Baptism Understanding Church 4 Do you know if you been baptised What was like what you expected Why do we baptise people Discussion Water Means dunk Clean enough for God ID: 221478
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What is Baptism?
‘Understanding Church’
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Do you know if you been baptised?
What was like what you expected?
Why do we baptise people?
DiscussionSlide3
Water
Means “dunk”
Clean enough for God“Get baptised and wash you sins away”
– Acts 22.16
“Full immersion” is what we practise here
Acts 18.24-19.7: BaptismSlide4
The Holy Spirit
The way Jesus
baptises is different to John
True Christian baptism is in the Holy Spirit
Not a public testimony but an act of faith towards God
Acts 18.24-19.7: BaptismSlide5
Belonging to Jesus
“Into the name of the Lord Jesus” (v5)
Joining in His death, burial and resurrection
(Romans 6.3-4)Following Jesus’ way, wherever He leads“Into one body by one Spirit” – the Church
(1 Corinthians 12.13)
Acts 18.24-19.7: BaptismSlide6
Do you have to be baptised to be a Christian?
Why would you not?
Does being baptised make you a Christian?
No, faith in Jesus and receiving the Holy Spirit does
Why don’t we baptise babies here?
We baptise people because they believe in JesusDo I need to be re-baptised if I was Christened?Not if you were confirmed & have followed Christ ever sinceIs there anything special about the water?No, that seemed to be the least of the Apostles’ worries!
Big Questions