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When
asking, “What must I do to be saved?”
we must also ask --
What is the meaning and
purpose of Baptism?
The work of the cross is God’s offer of life…
Baptism is our acceptance.
There are many teachings and many traditions regarding the
subject of baptism. This has long been one of the most controversial points of doctrine
since the church began. The goal of this website is to explore strictly what is
written on the topic in the New Testament scriptures themselves. We will look
at the scriptures on baptism in question first and
let God’s Word speak for itself.
“For all
flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass
withers, and the flowers fall away: But the word of the Lord endures forever.
And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.”
– I Peter
1:24-25
…and pay
close attention, for
He who rejects me, and doesn't
receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same
will judge him in the last day. -John 12:48
So let us
not allow the traditions of men to come before the Word of God as revealed in
the scriptures. Christ spoke of this inclination of people…
“-making void the word of God by
your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."
–Mark 7:13
and He condemned it.
Let us remember instead that those
who are blessed are those that obey and KEEP God’s Word:
But he
said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God,
and keep
it." –
Luke 11:28
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my
teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the
truth shall set you free."
—John 8:31-32
For
the purposes of the rest of the discussion it will be noted that the mode of
baptism is used in the definition of full water immersion. The
Greek for the word ‘baptizo’ means to immerse, plunge, dip,
or bury in water. The very Greek word itself excludes it from meaning
“sprinkling.”
Let’s begin by looking at each individual passage that relates
to baptism and then at all of them together as a whole and let the Bible
speak for itself:
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Then
Jesus came from Galilee to the
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you are called
in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and
Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into
Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so
that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too
might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united
with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a
resurrection like his.
This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you also - not the removal of dirt from the body, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, it saves
you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
and you were buried with him
in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working
of God, who raised him from the dead.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a
ruler of the Jews. This man came to
Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher
come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with
him." Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, unless one is born
anew, he cannot see the
And
the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Get up, and go toward the south
unto the way that goes down from
For
you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for as many of you as
were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
And he said unto them, Go into all the
world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believes and is baptized shall be saved, and he that disbelieves
shall be condemned.
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according
to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewal of the
Holy Spirit
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching
them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to
the close of the age.
And Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every
one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and
you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to
your children and to all that are far off, every one whom the Lord our God
calls to him." And he testified with many other words and exhorted them,
saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation." So those who
received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three
thousand souls
And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash away
your sins, calling on his name.
CONVERSION STORIES IN
THE BOOK OF ACTS (they all contain the element of baptism)
ANSWERS TO SOME COMMON
ARGUMENTS AGAINST BAPTISM 
TRADITIONS OF MEN VS. THE WORD OF
GOD
“If baptism is as you say, wouldn’t God plainly
say so?”
Jewish
background of Christian baptism--an historical perspective
The Undeniable Facts—Historical
Records and Writings of Early Christians
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