BAPTISM IN WATER

 

The Authority For Baptism: Jesus Christ

1.      Matthew 28:18-20 “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.  Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always even unto the end of the world.”

The Subjects of Baptism: Believers

  1. Acts 2:41 “Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.”
  2. Acts 8:12 “But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.”
  3. Acts 8:13 “Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip.”
  4. Acts 8:36-37 “What doth hinder me to be baptized?  And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.  And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.  And he baptize him.”
  5. Acts 10:47 “Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?”
  6. Acts 16:14-15 “And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.  And when she was baptized, and her household…”
  7. Acts 16:31, 33 “(Jailer) Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.  And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.  And when he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his straightway.”
  8. Acts 16:18 “And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house, and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.”
  9. Acts 19:3 “When they heard (that they should believe on Christ Jesus) this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.”

 

The Time For Baptism: As soon as possible

  1. Acts 2:41 “Same day (3,000).”
  2. Acts 8:12-13 “After they (Samaritans) believed.”
  3. Acts 8:37-38 “After Eunuch believed.”
  4. Acts 9:9, 18 “Three days (Saul).”
  5. Acts 10:47-48 “After receiving the Holy Spirit.” (Cornelius and Caesareans)
  6. Acts 16:14-15 “After Lydia’s heart was opened.”
  7. Acts 16:33 “Same hour of the night…straightway.” (Jailer)
  8. Acts 18:8 “Hearing and believed were baptized.” (Crispus and Corinthians)
  9. Acts 19:5 “When they heard this (Believe on Christ Jesus), they were baptized.” (Ephesians’ disciples)

 

The Administrator of Baptism: Disciples

  1. John 3:22, 4:2 “Jesus tarried with them, and baptized.  Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples.”
  2. Acts 8:12-13 “When they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.  Then Simon himself believed also: and was baptized.”
  3. Acts 9:18 “And immediately there fell from his (Saul) eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized (Ananias).
  4. Acts 10:48 “And Peter commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.”
  5. Acts 16:14-15 “Lydia was baptized.”
  6. Acts 16:31-33 “Jailer was baptized.”
  7. Acts 19:5 “They (12 Ephesians) were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.”
  8. I Corinthians 1:14-16 “I (Paul) baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; and I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.”

The Element of Baptism: Water

  1. John 3:25 “And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.”
  2. Acts 8:36, 38 “They (Philip & Eunuch) came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?…They went down both into the water, both Philip and the Eunuch; and he baptized him.”

 

The Mode: Immersion

  1. Matthew 3:6 “Baptized of John in the Jordan River.”
  2. Mark 1:9 “Jesus was baptized in Jordan River.”
  3. John 3:23 “Baptizing in Aenon near Salim because there was much water there:”
  4. Acts 8:38-39 “They went down into the water…and when they were come up out of the water…”
  5. Romans 6:4 “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.”
  6. Colossians 2:12 “Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised hi from the dead.”
  7. Definition of words baptize and baptism: The English words baptize and baptism are tow words that are not native to the English language.  Therefore, they do not have any intrinsic meaning of their own.  The only rightful meaning they can have is the one that is derived from the Greek word of which they are the spelling.  The English words baptize and baptism are transliterations not translations of the Greek words baptizo and baptisma.  In the Greek, these words mean to immerse, to dip under, and completely submerge.

Note: There are Greek words for pour, which are ballo, katacheo, ekcheo, ekchuno, andepicheo; sprinkle, which are rhantismos and proschusis; wet, which is brecho; wash, which are louo, loutron, apolouo.

 

The Purpose of Baptism: Obedience and Example

  1. Jesus set the example in Matthew 3:15 “Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness.”

  2. Jesus commanded in Matthew 28:18-20 “Make disciples and baptize them…”

  3. See examples of early disciples in passages above.

  4. Romans 6:3 “In relationship to…"

  5. Romans 6:4 “Like as…”

  6. Romans 6:5 “likeness of…”

  7. Galatians 3:27 “In relationship to…”

  8. I Peter 3:21 “Like figure…”

  9. Colossians 2:12 “Burial and resurrection of Jesus…”

 

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