blotted out, so that times
  of refreshing may come from the presence of the
  Lord,
• Acts 2216 - And now why are you waiting? Arise
  and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling
  on the name of the Lord.

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Baptism IS -

• WHEN we receive the Holy Spirit
• Acts 238 - Then Peter said to them, Repent, and
  let every one of you be baptized in the name of
  Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and you
  shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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Baptism IS -

• HOW and WHEN we come in contact with the blood of
  Christ
• Romans 63-4 - 3Or do you not know that as many
  of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were
  baptized into His death? 4Therefore we were
  buried with Him through baptism into death, that
  just as Christ was raised from the dead by the
  glory of the Father, even so we also should walk
  in newness of life.

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Baptism IS -

• WHEN we are reborn
• John 35 - Jesus answered, Most assuredly, I say
  to you, unless one is born of water and the
  Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

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Baptism IS -

• An act of faith
• Mark 1616 - He who believes and is baptized will
  be saved but he who does not believe will be
  condemned.
• Acts 836-37 - 36Now as they went down the road,
  they came to some water. And the eunuch said,
  See, here is water. What hinders me from being
  baptized? 37Then Philip said, If you believe
  with all your heart, you may. And he answered
  and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son
  of God.

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Baptism IS -

• HOW we enter the kingdom of God
• John 35 - Jesus answered, Most assuredly, I say
  to you, unless one is born of water and the
  Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

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Baptism IS -

• WHEN we are added to the church
• Acts 247 - praising God and having favor with
  all the people. And the Lord added to the church
  daily those who were being saved.

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Baptism IS -

• WHEN we exchange our life for His
• 2 Corinthians 521 - For He made Him who knew no
  sin to be sin for us, that we might become the
  righteousness of God in Him.

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Baptism IS -

• WHEN we die to ourselves and come alive in
  Christ
• 1 Corinthians 1522 For as in Adam all die,
  even so in Christ all shall be made alive.
• Romans 611 - Likewise you also, reckon
  yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to
  God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Baptism IS -

• Washing of regeneration, and renewal of the Holy
  Spirit
• Titus 35 - not by works of righteousness which
  we have done, but according to His mercy He saved
  us, through the washing of regeneration and
  renewing of the Holy Spirit,

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Baptism IS -

• The starting gun of a race of a new life
• Romans 64 - Therefore we were buried with Him
  through baptism into death, that just as Christ
  was raised from the dead by the glory of the
  Father, even so we also should walk in newness of
  life.

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Baptism IS -

• Proclaiming in Christ the resurrection of the
  dead
• Romans 65 - For if we have been united together
  in the likeness of His death, certainly we also
  shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,

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Baptism IS -

• WHEN the old dies and the new arises
• Romans 66 - knowing this, that our old man was
  crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be
  done away with, that we should no longer be
  slaves of sin.

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Baptism IS -

• The point when we become saved
• 1 Peter 321 - There is also an antitype which
  now saves usbaptism (not the removal of the
  filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good
  conscience toward God), through the resurrection
  of Jesus Christ,

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Baptism IS -

• HOW we scripturally make a conscious decision to
  dedicate our lives to Christ
• Galatians 327 - For as many of you as were
  baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

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Baptism IS -

• A command of God
• Acts 1048 - And he commanded them to be baptized
  in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to
  stay a few days.

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Baptism IS -

• The gavel striking the bench proclaiming
  forgiveness of sins
• Acts 238 - Then Peter said to them, Repent, and
  let every one of you be baptized in the name of
  Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and you
  shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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What Baptism DOES

• FOR the forgiveness of sins Acts 238
• SAVE 1 Peter 321
• WASH AWAY SINS Acts 2216
• REBORN John 35 Romans 63-6
• CLOTHE Galatians 326-27
• ACKNOWLEDGE RESURRECTION Colossians 212
• PUTS US INTO CHRIST - Romans 63-4 Galatians
  326-27 1 Corinthians 1213

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SUMMARY

• When accompanied by FAITH and REPENTANCE, baptism
  is how and when our sins are washed away.
• If it is NOT done for the purpose of washing our
  sins away it is not the ONE baptism of the NT.

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VAILD BAPTISM -

• 3 things are necessary for a baptism to be valid
  in the sight of God
• MODE immersion
• SUBJECT believes, repents, confesses
• PURPOSE for the forgiveness of sins