3. baptism defined
“To many, baptizo means a ceremonial cleansing
with water, carrying on the Old Testanent practice
of sprinkling. It is regarded as a sign & seal of
the baptism of the Spirit, who is shed forth or
poured out on believers. Many passages associate
baptism with water & by the Spirit (Luke 3:16).”
4. baptism defined
“Textual support that shows baptism was done
by pouring or sprinkling can be found in the
following verses (Mark 7:4; Luke 11:38; Acts 2:41;
10:47). To others who believe that baptizo means
to dip, the ritual is a symbolic burial & resurrection
of believers by the use of water as a testimony that
they died in Christ…”
5. baptism defined
“Textual support for immersion include believers
being “buried with Him by baptism into death,”
“buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are
risen with Him,” & that Jesus was baptized by
John “in the Jordan” (Romans 6:4; Colossians 2:12;
Matthew 3:6).”
6. baptism defined
“Infant baptism is based on a parallel with
circumcision, & the belief that a normal
New Testament household would include children
(Colossians 2:11-12, Acts 16:15 ,33; 1 Cor 1:16).”
-William Evans,
The Great Doctrines of The Bible
7. what is baptism?
1 – SIGN or SYMBOL
Outward sign of an internal reality
2 – CONFESSION
Public declaration of our core belief
in Jesus & our need for God’s grace
3 – SACRAMENT
A “Sacred Mystery” of the real
presence & power of God
8. Luke 3:2-3 (niv)
…The word of God came to John son of Zechariah
in the wilderness. He went into all the country
around the Jordan, preaching a baptism
of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
10. ephesians 2:1-2
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions
& sins, in which you used to live when you
followed the ways of this world…
11. eph 2:1-2, 4-5, 8-9a
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions
& sins, in which you used to live when you
followed the ways of this world, but because
of his great love for us, God, who is rich
in mercy, made us alive with Christ even
when we were dead in transgressions—it is by
grace you have been saved….through faith—
& this is not from yourselves, it is the gift
of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.
12. luke 3:15-18
The people were waiting expectantly & were all
wondering in their hearts if John might possibly
be the Messiah. John answered them all, “I baptize
you with water. But one who is more powerful
than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am
not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with
the Holy Spirit & fire….And with many other
words John exhorted the people & proclaimed
the good news to them…”
13. luke 3:21-22
When all the people were being baptized,
Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying,
heaven was opened & the Holy Spirit descended
on Him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice
came from heaven: “You are My Son, whom I love;
with You I am well pleased…”
14. what does baptism
confess?
1 – Repentance for the forgiveness of sin
2 – Recognition of belief in the Good News of Jesus
15. rom 6:2-5, 8-11, 14b
We are those who have died to sin; how can we
live in it any longer? Don‟t you know that all of us
who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized
into his death? We were therefore buried with Him
through baptism into death in order that,
just as Christ was raised from the dead through
the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life…
16. rom 6:2-5, 8-11, 14b
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will
also live with Him. For we know that since Christ
was raised from the dead, He cannot die again;
death no longer has mastery over Him.
The death He died, He died to sin once for all;
but the life He lives, He lives to God.
Count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God
in Christ Jesus…because you are not under
the law, but under grace.
17. what does baptism
confess?
1 – Repentance for the forgiveness of sin
2 – Recognition of belief in the Good News of Jesus
3 – Public Declaration of our “line in the sand”
Faith in Jesus Christ as Lord & Savior
18. matthew 28:18-19
“Then Jesus came to them & said,
„All authority in heaven & on earth has been
given to me. Therefore go & make disciples
of all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father & of the Son & of the Holy Spirit…‟ ”
19. “What is irrefutable is that the story of Travis drawing
a line with his sword - be it truth or legend - gave
Texas, America & eventually, the world, one of its
most enduring metaphors…It is a story equal to
Homer or Shakespeare, as compelling as almost
anything in the Bible or from the best Hollywood
screen writer. It is a line that not all the piety nor
wit of research will ever blot out…”
20. “It is a grand canyon cut into the bedrock of human
emotions and historical impulses. The line-in-the-
sand metaphor gets its power because it represents
something that is absolutely true: making a
courageous decision often comes with a high price.”
-Mike Cox, TexasEscapes.com
