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*BAPTISM IS NECESSARY*
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* There is no one chapter in the Bible to explain the entire doctrine of baptism.
Did you know that?
And baptism is one of the most abused doctrines of the Bible.
Why?
Because some people will want to get you baptized to get your sins forgiven.
But baptism does not remove any of your sins.
Others will want to get you baptized to get you sanctified.
Sanctified means to become separated unto God or to become holy.
Baptism does not make you holy.
Still others will want to get you baptized because they say baptism is a sacrament.
The word sacrament is defined as a means of grace.
But baptism is not a means of grace.
Baptism does not get you saved.
Why?
Because there is only one way to have your sins removed.
And that is by trusting Jesus Christ as your Savior.
You see, Jesus Christ performed the greatest work to remove sins.
He shed His blood to remove your sins.
There is no work that you can perform the work of Jesus Christ.
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*FIRST -- WHAT IS BAPTISM.*
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* Some people think that if they get baptized they can get over some bad habit like their terrible temper.
Some people think that if they get baptized they could feel closer to God.
But baptism is not a sacrament it's an ordinance.
I'll tell you what happens when you get baptized.
When you get baptized you proclaim to others that you believe in a Savior who died for you and who was buried and who was raised from the dead.
And when you get Baptized you proclaim to others that you are an obedient Christian.
Because baptism is a command.
It is something that God most definitely wants you to do.*
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* Baptism is a picture of the death, burial and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
When you lay a body in a coffin you lay that body on it's back.
When you get baptized we lay you back into the water, not face down.
Just as if you were being buried.
Why?
Because baptism is a picture of Jesus being buried and raised again.
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*SECOND -- WHAT IS NEEDED TO GET BAPTIZED?*
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YOU NEED A PROPER CANDIDATE.
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* To get baptized, you need someone who knows Jesus Christ as Savior.
But not only do you need someone who knows Jesus Christ, you need someone who wants to obey Jesus Christ.
That's why I tell parents that their children must want to be baptized.
Baptism is not something you tell your child, "Your getting baptized."
Not only must your child be born again, your child must want to be baptized.
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* You will never find anywhere in Scripture where a baby is being baptized.
You need a proper candidate to get baptized.
A proper candidate is someone who knows Jesus Christ as Savior and out of their own free will wants to obey Jesus Christ.
You need a proper candidate.*
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YOU NEED A PROPER METHOD.*
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* Don't just get baptized any old way.
Get baptized the way Jesus was baptized.
Jesus was immersed.
Jesus was not sprinkled.
They did not pour a cup of water on the head of Jesus.
Jesus was immersed.
And the word baptism is a Greek word, not an English word.
The word baptism means to dip or to identify.
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* But pastor, what do you do for someone who is very ill and they want to get baptized?
On occasion in a hospital someone will come to know Jesus Christ as Savior and they will want to get baptized.
Pastor, what do you do when the person is dying and they can't leave the hospital to get immersed?
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* Their condition is no different than the thief on the cross who was crucified with Jesus.
Jesus said to that man, "Today, thou shalt be with me in paradise."
As far as God is concerned that person is a close to God as anyone who had been baptized.
You need a proper method.*
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YOU NEED A PROPER MEANS OF BAPTISM.*
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* Baptism is an ordinance that was given to the church.
Baptism is not an ordinance that is done in someone's back yard.
It would be improper for a father to take his child and baptize that child in his pool.
Baptism is a public ordinance.
You will never find a private Baptism.
It is a church ordinance not an individual ordinance.
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*THIRD -- WHY MUST YOU B BAPTIZED?*
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BECAUSE BAPTISM IS THE FIRST STEP OF OBEDIENCE.*
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* What was the very first thing that the believers did in Acts 2? They were baptized.
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* Now there are a few denominations that will not baptize at all.
The Quakers do not baptize.
The Berean churches do not baptize.
John Wesley what got up every morning for 4 hours of prayer started the Methodist church.
The Methodist church does not baptize.
John Wesley would preach and whole towns would come out to hear him.
Yet he did not baptize.
Martin Luther, the founder of the Lutheran church, did not practice baptism.
And yet after Jesus was raised from the dead, what was one of the commands that Jesus gave His disciples?
Go into all the world and make disciples baptizing them..."*
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*Matthew 28:19** *
*19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, (NIV)*
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* We are to be a baptizing church.
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*Acts 2:38** *
*38 Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you... (NIV)*
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* If you are old enough to know Jesus Christ as Savior, you are old enough to be baptized.
There is no record in the New Testament of a believer who was not baptized.
You don't find anyone walking around in the New Testament saying, "I don't feel led to be baptized."
Why, because baptism is a command of Jesus.
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* God doesn't have to give you a feeling to get baptized.
Baptism is simply obedience.
Sometimes someone will say, "I'm going to get baptized when I'm stronger in the faith."
Obedience leads to spiritual strength, and getting baptized is obedience.
Sometimes someone will say, "I'm going to get baptized when I'm better taught."
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