1 / 16

Importance of Water

Importance of Water. Ex.30:20, priest Lv.14:8, leper 2 Chr.4:6, ten lavers in temple Mt.3:11, John’s baptism Jn.3:5, water and new birth. Ac.8:36-39, eunuch and water Ep.5:26, washing of water 1 Pt.3:20, saved through water 1 Jn.5:6, water and blood Rv.22:17, water of life.

amity-riley
Download Presentation

Importance of Water

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Importance of Water • Ex.30:20, priest • Lv.14:8, leper • 2 Chr.4:6, ten lavers in temple • Mt.3:11, John’s baptism • Jn.3:5, water and new birth

  2. Ac.8:36-39, eunuch and water Ep.5:26, washing of water 1 Pt.3:20, saved through water 1 Jn.5:6, water and blood Rv.22:17, water of life

  3. IBaptism, Sinner, Blessing Kingdom, Jn.3:5 Forgiveness, Ac.2:38 Washing, Ac.22:16 Calling, Ac.22:16 Death of Christ, Ro.6:3-4 Sonship, Ga.3:26-27 Putting on Christ, Ga.3:27 Sanctification, Ep.5:26 Putting away sins, Col.2:11 Salvation, 1 Pt.3:21 B A P T I S M S I N N E R

  4. II Misunderstanding Hinders Salvation 1. “Baptism is water salvation” • Water cured him? • Healed w/o water? • When cured? • Who received credit? Naaman 2 Kings 5

  5. Water cured him? • Cured w/o water? • When cured? • Who received credit? Blind man John 9

  6. Water saved him? • Saved w/o water? • When saved? • Who received credit? Saul Acts 22:16

  7. 2. “We’re not saved by works” Cured w/o obeying? Did obedience earn his cure? Naaman 2 Kings 5

  8. Cured w/o obeying? Did obedience earn his cure? Blind man John 9

  9. Saved w/o obeying? Did obedience earn his salvation? Saul Acts 22:16

  10. 3. We are saved by faith” • What is faith? • Believe: used especially of the faith by which a man embraces Jesus, i.e. a conviction, full of joyful trust, that Jesus is the Messiah — the divinely appointed author of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God – conjoined with obedience to Christ(Thayer, p. 511)

  11. Saved by faith Without faith, what would they have done? Naaman Blind Man Saul

  12. IIITest Case: Mark 16:15-16 • Main sentence: He . . . will be saved • If this were all, we might conclude all people unconditionally • Are there conditions? Yes: “believes and is baptized”

  13. Which is it? 1. salvation 2. belief 3. baptism (hypercalvinist) • belief • salvation • 3. baptism • (Baptist) 1. baptism 2. salvation 3. belief (Catholic) • belief • baptism • salvation • (Jesus)

  14. Grammar “Both acts [belief and baptism, rd] would precede the future act [will be saved], and the meaning would be that the moment one comes to faith and baptism salvation would be his”(R.C.H.Lenski, 766)

  15. Gospel divides people into two classes Saved Belief, Baptism Hb.5:8-9 Lost Unbelievers Jn.3:18

  16. How to be lost? “Refusal of faith necessarily excluded baptism, since such persons despised the salvation offered in the preaching of faith”(Meyer, 204) • No faith w/o baptism can save • He who fills out income tax forms and mails it will be refunded; he who does not fill it out will pay a fine • No baptism w/o faith is valid

More Related