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Baptism: New Life in Christ
What is baptism ?
Immersion or burial in water
Gr. baptizo : “to dip, immerse, submerge, plunge.”
Acts 8:36-38
Colossians 2:12

Colossians 2:12 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.

What is baptism ?
It is a death, burial and resurrection
Romans 6:3-5
It is a new birth
John 3:3-5
It is a washing away of all one’s past sins
Acts 22:16

Acts 22:16 And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'

Why be baptized ?
Because Jesus commanded it
Matthew 28:18-20
Because of faith in God (baptism is the result, or action, of our faith)
Hebrews 11:6

Acts 10:48 “And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord….”

Why be baptized ?
Because we love God and want to keep His commandments
Because Jesus said it is necessary in order to receive salvation
Mark 16:16
1 Peter 3:21
Why be baptized ?
To have all past sins forgiven
Acts 2:38; 22:16
To “put on Christ”
Galatians 3:26-27
Why be baptized ?
To be added to the church
1 Corinthians 12:13; Acts 2:47
To be obedient to Christ
Hebrews 5:9
Who should be baptized ?
Those old enough to hear God’s word and to be taught it’s truths about sin and salvation
John 6:45
Those old enough to believe the gospel
Acts 16:30-33
Who should be baptized ?
Those old enough to understand sin and repentance from it
Acts 2:36-38
Those old enough to confess Jesus
Romans 10:10; Acts 8:37
Who should be baptized ?
Those ready to begin a new life in Christ
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. For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection”

Conclusion
There is NO ROOM for opinions or traditions
Why not become a Christian today?
Acts 22:16
2 Corinthians 6:2

Baptism: New Life in Christ

Romans 6:4 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.