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your descendants after you for the generations to come to be your God and the God of your descendants after you Genesis 177 Gods covenant included not only Abraham but his household and his des. THE SACRAMENTS – Source of our Life in Christ. Anticipatory Set.  . In . the sacramental life of the Church, there are three Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, . Confirmation, . and the Eucharist. These three . Christ. Strengthening the Congregation. The Basics For This Class. The church is a . FAMILY.. God expects you to be . A MEMBER. . of a church family.. A Christian without a church family is an . ORPHAN.. The parents bring the baby to the church for the baptism.. Godparents. Mum and Dad have chosen special people to be Godparents to the baby. . Church. Everyone goes to the church to see the baby get baptised. It is very special.. and Temptations. Judean Wilderness. South-East Corner of Temple. Theater at Caesarea . Maritima. Jesus' Baptism. Accounts of Jesus' Baptism. Mark 1:9-11 = Matt 3:13-17 = Luke 3:21-22. Matthew and Luke have details absent from Mark. They may have access to another source that they independently combined with their . Lesson objectives:. To . know. that Jesus was baptised and what happened when he was baptised. To . understand. why Christians believe baptism is important today. . To . explore. why Christians may choose to be baptised at different ages and the reasons for this . I. What did the Old Testament promise in regard to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit?. . A. An outpouring was . promised. to the Seed of Jacob (Is. 44:3; Rom. 9:6-8).. B. God would use . other tongues. Cleansing oneself with water to bring about physical cleanliness is as old as human history. The transition from water as a means to achieve physical cleanliness to water as a means of achieving spiritual cleanliness is not a huge one. In ancient Babylon, water was used as a means of spiritual cleansing by the cult of Enki. In ancient Greece, a bath in the sanctuary of Trophonion was believed to provide immortality to the initiate undergoing the ritual. There are many other examples of water as a method for spiritual cleansing in many ancient religions. Study . 10. Baptism . Into Jesus . The . Vital Importance . Of . Baptism. Heb. 6:2 speaks of baptism as one of the most basic doctrines. “Salvation is of the Jews” . (Jn. 4:22) in the sense that the promises concerning salvation were made only to Abraham and his seed. We can only have those promises made to us if we become . 1. Some Important Questions. How old were you when you were baptized?. How . were you baptized?. What . did you confess before you . were baptized. ?. For . what purpose were you baptized?. Did you believe that you were already saved when you were baptized?. Genesis 1:1-5. Psalm 29. Acts 19:1-7. Mark 1:4-11. . . . Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good.. Genesis 1:3, 4a. Creation. -- Marc Chagall, Musée du Message Biblique Marc-Chagall, Nice, France. “. The greatest sermon we have on baptism and the receipt of the Holy Ghost is 2 Nephi 31. ” (Bruce R. McConkie, . Promised Messiah. , 421).. It always comes back to the blood of Christ, Gethsemane, the Atonement. . one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; . 5. one Lord, one faith, one baptism, . 6. one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.. Baptism. There are many baptisms in Scripture but . one is enduring. . 1. . Naaman. , John’s, Jewish tradition, of fire, Holy Spirit, water.. . 2. Which was an enduring command?. . 3. Which has enduring purposes?. “And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and man.” --Luke 2:52. Jesus led an ordinary life.. Grew up in Nazareth. Even though He was God, He was also human so His life was similar to yours.