Why We Believe What We Believe About Baptism
Main Topics/Questions
Please consider the following topics/questions as you listen to the sermon:1. How did Baptists affect some early history of the US?
2. What are some precursors of baptism mentioned in the Old Testament? According to some verses in the New Testament, what do these actions anticipate?
3. How does the story of Naaman’s leprosy in 2 Kings Chapter 5 relate to baptism?
4. How is the baptism of the Old Testament different from the baptism of John the Baptist?
5. To whom was John the Baptist referring in Matthew 3:11? What changes in the practice of baptism was he predicting?
6. What are the types of baptism Jesus instituted? How do they differ?
7. What does it mean to baptize? What does Romans 6: 4-5 mean?
8. Who is baptism for?
9. What must precede baptism? What about babies?
10. Can physical baptism save or is it necessary for salvation? What about the invisible baptism of the Holy Spirit?
11. What about the two robbers who were crucified with Jesus? Where did Jesus say he would go between His death and resurrection?
12. Why is physical baptism important?
Conclusion:
Now there’s a lot more that could be said on the topic of baptism, but the most important point is one that has already been made and that’s how baptism points to the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Baptism points to the fact that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins. And when the Bible says that Jesus was dead it really means He was dead. So dead in fact that Jesus was buried. But thankfully Jesus didn’t stay dead. He came up out of the grave alive so that you too could have hope of life after death. All you have to do in order to receive this forgiveness and this hope is repent of your sins and trust in the person and work of Jesus Christ. And should you make that decision I hope you will also take a step of obedience and step into the waters of baptism just like Tucker did.
Scripture references:
Ceremonial laws contained in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers; Mark 7:4; Luke 11:38; 2 Kings Chapter 5
Acts 19:1-7
John the Baptist said in Matthew 3:11 "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire."
1 Corinthians 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."
Matthew 28:19 "Go 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,"
Mark 1:9 Jesus “was baptized by John in the Jordan”; Mark 1:10 talks about them “coming up from the water.”
Acts 8:38 says, “both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.” Acts 8:39 adds that “they came up out of the water.”
Romans 6:4-5 "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. For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,"
Act 2:37-38 "Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, 'Men and brethren, what shall we do?' 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.'"
Act 2:41 "Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them."
Acts 18:8 "Then Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his household. And many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized."
Psalm 51:5; Romans Chapter 5; 1 Corinthians Chapter 15
When David’s infant son died he said in 2 Samuel 12:23 “I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.”
Deuteronomy 1:39 "Moreover your little ones and your children, who you say will be victims, who today have no knowledge of good and evil, they shall go in there; to them I will give it, and they shall possess it."
Matthew 19:14 “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”
Romans 8:9 "But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His."
Baptism by the Holy Spirit “which now saves us” according to 1 Peter 3:21
Matthew 27:38: "two robbers were crucified with Him"; Matthew 27:44: At first, "Even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him"
Luke 23:39-43: "Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, 'If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us.' But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, 'Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong.' Then he said to Jesus, 'Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.' And Jesus said to him, 'Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.'
John 16:16: "A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, because I go to the Father."
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