Baptism: The Who, What, How, and Why to Being Baptized.

After completing this section you will understand what happens at an actual baptism.

• I.   Quick spoken explanation

• II.  Prayer & Declaration

• III. Brief submersion under water

• IV. What to wear

• V.  Bring a towel

• VI. Bring a change of clothes

I.Repentance | New Sin Free Lifestyle Romans 6:1 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4We 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.

1 Peter 3:21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God.

II. Forgiveness | Luke 24:45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46 He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised;

Mark 1:4 And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

III. ReBaptized in the Power of the Holy Spirit | Acts 19: 1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples 2 and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when a you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 3So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?” “John’s baptism,” they replied. 4 Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” 5 On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied. 7 There were about twelve men in all.

IV. Eternal Life | Colossians 2:12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Ephesians 2:1As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

The Great Commission | Matthew 28: 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 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, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

• I.    Inclusion into the body of Christ

• II.   Favor and Approval of God for your life

• III.  Forgiveness for sins

• IV.  Access into heaven

• V.   Salvation from hell through faith and true repentance

• VI.  The Holy Spirit

• VII. Miracles via the Holy Spirit

• I. When You Are Ready To Follow Jesus

  • A. With Your Life

    • Marriage

    • Children

    • Money

  • B. With Your Future

  • C. With Your Past

Strong's Concordance

baptizó: to dip, sink

Original Word: βαπτίζω

Part of Speech: Verb

Transliteration: baptizó

Phonetic Spelling: (bap-tid'-zo)

Definition: to dip, sink

Usage: lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize.

baptízō – properly, "submerge" (Souter); hence, baptize, to immerse (literally, "dip under"). baptízō) implies submersion ("immersion"), in contrast to rantismon (and many others) ("sprinkle").

Better Questions to Ask Oneself…

I. Can we disobey Jesus deliberately and go to heaven?

II. Does some of Jesus commands hold more weight than others?

III. Why would Jesus instruct us to be baptized if it were not necessary?

Matthew 28:19 (Words of Jesus: The Great Commission) 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,

What is God’s Name? Exodus 3:15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD (Yahweh), the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ “This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation.

What is Jesus’ Name? Iesous Grk, Yeshua Hebrew

What is the Holy Spirit’s Name? The Holy Spirit or Holy Wind, Holy Breath

I. As A Christian

II. As A Believer

III. As A Follower

IV. As A Disicple (Evangelist)