Our Common Salvation Faith Repentance Confession Baptism Beloved while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the sa ID: 621891
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WelcomeSlide2
Our Common Salvation
Faith
Repentance Confession Baptism
“Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning
our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.” Jude 3Slide3
What is Faith ?
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Heb. 11:1
Substance
Ground, basis, support ASV = “assurance” Of things hoped forEvidence Proof ASV = “conviction” Of things not seenRomans 10:17 NKJV “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”Slide4
Repentance
Change
of Mind
GodlySorrowDeepContritionProduces Change of LifeProducesSlide5
“Thou art the Christ”
- the
Messiah -
Hebrew for anointed - anointed of God as the Redeemer“The Son of the living God.” - Jews did not expect him to be the Son of GodJesus promised to build His church on this Truth - Mt.16:18Must confess Christ to Be savedMt. 16:16. “And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. “ Slide6
Acts 8:37 is an example of the confession
“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.” Philip preached “Jesus” Faith, Repentance, Confession, Baptism Requested baptism Made this confessionMust confess Christ to Be savedSlide7
Hear
Believe
Repent
BaptismSALVAT
ION
Confess Slide8
“He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.”
How many baptisms are there ?
What is the method of baptism ?
Why should everyone be baptized ?What are the results of baptism ?Mark 16:16Slide9
How Many Baptisms Are There?
Baptism of suffering – Mark 10:35-40
Red Sea Baptism - 1 Cor. 10:1-2
Eph.4:5 “one baptism”Six Slide10
How Many Baptisms Are There?
Baptism of John – Matt. 3:1-6
Baptism of the Holy Spirit – Acts 2:17-21
Baptism of Fire – Matt. 3:11Baptism of the great commission – Matt 28:18-20; Mk. 16:15-16Eph.4:5 “one baptism”Six Slide11
Baptism of John Matt. 3:1-6
Used by John the Baptist in order to prepare the nations for the coming of the Messiah
Was
replaced by baptism instituted by Christ in the great commissionSome were re-baptized who had been under the baptism of John – Acts 19:1-5Slide12
Baptism of the Holy SpiritActs 2:17-21
Used to give special miraculous powers to the apostles
These powers were used to confirm that what was being taught was from God -
Mark 16:20These powers ceased when the Bible was completed – 1 Cor. 13:8Slide13
Baptism of Fire Matt. 3:11
Christ would administer it
Element is fire
Purpose is punishmentSpoken of as in the futureWill begin at close of this worldSlide14
Baptism Of The Great Commission - Acts 2:38
Instituted by Christ
Taught by the disciples
Was required of everyone desiring to become Christians and to go to heavenRequired of us todaySlide15
Baptism Of The Great Commission - Acts 2:38
John’s baptism was gone
Holy Spirit baptism was gone
Baptism of fire was in the futureEph.4:5 “one baptism”Slide16
What is the Method of Baptism ?
Col. 2:12 “buried with him in baptism”
Rom. 6:4 “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death”
Requires water Acts 10:47 Acts 8:36Requires much water – John 3:23Requires going down into and coming up out of the water – Acts 8:38-39Slide17
What is the Method of Baptism ?
Baptism - definition in the Greek lexicons
“to immerse, to submerge”
“to make whelmed, fully wet”Baptism in English dictionaries defines it as: Sprinkling, Pouring or ImmersionSlide18
What is the Method of Baptism ?
Matt. 3:16 “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:”
Mark 1:9 “And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:”Slide19
What is the Method of Baptism ?
Burial
Immersion
Complete covering of the body in waterSlide20
Why Should Everyone Be Baptized?
Because God commanded it
How did He command it?Slide21
Through The Great Commission
Matt. 28:19
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:”
Mk. 16:15-16 “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.”Slide22
Through The Testimony of Spirit Inspired men
Peter – on Pentecost
“
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” Acts 2:38Ananias – to Saul “And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.” Acts 22:16Slide23
Through Divinely Approved Examples
Peter – Cornelius – Acts 10:47-48 “
Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.”
Phillip – the eunuch – Acts 8:38 “And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.”Slide24
Why Should Everyone Be Baptized?
Because God commanded itSlide25
The Results of Baptism
Allows us entrance to God’s kingdom – the church
John 3:1-5 Christ told Nicodemus that he must be born again in order to see the kingdom of God.
Acts 2:47 God added to the church daily those who were being saved.Slide26
Baptism is the means of our getting into Christ
.
Gal 3:27
“For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.I Cor. 12:13 “For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.Rom. 6:3 “Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?Slide27
Our sins are remitted when we are baptized.
Lk. 24:47 “
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”
Acts 22:16 “And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.”Acts 2:38 “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”Slide28
Romans 6:1-8
Should we continue in sin? No ! God forbid !
We have died to sin
Baptism is a burial into his death Christ died and was resurrected We are raised from baptism to walk a new lifeOld man of sin is deadNo longer a slave to sinWe are living for ChristSlide29
Results in Forgiveness !Slide30
How many baptisms are there
?
One - Baptism of Great CommissionWhat is the method of baptism ? Burial - ImmersionWhy should everyone be baptized ? God commanded itWhat are the results of baptism ? ForgivenessSlide31
“Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” 1 Timothy 2:4
Jesus died and shed his blood to purchase the church – Acts 20:28
When we are baptized into Christ we have the remission of our sins.Slide32
“And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.” Acts 2:47
“Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.” Acts 2:41Slide33
“And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.” Acts 8:39
Brings JoySlide34Slide35
Nelson Chapel Church of Christ
5039 Six Mile Road
Maryville, Tn. 37803
www.nelsonchapelchurchofchrist.orgJuly 16, 2017Sermon by Arthur Pigman 2705 Druid Hill Dr.Maryville, Tn. 37804art65ann@gmail.comCCL11325562