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Baptism and the Lord’s Supper are two powerful and effectual rites of God’s people that have been abused on both ends of the spectrum.
As baptized believers, members of the New Covenant, partakers in the new creation we are called to live according to our baptism.
considering baptism: On one end of the spectrum you have the Roman Catholic church that ascribes to the waters a power that only belongs to God.
This Paul’s argument and 6.
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Paul lays out two different worlds for us.
The world of the first Adam and the world of the second Adam (Christ).
The first Adam brought sin into the world, therefore death reigned over the whole world.
Baptism is Important
In the old world, the world of sin, Death was the final act, the conclusion.
The end of all creation.
The waters of baptism infuse grace upon the subject
Yet Jesus came, who was a type of Adam.
He was the second Adam.
Catholics teach that “justification is given in Baptism.”
The waters of baptism wash away original sin and join us with Christ.
Baptism is not merely a sign and seal of grace, but actually confers saving grace.
And Jesus entered into the old world and defeated death.
and by doing so brought life to those who were dying.
This means that baptism infuse grace apart from faith.
He brought a whole new world.
A world that could be entered into through Christ.
That if a someone is baptized in the catholic church they are saved.
Whether or not they ever believe in Jesus, go to church, take communion, or show any fruit in their lives.
On the other end of the spectrum you have multiple “free churches” that do not consider baptism to have any sort of affect on the individual or the community as a whole.
Baptism is purely an act of obedience done by those who love Jesus.
There is no spiritual significance to baptism, it does not mean anything as far as your standing before Christ or before his church.
Baptism is down played to the point that it is nothing more than a public declaration of faith.
The idea of mystery is rejected.
The idea of covenantal significance is rejected.
And the idea that baptism unites us to Christ in a very real way is rejected.
Often times we are so afraid of becoming like the other end of the spectrum, that we ignore what the bible actually has to say about baptism.
So, having studied the topic of baptism and readying just about ever verse in the bible that relates to baptism I can assure you of one thing.
Baptism is Important
Last week we looked at why baptism is important and I talked about how baptism calls us to right living (in )
If we have been united to Christ through baptism, in his death and resurrection, we are then to live not as citizens of the old world in Adam (sin, condemnation) but we are to live as united to Christ in the new creation.
We are not to offer our bodies as instruments of unrighteousness (as we did in the old world)
but we are to offer our bodies as instruments of righteousness.
Paul calls the Christians in Rome to live according to their baptism.
And we will come back to this call later on.
So we see baptism as important as it calls us to right living.
Ok, are there any other reasons that baptism is important?
What else does the NT say in regards to baptism?
Don’t we see that ultimately baptism is just a public declaration of faith? -
the ‘grace’ available to man in baptism is said by the New Testament writers to include the following elements:
So what else does the NT say about baptism?
the ‘grace’ available to man in baptism is said by the New Testament writers to include the following elements: forgiveness of sin, Acts 2:38 and cleansing from sins, Acts 22:16, 1 Cor.
6:11; union with Christ, Gal.
3:27, and particularly union with Him in his death and resurrection, Rom.
6:3 ff, Col. 2:11 f, with all that implies of release from sin’s power, as well as guilt, and the sharing of the risen life of the Redeemer, Rom.
6:1–11; participation in Christ’s sonship, Gal.
3:26 f; consecration to God, 1 Cor.
6:11, hence membership in the Church, the Body of Christ, 1 Cor.
12:13, Gal.
3:27–29; possession of the Spirit, Acts 2:38, 1 Cor.
6:11, 12:13, and therefore the new life in the Spirit, i.e. regeneration, Tit.
3:5, Jn. 3:5; grace to live according to the will of God, Rom.
6:1 ff, Col. 3:1 ff; deliverance from the evil powers that rule this world, Col. 1:13; the inheritance of the Kingdom of God, Jn. 3:5, and the pledge of the resurrection of the body, Eph.
1:13 f, 4:30.
forgiveness of sin,
cleansing from sins, , ;
union with Christ, ,
union with Him in his death and resurrection, , ,
release from sin’s power, as well as guilt, and the sharing of the risen life of Christ, ;
participation in Christ’s sonship, ;
Being set apart to God, ,
membership in the Church, the Body of Christ, , ;
possession of the Spirit, , , ,
new life in the Spirit, i.e. regeneration, , ;
grace to live according to the will of God, , ;
deliverance from the evil powers that rule this world, ;
the inheritance of the Kingdom of God, ,
These passages along with many others demands that we understand baptism as more than just a public declaration of faith.
There is something far more significant than just a symbolic announcement of something God did in the past.
So to understand baptism we need to understand how the OT has been preparing the way for baptism.
The use of water as an instrument for religious and physical cleansing is prevalent throughout the first five books of the Bible.
Those who had committed certain defiling offenses were required to wash themselves in water in order to ceremonially purify the body.
Examples of such offenses include:
The use of water as an instrument for religious and physical cleansing is prevalent throughout the Pentateuch.
Those who had committed certain defiling offenses were required to wash themselves in water in order to ritually purify the body.
Examples of such offenses include:
• Touching a corpse (; ; , )
• Eating or picking up a dead animal ()
• Nocturnal and seminal discharges (, , , )
The use of water as an instrument for religious and physical cleansing is prevalent throughout the Pentateuch.
Those who had committed certain defiling offenses were required to immerse themselves in water in order to ritually purify the body.
Examples of such offenses include:
• Touching a corpse (Num 19:10–13; 31:23–24; Lev 11, 22:4–6)
• Eating or picking up a dead animal (Lev 17:15)
• Nocturnal and seminal discharges (Lev 15:6–8, 11–12, 13, 16)
• Coming into contact with a menstruating woman’s items (Lev 15:21–22, 25–27)
• Contagious skin infections (Lev 14:8–9)
Beyond these cleansing rituals, several other practices were required in order to partake of eating sacrificed animals (Lev 8:19–21) and temple worship (Lev 15:31).
Certain impurities could be only removed by using running water (Lev 14:5–6, 50–52; 15:13; Deut 21:4).
• Coming into contact with a menstruating woman’s items (, )
• Contagious skin infections ()
Cleansing with water was also required for
Temple worship
You wanted to go to the temple to enjoy the feast and bring a sacrifice for your family and maybe for friends, you had to make sure you were cerimonally clean.
which included washing.
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