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N.T. BAPTISM

N.T. BAPTISM. Why we believe that baptism is essential to salvation. People Look At Baptism Differently. Non-Biblical View Not Essential Sprinkling Outward sign. Biblical View Is Essential Burial Obedience. How Do You Look At Baptism?. People Look At Baptism Differently.

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N.T. BAPTISM

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  1. N.T. BAPTISM Why we believe that baptism is essential to salvation

  2. People Look At Baptism Differently Non-Biblical View Not Essential Sprinkling Outward sign.. Biblical View Is Essential Burial Obedience

  3. How Do You Look At Baptism? People Look At Baptism Differently Non-Biblical View Not Essential Sprinkling Outward sign.. Biblical View Is Essential Burial Obedience

  4. Why we Believe that Baptism is Essential to Salvation I. The Question

  5. Disputed in Religious Community • Some teach that saved by faith before & without water baptism • We teach that one must be baptized in water in order to be saved • Many religious debates • Many believe in baptism, practice it, but do not believe it to be essential to salvation The Question

  6. Disputed in Religious Community What The Question / Issue Is Not: The Question • Whether or not one is saved by faith • Whether or not one is saved by the blood of Christ • Whether or not one is saved by God’s grace • Whether or not one is saved by baptism alone • Whether or not one is saved by works of merit • Whether or not one is saved by water

  7. Disputed in Religious Community What The Question / Issue Is Not: The Question What The Question / Issue Is: • Is water baptism essential to salvation? • When or at what point is one save by faith? • When or at what point is the blood applied?

  8. Disputed in Religious Community What The Question / Issue Is Not: The Question What The Question / Issue Is: Why Is This So Important?

  9. If Baptism Is Essential Then any not baptized will be lost Those who teach that it is not essential are false teachers If Baptism Is Not Essential Those who teach it is essential are binding where God has not bound

  10. Why we Believe that Baptism is Essential to Salvation I. The Question II. The Evidence

  11. Mark 16:16 – to be saved The Evidence

  12. The Bible Mark 16:16 “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.”

  13. Mark 16:16 Believe & Baptized – Saved Believe – Saved & Baptized Which statement do you believe?

  14. Mark 16:16 A Parallel + Believeth Baptized Saved Believeth Not Damned + Eats Digests Healthy Not Eat Unhealthy

  15. Mark 16:16 “He that believeth in Ford Motor Company and is baptized in our pool, shall receive a new Ford.” What must one do to get a new ford? Could one argue: “I believe – give me the Ford, and then I’ll be baptized”?

  16. Mark 16:16 – to be saved • Acts 2:38 – for the remission of sins The Evidence

  17. The Bible Acts 2:38 “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”

  18. Acts 2:38 “…Repent, andbe baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,…” Repent Be Baptized Because of AND In Order To Repentance & Baptism Go In The Same Direction!

  19. Acts 2:38 Matt. 26:28 – Blood shed for the remission of sins (eis aphesin hamartion) Acts 2:38 – Repent & Bapt. for the remission of sins (eis aphesin hamartion) Same expression in both English & Greek

  20. Mark 16:16 – to be saved • Acts 2:38 – for the remission of sins • 1 Pet. 3:21 – saves us The Evidence

  21. The Bible 1 Peter 3:21 “The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ”

  22. 1 Peter 3:21 Baptism doth NOW save us Baptism doth NOT save us Which statement do you believe?

  23. 1 Peter 3:21 From The Old To The New Old World New World Old Life (sin) New Life (saved)

  24. Mark 16:16 – to be saved • Acts 2:38 – for the remission of sins • 1 Pet. 3:21 – saves us • Gal. 3:26-27 – baptized into Christ The Evidence

  25. The Bible Galatians 3:26-27 “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”

  26. Gal. 3:26-27 You Are Children of God by faith For Denotes the reason which follows Have Been Baptized into Christ

  27. Mark 16:16 – to be saved • Acts 2:38 – for the remission of sins • 1 Pet. 3:21 – saves us • Gal. 3:26-27 – baptized into Christ • Cases of conversion The Evidence

  28. Cases of Conversion

  29. Mark 16:16 – to be saved • Acts 2:38 – for the remission of sins • 1 Pet. 3:21 – saves us • Gal. 3:26-27 – baptized into Christ • Cases of conversion • Salvation is in Christ The Evidence

  30. Baptized Into Gal.3:27 1 Cor. 12:13 Redeemed in Him Blood (Eph. 1:7) Made Near in Christ by Blood (Eph. 2:13) Reconciled in one body by Cross (Eph. 2:16)

  31. Mark 16:16 – to be saved • Acts 2:38 – for the remission of sins • 1 Pet. 3:21 – saves us • Gal. 3:26-27 – baptized into Christ • Cases of conversion • Salvation is in Christ The Evidence

  32. Why we Believe that Baptism is Essential to Salvation I. The Question II. The Evidence III. The Objections

  33. Saved by faith • If faith eliminates baptism – it eliminates repentance • Can’t mean “faith alone” (Jas. 2:24) • Many who believed but not saved (Jas. 2:19; John 8) • Jesus said, “…believeth and is baptized…” (Mk 16:16) The Objections

  34. Saved by faith • Saved by the blood The Objections • If blood eliminates baptism – it eliminates faith!

  35. Saved by faith • Saved by the blood • Thief on the cross The Objections • It is not said that the thief repented. • Thief lived and died under OT (Heb. 9:16-17) • Under the NT Jesus commands: (Mark 16:16)

  36. Saved by faith • Saved by the blood • Thief on the cross • Cornelius saved without it • Does not say “and is not baptized” The Objections

  37. If one does not believe, he will not be baptized! + Believeth Baptized Saved Believeth Not Damned + Eats Digests Healthy Not Eat Unhealthy If one does not eat, he will not digest!

  38. Saved by faith • Saved by the blood • Thief on the cross • Cornelius saved without it • Does not say “and is not baptized” The Objections

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