Steps to a New Life
baptism
Steps to a New Life
“if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation”
2 Corinthians 5:17
Matthew 3:13-15 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.14 And John tried to prevent Him, saying, "I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?".
15 But Jesus answered and said to him, "Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed Him.
Genesis 15:6 And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
To fulfill all righteousness
Isaiah 42:1 "Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect one in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
Galatians 3:26-27 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Mark 10:35-39 Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?“…"You will indeed drink the cup that I drink, and with the baptism I am baptized with you will be baptized;
Mark 10:43-45 Whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all.45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."
Luke 12:49-50 "I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is accomplished!
Isaiah 53 - But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Galatians 3:13-14 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"),14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Mark 16:15-16"Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, … 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?
Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?
Romans 6:3-5 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
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.
Romans 6:5-7 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.7 For he who has died has been freed from sin.
Romans 6:12-14 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
Romans 6:17-18 17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.18 And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.
Ephesians
Ephesians 1:3-6 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
Ephesians 2: 8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,9 not of works, lest anyone should boast
Ephesians
Ephesians 2:4-9 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians
Ephesians 2: 8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Colossians 2:12-13 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. 13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
Colossians 2:12-13 (KJV) Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
Purpose of Baptism
Demonstrated by Jesus to fulfill all righteousness
Directly related by Jesus to his baptism of death
Our baptism connects us with Jesus in his death, burial, and resurrection
Baptism is our demonstration of faith in accepting God’s offer of grace
Purpose of Baptism
Demonstrated by Jesus to fulfill all righteousness
Directly related by Jesus to his baptism of death
Our baptism connects us with Jesus in his death, burial, and resurrection
Baptism is our demonstration of faith in accepting God’s offer of grace
Steps to a New Life
Steps to a New Life
baptism
Steps to a New Life
CONFESSION
A New Creation
“if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation”
2 Corinthians 5:17
Steps to a New Life
Faith
Steps to a New Life
REPENTANCE
Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?
Romans 6:3-5 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?4 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.
Steps to a New Life
Faith
Steps to a New Life
REPENTANCE
John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
2 Corinthians 7:8-10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.
Romans 10:9-10 if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Steps to a New Life
CONFESSION