PeopleLook
AtBaptism
Differently
Non-BiblicalNon-BiblicalViewView
Not EssentialSprinkling
Outward sign..
BiblicalBiblicalViewView
Is EssentialBurial
Obedience
How Do You Look At Baptism?How Do You Look At Baptism?
PeopleLook
AtBaptism
Differently
Non-BiblicalNon-BiblicalViewView
Not EssentialSprinkling
Outward sign..
BiblicalBiblicalViewView
Is EssentialBurial
Obedience
How Do You Look At Baptism?How Do You Look At Baptism?
BiblicalBiblicalViewView
Is EssentialBurial
Obedience
Forward Backward
I. Looking Forward to BaptismI. Looking Forward to Baptism
• Remission of sins (Acts 2:38)
Remission of SinsRemission of Sins
Acts 2:38
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.
“Remission”
"a dismissal, release" (Vine's)
“freedom; (figuratively) pardon”
(Strongs)
1. release, as from bondage, imprisonment, 2.
forgiveness, pardon, of sins(Thayer)
I. Looking Forward to BaptismI. Looking Forward to Baptism
• Remission of sins (Acts 2:38)• Saved (Mark 16:16)
SavedSaved
Mark 16:16
He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who
does not believe will be condemned.
“Saved”
"to save, to keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or
destruction" [Used: restore health - Whole]
(Thayer)
“deliver or protect”(Strongs)
Parallel: Remission of sins(Luke 24:46)
I. Looking Forward to BaptismI. Looking Forward to Baptism
• Remission of sins (Acts 2:38)• Saved (Mark 16:16)• Into Body / Church (1 Cor. 12:13)
Into The Body / ChurchInto The Body / Church
1 Cor. 12:13
For by one Spirit we were all baptized into
one body--whether Jews or Greeks,
whether slaves or free--and have all
been made to drink into one Spirit
“Body / Church”
Saved(Eph. 5:23; Acts 2:47)
Kingdom(Matt. 16:18)
Access Spiritual Blessings(Eph. 1:3)
Great Changes(Eph. 2)
I. Looking Forward to BaptismI. Looking Forward to Baptism
• Remission of sins (Acts 2:38)• Saved (Mark 16:16)• Into Body / Church (1 Cor. 12:13)• Child of God (Gal. 3:26-27)
Child of GodChild of God
Gal. 3:26-27
26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
“Child of God”
Born Again(John 3:3,5)
Heirs of God(Rom. 8:16-17)
I. Looking Forward to BaptismI. Looking Forward to Baptism
• Remission of sins (Acts 2:38)• Saved (Mark 16:16)• Into Body / Church (1 Cor. 12:13)• Child of God (Gal. 3:26-27)• Seeking a clear Conscience (1 Pet. 3:21)
Clear ConscienceClear Conscience
1 Pet. 3:21
The like figure whereunto even
baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward
God,) by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ:
“Answer of Good Conscience”
“an appeal to God for a good conscience”
(NASV)
“but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God”
(ASV)
I. Looking Forward to BaptismI. Looking Forward to Baptism
• Remission of sins (Acts 2:38)• Saved (Mark 16:16)• Into Body / Church (1 Cor. 12:13)• Child of God (Gal. 3:26-27)• Seeking a clear Conscience (1 Pet. 3:21)
I. Looking Forward to BaptismI. Looking Forward to Baptism
II. Looking Back to BaptismII. Looking Back to Baptism
II. Looking Back to BaptismII. Looking Back to Baptism
• New Life (Rom. 6:3-4; 2 Cor. 5:7)
New LifeNew Life
Rom. 6:3-4
Or do you not know that as many of us as were
baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 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.
“New Life”
New & Different(Parallel to Christ)
Not to continue in sin
New RelationshipNew Rules
New BeginningNew Goals
New Purpose
II. Looking Back to BaptismII. Looking Back to Baptism
• New Life (Rom. 6:3-4; 2 Cor. 5:7)• Preparation for Death (1 Cor. 15:29)
Preparation For DeathPreparation For Death
1 Cor. 15:29
Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the
dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why
then are they baptized for the
dead?
“Preparation for Death”
Context: Why do what we do
“Adds to our knowledge of the resurrection – not baptism”
(Woods)
Baptized in view of deathWhy? If no resurrection.
II. Looking Back to BaptismII. Looking Back to Baptism
• New Life (Rom. 6:3-4; 2 Cor. 5:7)• Preparation for Death (1 Cor. 15:29)• Same Body – Unity (1 Cor. 12:13; Eph. 4:5)
Same Body - UnitySame Body - Unity
1 Cor. 12:13
For by one Spirit we were all baptized into
one body--whether Jews or Greeks,
whether slaves or free--and have all
been made to drink into one Spirit.
“Same Body - Unity”
Context: Division / Differing Gifts
All have same baptism – by the same spirit – thus united
One Baptism(Eph. 4:5)
Context: Unity
II. Looking Back to BaptismII. Looking Back to Baptism
• New Life (Rom. 6:3-4; 2 Cor. 5:7)• Preparation for Death (1 Cor. 15:29)• Same Body – Unity (1 Cor. 12:13; Eph. 4:5)• All Needs Supplied in Christ (Col. 2:11-13)
All Needs Supplied In ChristAll Needs Supplied In Christ
Col. 2:11-13
In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 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. And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses
“All Needs Supplied”
Context:Complete in
Christ (v. 10)
• Storehousewisdom (vv. 1-3)
• God (v. 9)• Head (v. 10)• Takes all sin
away (vv. 11-13)
II. Looking Back to BaptismII. Looking Back to Baptism
• New Life (Rom. 6:3-4; 2 Cor. 5:7)• Preparation for Death (1 Cor. 15:29)• Same Body – Unity (1 Cor. 12:13; Eph. 4:5)• All Needs Supplied in Christ (Col. 2:11-13)
I. Looking Forward to BaptismI. Looking Forward to Baptism
II. Looking Back to BaptismII. Looking Back to Baptism
How Do YouHow Do You
View Baptism?View Baptism?
BBAAPPTTIISSMM
• Still in sinStill in sin
• Not a ChristianNot a Christian
• Still lostStill lost
• No hopeNo hope
• Sin forgivenSin forgiven
• Are a ChristianAre a Christian
• SavedSaved
• Hope of heavenHope of heaven