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Baptism, Part 2
Introduction Info
- Bapto – common everyday word meaning to dip.
- Baptizo – religious use meaning to immerse, submerge and emerge and not unique to Judaism.
- Seen as symbolic washing, purification or regenerative act.
- Was used as an initiation act or a prepatory act for rituals.
Baptism in Jesus’s Name
- Same as John’s Baptism?
- Bears a resemblance: Done “for the forgiveness of sins” – Acts 2:37-44; Acts 22:11
- But, was not the same baptism as John’s – Acts 18:24-28 & 19:1-7
- Commanded in Matthew 28:19.
- Jesus baptizes with the Spirit – Luke 3:16
- Man baptizes in the name of the Trinity
- Water baptism is the first of a two part disciple-making process.
- A person cannot be a disciple unless they understand who Jesus is: God in the flesh.
- Is more than John’s baptism – Romans 6:1-11, Colossians 2:11-14b & 1 Peter 3:21
- God uses the physical act as a means to participate in Jesus’s death, burial and resurrection. – Romans 6:1-4 & Colossians 2:11-14b
- The old self stands at the beginning of baptism and a new self immerges at the end. – Romans 6:1-11 & Titus 3:4-7
- Isn’t baptism a work?
- Salvation is received through faith. – John 3:16; Romans 3:28; Ephesians 2:8
- Pistis – faith, belief, conviction + works – James 2:14-26
- Baptism is a faith response (faith + work) – Acts 2:38 & Acts 22:11
- In Acts baptism seems to be an expected part of receiving salvation by faith.
- Baptism does nothing by itself if it is not initiated by faith. – Acts 2:21; Romans 10:13; Peter 3:21
- Can someone be saved without baptism?
- Abraham’s example of justification by faith suggests absolutely! – Romans 4
- However, Abraham proves his faith over and over through works and obedience. – Genesis 22
So What?
- God is ultimately concerned with your heart.
- However, a true conviction leads to righteous works and obedience.
- If you are capable of baptism you need to submit to the first of the two step process of discipleship.
- After baptism you need to submit to the second part: learning and obeying all of Jesus’s commands.
- Have you done the first?
- Are you doing the second?