Baptism explained
Baptism
Baptism according to Scripture is:
1. Immersion &
2. Only for those who have sinned, and who understand the Gospel & can repent.
3. Only for those who already are saved.
4. Shows a public testimony of what already happened.
Simple illustration:
What if I had a different baptism, not immersion, but really have been born again by God, and feel the baptism was valid, will a Pastor or church allow me to join that church?
What if the only good church nearby requires agreement that your (new/future) baby is be baptized?
@18:49-24:50
Overcoming thoughts that you need to be perfect before baptism
What happens to babies who die?
Baptism testimonies
Example 3
Example 4
Example 5
Other visual examples can be seen on Grace Media app under baptisms, which include spoken testimonies.
✝️ Bonus: Ways you can use your baptism event for sharing the gospel
Related Topics
Related resources:
Study/enjoy the Gospel of John
Footnotes:
If links are broken
*Why Don’t We Baptize Babies? by Brian Borgman at First Baptist Church of the Lakes (Reformed Baptist), Reformation Conference 2023. Search for message of link is broken.
* Churches allowing different baptism types from the believers past, from a prior protestant church. Baptism: The Church’s 3-Part Duty by Corey Williams at First Baptist Church of the Lakes (Reformed Baptist), Los Vegas, Church policy change, 2023.
Some Verses pointing to what baptism visually represents...after we are saved.
“I have BEEN crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
Galatians 2:20
“What shall we say, then? [After we are saved] Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or 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. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— because anyone who has died has been set free from sin. 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.”
Romans 6:1-10
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