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1. Because Jesus was ___________ . baptized. Read: Matthew 3:13-17. Embrace God’s Purpose for You. But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John. Luke 7:30 (NIV).
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1. Because Jesus was ___________. baptized
Embrace God’s Purpose for You. But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John. Luke 7:30 (NIV)
2. Because baptism is the public expression of __________Jesus in the believer’s life. receiving
Two gifts are given at baptism. • Forgiveness of sins • The Holy Spirit
3. Because baptism marks the ________ of your __________ __________ with Christ the Lord. beginning personal relationship
And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of
the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. Acts 8:38-39(NIV)
Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized, and after taking some food, he regained his strength.
Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus. At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God. Acts 9:18-20(NIV)
One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to
Paul’s message. When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us. Acts 16:14-15(NIV)
The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all
here!” The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will
be saved-- you and your household.” Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and
all his family were baptized. Acts 16:27-33(NIV)