Acts: The Gospel Unleashed Part 5
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41 So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
What is the meaning of Baptism?
What is the meaning of Baptism?
Baptism is the public expression of personal faith in Christ.
Baptism is the public expression of personal faith in Christ.
Baptism is the public identification with the person of Christ.
Baptism is the public identification with the person of Christ.
3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
Rom 6 3-5
That means only those who have personal faith express that faith in a public way.
That’s one of the reason we don’t baptise infants. Babies can’t express personal faith in Jesus Christ. Infants can’t repent and believe the gospel.
The Bible teaches that only believers in Christ are baptized.
The Bible teaches that only believers in Christ are baptized.
41 So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
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What is the method of baptism?
What is the method of baptism?
The word BAPTIZO means - To plunge under water, to immerse,
When it was used regarding ships it meant to sink. When it was used of people it often meant to drawn.
Immersion is widely acknowledged as the apostolic practice and the practice that most fully conveys what baptism is to display—our participation by faith in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.
Immersion is widely acknowledged as the apostolic practice and the practice that most fully conveys what baptism is to display—our participation by faith in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.
Thomas R. Schreiner
Believer’s Baptism serves as the front door for membership in the local church.
Believer’s Baptism serves as the front door for membership in the local church.
What marks life within the local Church?
What marks life within the local Church?
42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
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The local church is marked by the worship of God.
The local church is marked by the worship of God.
Teaching
Teaching
Biblical Teaching
Teaching
Fellowship
Communion
Praying
The local church is marked by the presence of God.
The local church is marked by the presence of God.
God’s presence was manifested:
42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
Miraculously
Miraculously
43 And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles.
Acts 2:
Sacrificially
Sacrificially
Relational Intimacy
Relational Intimacy
44 And all who believed were together and had all things in common.
45 And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.
Acts 2:44
Relationally
Relationally
46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,
47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
Acts 2:46-
Evangelistically
Evangelistically
Relational Intimacy
Relational Intimacy
47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.