Baptism-really need meh?

Guard The Gospel Study

24-May-2013

What we’re going to do today…

• My Goal

• Outline of Lesson

• Overview

• Tools and Scriptures

• Examples

• Arguments

• Questions and Answers if we have the time

The Flow of the Study

• Recap

• Analysis of student

• Understanding how much a student knows about the subject

• Timeline

• Drawing and Writing

• Going through the scriptures

• Conclusion

• Decision making

First things first• What is your conviction on the need for baptism?

• Is Baptism necessary for Salvation?

• If one is not baptized, can he/she make it to heaven?

• If one is baptized already, will the person be saved forever and ever and ever…and ever?

• What is salvation?

• Is Salvation by works or by grace

• How is Baptism in relation to salvation by faith and grace?

• Who grants salvation?

Drawing/Plotting a time-line• Purpose: better understanding of background (esp. Religious

background)

• Timeline questions:

• When did you come to believe in Christ?

• When did you first start going to church?

• When did you repent of your sins?

• When were you baptized?

• Was your baptism by full immersion or

by sprinkling?

• When were your sins forgiven?

• When did you receive the give of holy-spirit?

• When did you believe you were saved?

• When did you become a disciple?

Sample Timeline

AcceptedJesus

Goes toChurch

Holy SpiritBaptism

WaterBaptism

Bible StudyClass

DiscipleshipClass

RepentingOf old sins

Catechism

Identifying where the scriptures fall

Some Scriptures

Good Scriptures to use

• Acts 2:36-41

• Romans 6:3-5

• Colossians 2:12

• 1 Peter 3:21

Not so good scriptures to use

• Mark 16:16 – Jesus talking about believing and baptism

• John 3:5 – Jesus talking with Nicodemus

• Galatians 3:27 – Paul talking about baptism in Christ, clothed in Christ

Acts 2:36-41

1. Goal of this scripture1. New testament command

2. What is required to do

3. Which comes first

2. Convict the heart on urgency

3. Arguments on the scripture1. The Greek word of the use of ‘EIS’

2. “be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins”

Romans 6:3-5

1.Goal of the scripture: Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

2.The Diagram

3.Purpose of Baptism in relation to unite with Jesus’s death

Colossians 2:12

1.Goal of the Scripture: Raised through FAITH

2.The necessity of faith in relation to salvation

3.Requirement of repentance

1 Peter 3:21

1.Goal of the scripture: Full immersion of water is needed for baptism

2.Noah’s Flood in purging the world of sin in Old Testament

3.How do baptism and water ‘saves’ us? Can it ‘save’ us?

Conversion Examples

Sometimes, all we need is some motivational examples…

• Acts 8:26-39, covers the Eunuch conversion

• Acts 16:25-34, covers the Jailer and his family conversion

• Acts 22:1-16, covers the conversion of Paul

Arguments

• Purpose of an argument

• Only for clarification

• No-need to quarrel

• Salvation is given, not earned through baptism.

• Focus on the heart – issues

• It’s not about who’s right, it’s about obeying what the bible say and what’s [safe-and-good] to follow

Concluding Thoughts

• Summary1. What does bible teach us about baptism?

2. What does god promise when we repent and get baptized?

3. Does the bible teach baptism as sprinkling or full immersion?

4. Can we be saved without baptism?

• Reflection on previous conversion

• Urgency

External Resources

• Arguments that Baptism is not required for Salvation

• http://www.gotquestions.org/baptism-salvation.html

• http://www.gotquestions.org/baptism-Acts-2-38.html

• http://www.gotquestions.org/baptism-Mark-16-16.html

• http://www.gotquestions.org/baptism-1Peter-3-21.html

• http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Believer%27s%20Corner/Doctrines/baptism.htm

• Arguments that Baptism is required for Salvation

• https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/537-acts-10-11-was-cornelius-saved-before-being-baptized

• http://www.gospelway.com/salvation/cornelius-baptism.php

• http://www.bibleprobe.com/baptism.htm (very off on some points – esp. about infant)