Baptism

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Baptism Part 2The New Testament

• The Word Baptism
• The NT Teaching

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The Word - Baptism

• Baptism was in use in the 1100s as an English
  word. It came from old French.
• Most Bible translators have not wanted to
  translate the word it would harm sales among
  those who practice sprinkling
• Most chose to use the transliterated form of the
  word by giving the Greek word an English spelling
  rather than translate the Greek word
• Thus the Greek word baptisma became the
  English word baptism

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It is all Greek

• Two words often heard
• Baptidzo verb (Mark 1616 be baptized)
• Baptisma noun (Romans 64 buried in baptism)
• Thayer - 1) to dip repeatedly, to immerse, to
  submerge (of vessels sunk) 2) to cleanse by
  dipping or submerging, to wash, to make clean
  with water, to wash ones self, bathe 3) to
  overwhelm

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It is all Greek

• Torrey - Administered by immersing the whole body
  of the person in water
• Vines Expository Dictionary of New Testament
  Words - ltA, Noun, 908, baptismagt "baptism,"
  consisting of the processes of immersion,
  submersion and emergence (from bapto, "to dip"),
  is used (a) of John's "baptism," (b) of Christian
  "baptism," (c) of the overwhelming afflictions
  and judgments to which the Lord voluntarily
  submitted on the cross

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It is all Greek

• Thayer (bapto) 1) to dip, dip in, immerse 2)
  to dip into dye, to dye, colour
• King James Dictionary Baptize To immerse to
  dip or dye a thing.

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It is all Greek

• For the purpose of the rest of the discussion it
  will be noted that the mode of baptism is in the
  definition of full water immersion. The Greek
  word baptidzo means to immerse, dip, or bury in
  water.
• The very Greek word itself excludes it from
  meaning sprinkling or pouring or any other
  attempt to distort the meaning.

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NT Passages

• Matthew 313-17 - 13Then Jesus came from Galilee
  to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.
  14And John tried to prevent Him, saying, I need
  to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?
• 15But Jesus answered and said to him, Permit it
  to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to
  fulfill all righteousness. Then he allowed Him.
• 16When He had been baptized, Jesus came up
  immediately from the water and behold, the
  heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit
  of God descending like a dove and alighting upon
  Him. 17And suddenly a voice came from heaven,
  saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am
  well pleased.

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NT Passages

• Matthew 2818-20 - 18And Jesus came and spoke to
  them, saying, All authority has been given to Me
  in heaven and on earth. 19Go therefore and make
  disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in
  the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
  Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all
  things that I have commanded you and lo, I am
  with you always, even to the end of the age.
  Amen.

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NT Passages

• Mark 1615-16 - 15And He said to them, Go into
  all the world and preach the gospel to every
  creature. 16He who believes and is baptized will
  be saved but he who does not believe will be
  condemned.

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NT Passages

• John 33-5 -
• 3Jesus answered and said to him, Most assuredly,
  I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot
  see the kingdom of God.
• 4Nicodemus said to Him, How can a man be born
  when he is old? Can he enter a second time into
  his mothers womb and be born?
• 5Jesus 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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NT Passages

• Acts 238-41 - 38Then 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. 39For the promise is to you and to your
  children, and to all who are afar off, as many as
  the Lord our God will call.
• 40And with many other words he testified and
  exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this
  perverse generation. 41Then those who gladly
  received his word were baptized and that day
  about three thousand souls were added to them.

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NT Passages

• Acts 834-39 - 34So the eunuch answered Philip
  and said, I ask you, of whom does the prophet
  say this, of himself or of some other man?
  35Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at
  this Scripture, preached Jesus to him. 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?

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NT Passages

• Acts 834-39 - 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. 38So he commanded the chariot
  to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch
  went down into the water, and he baptized him.
  39Now when they came up out of the water, the
  Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, so that
  the eunuch saw him no more and he went on his
  way rejoicing.

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NT Passages

• 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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NT Passages

• 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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NT Passages

• Galatians 326-27 - 26For you are all sons of God
  through faith in Christ Jesus. 27For as many of
  you as were baptized into Christ have put on
  Christ.
• Ephesians 44-6 - 4There is one body and one
  Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of
  your calling 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism
  6one God and Father of all, who is above all, and
  through all, and in you all.

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NT Passages

• Colossians 212 - buried with Him in baptism, in
  which you also were raised with Him through faith
  in the working of God, who raised Him from the
  dead.
• 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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NT Passages

• 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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Conclusion

• We have not studied EVERY passage in the New
  Testament
• We have studied many of them as they relate to
  the act of obedience as Jesus commanded.
• NOTE Next What Baptism IS / What Baptism DOES