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SCRIPTURAL WATER BAPTISM

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TOPIC: SCRIPTURAL WATER BAPTISM

TEXT: MARK 16: 15-18 

WEDNESDAY MAY 24th 

Key Verse: Matthew 28: 19, ‘Go ye therefore and teach all nation, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.’ 
The church, the leaders, and the new believer need to know very important facts concerning water baptism.
1. Water baptism is an emblem in the physical showing, (an outward act) that a person has now repented and has accepted a change of faith or belief. This was evident in the time of the Pharisees as a practice of Judaism. 
2. John the Baptist, was asked by God, to baptize those who have repented to follow God (Baptism of John), yet the baptism of Jesus had not yet come.
3. Jesus also baptized those who believed in Him.
4. Paul had a similar activity according to 1 Corinthians 1:14.
5. Water baptism is not salvation. Water Baptism does not make anyone born again. It is a sign/emblem that they had become born again.
6. Water stands for the word of God according to Ezekiel 36: 25; Psalms 119: 9; John 15: 3; 1 Peter 1: 23; John 3:5. 
7. Water baptism follows faith and repentance in Christ, so infants who do not understand should not be baptized. 
8. Water baptism must be carried out without delay.
9. Water baptism is by one immersion into the water once; not three times. (John 3: 22-23; Luke 3:3; Matthew 3: 14-16).
10.  Water baptism is in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost… Jesus said it after his death; His words are yea and amen. 
What does it mean to baptize in the name of Jesus? Acts 8: 14-17, Matt. 21: 23, By what authority doest thou these things? The apostles were baptizing in the authority of Jesus, not in a mode or formula. The formula is ‘in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.’ Because the Trinity played roles in the baptism: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

Thought for the day: Are you baptized scripturally?

Song for the day: Born, born, born again; thank God I am born again

Bible reading for the day: 1 Chronicles 11-13; John 9:1-23
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