5. “Have You Been Baptized?”
Matthew 18:3
“…Except ye be converted, and become as little
children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of
heaven.”
Mark 10:14-15
“…Suffer the little children to come unto me, and
forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of
God. …Whosoever shall not receive the
kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not
enter therein.”
8. “Have You Been Baptized?”
“I was when I joined the
(__________)
Church.”
9. “Have You Been Baptized?”
There is a difference between being
baptized because a church requires it
and being baptized because Christ
commanded it for the remission of sins.
10. “Have You Been Baptized?”
“Baptism is not essential to
salvation (pg. 21).”
11. “Have You Been Baptized?”
“Baptism is not essential to
salvation (pg. 21).”
“They cannot become members
without baptism (pg. 22).” Hiscox Baptist Manual
21. The difference it makes is that with
out being baptized –
Not saved!
“He that believeth and is baptized shall be
saved; but he that believeth not shall be
damned.” (Mk. 16:16)
22. The difference it makes is that with
out being baptized –
Sin not remitted!
“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.” (Acts 2:38)
23. The difference it makes is that with
out being baptized –
Not obeyed God’s command!
And he commanded them to be baptized in
the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him
to tarry certain days. (Acts 10:48)
24. The difference it makes is that with
out being baptized –
Sins not washed away!
“And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be
baptized, and wash away thy sins,
calling on the name of the Lord.”
(Acts 22:16)
25. The difference it makes is that with
out being baptized –
Not buried with Christ!
“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.” (Col. 2:12)
26. The difference it makes is that with
out being baptized –
Not raised to new life!
“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism
into death: that like as Christ was raised up
from the dead by the glory of the Father,
even so we also should walk in newness
of life.” (Rom. 6:4)
27. The difference it makes is that with
out being baptized –
Not in Christ!
“For as many of you as have been baptized
into Christ have put on Christ.”
(Gal. 3:27)
28. The difference it makes is that with
out being baptized –
Not in His body, the church!
“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one
body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles,
whether we be bond or free; and have been
all made to drink into one Spirit.”
(I Cor. 12:13)