Sermon Number Five: What Must I Do To Be Saved? - Be Baptized (1 Peter 3:21)

Article #50 by Jennifer on Sunday, August 19, 2007 at 03:39 PM

“You were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” 1 Corinthians 6:11

SCRIPTURE READING: Genesis 7:17-24________________________________________________

INTRODUCTION: Bapto and Baptizo in the making of pickles_______________________________

1. Bapto in the scriptures - Luke 16:24, John 13:26, Revelation 19:11

2. Baptizo in the scriptures

a.Acts 2:38 Be Baptized - Pickled
b.Acts 8:12-13
c.Acts 16:28-33

BAPTISM SYMBOLIZES OR (REPRESENTS):

1. Forgiveness of sins. Acts 2:38__________________________________________________

2. A death, burial and resurrection. Romans 6:4______________________________________

3. We have been clothed with Christ. Galatians 3:27__________________________________

4. By one Spirit we were baptized into one body. 1 Corinthians 12:13____________________

5. The receiving of the Holy Spirit. Mark 1:8, Acts 11:16_______________________________

Special Points of Interest:
It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves. - Deitrich Bonhoeffer

Faith… acts promptly and boldly on the occasion, on slender evidence. - John Newman