Bible Study 32124- Doing Baptism right

Baptized for the Wrong Reason

the founding ideal of the Church of Christ movement

where scripture speaks and where it is silent

on baptism, I can only think of one account of being baptized for the wrong reason

1 Cor 1

to say that you are a follower of the one that baptized you instead of Christ

and even here, Paul speaking all to people baptized in the way that Christ called them to be, a large part of his point

he doesn’t tell them they need to do it again, just to remember why they did

Baptism in Acts

the thousands in acts 2

the household of the philippian jailor acts 16

people who did not have it all figured out

who had only just heard the gospel

who were likely of a wide range of ages

likely very much caught up in emotion

all committing their lives to Christ regardless

What “Counts” to God

God desires an unhindered relationship with his creation

he wants you free from sin so he can walk with you and you with him with no guilt between you

the only right reason to be baptized is to know that you are guilty of sin and the only way to be free of it is to be made new in Christ

a repentant heart is what “counts”

everything else God has already overcome

not worth losing sleep over