Foundations of our faith: INSTRUCTION ABOUT BAPTISMS

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Foundations of our faithINSTRUCTION ABOUT
BAPTISMS

• Penge Baptist Church
• 2nd October 2011

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Foundations of our faith

• the foundation of repentance from acts that lead
  to death, and of faith in God, instruction about
  baptisms, the laying on of hands, the
  resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment
  Hebrews 61-2

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Baptism is for whom?

• For believers.
• Those who accepted his message were baptized, and
  about three thousand were added to their number
  that day. (Acts 241)
• But when they believed Philip as he preached the
  good news of the kingdom of God and the name of
  Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and
  women. (Acts 812)
• for all of you who were baptized into Christ have
  clothed yourselves with Christ (Galatians 327)
• .but neednt be adults

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Why Baptism?

• Christs command
• All authority in heaven and on earth has been
  given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of
  all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
  Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
  and teaching them to obey everything I have
  commanded you. And surely I am with you always,
  to the very end of the age. (Matthew 2818-20)

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• Christs example
• Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be
  baptized by John. But John tried to deter him,
  saying, I need to be baptized by you, and do you
  come to me? Jesus replied, Let it be so now it
  is proper for us to do this to fulfill all
  righteousness. Then John consented. As soon as
  Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water.
  At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the
  Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting
  on him. And a voice from heaven said, This is my
  Son, whom I love with him I am well pleased.
  (Matthew 313-17)

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• The early churchs practice
• they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and
  the other apostles, Brothers, what shall we do?
  Peter replied, Repent and be baptized, every one
  of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the
  forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive
  the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 237-38)

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What does baptism mean?

• Declaring union with Christ
• having been buried with him in baptism and raised
  with him through your faith in the power of God,
  who raised him from the dead (Colossians 212)
• A sign of cleansing
• And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be
  baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his
  name. (Acts 2216)

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• A confession of faith
• That if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is
  Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised
  him from the dead, you will be saved (Romans
  109)
• Entering the church community
• You are all sons of God through faith in Christ
  Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into
  Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There
  is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male
  nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  (Galatians 326-28)
• A sign of the Holy Spirits presence
• you were washed, you were sanctified, you were
  justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
  and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Corinthians 611)

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A transformed life

• A commitment to follow Jesus.
• Or dont you know that all of us who were
  baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his
  death? We were therefore buried with him through
  baptism into death in order that, just as Christ
  was raised from the dead through the glory of the
  Father, we too may live a new life. (Romans
  63-4)
• .and to serve his people the church
• For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one
  bodywhether Jews or Greeks, slave or freeand we
  were all given the one Spirit to drink (1
  Corinthians 1213)