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“Living With Dying in Baptism”. Living with Dyeing. I. The Great Commission. Matthew 28:19-20 make disciples of all nations baptizing them. Mark 16:15-16 go into all the world and preach the Good News (the gospel)
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“Living With Dying in Baptism” Living with Dyeing
I. The Great Commission • Matthew 28:19-20 • make disciples of all nations • baptizing them
Mark 16:15-16 • go into all the world and preach the Good News (the gospel) • anyone who has believed and been baptized shall be saved
II. The Baptism That Saves You • Baptism - Greek BAPTO, bap'-to; a prim. verb; to whelm, i.e. cover wholly with a fluid; in the N.T. only in a qualified or spec. sense, i.e. (lit.) to moisten (a part of one's person), or (by impl.) to stain (as with dye):--dip.
Common language • dyeing a garment by submerging it in the color dye • intent is to change the nature of the garment
Three elements to baptism • the baptizer • the one being baptized • the element one is baptized into
The Baptism that saves you 1 Corinthians 12:13 "For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit." • baptizer - Holy Spirit • the baptized - we; believers • the element baptized into - the body of Christ
III. Water Baptism • Its Symbolism - Romans 6:3-6
buried with him in baptism • united with him in the likeness of his death
IV. Living with Dying • Colossians 3:3-10 • You died to this life • So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you
Die to Dye – verse 10 – put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.
buried with him in baptism • united with him in the likeness of his death
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NLT) 19 Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body. • 2 Corinthians 5:15 (NLT) 15 He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.
1 Corinthians 15:31 (NASB) 31 I affirm, brethren, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. • Matthew 16:24-25 (NLT) 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me. 25 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
Conclusion • Have you received the Baptism that saves you – being baptized into Christ? • Have you followed that up with water baptism, identifying yourself with Jesus in his death, burial, and resurrection? • Are you living with dying? – dying to self to have true life • Are you living with dyeing? – so that your life is taking upon it the nature of Christ?