IS BAPTISM IMPORTANT?

 

(Acts 2:38)  Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

(Romans 6:3)  Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

(Galatians 3:27)  For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

(Colossians 2:12)  Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the

operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

(1Peter 3:21)  The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of

the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

(Acts 22:16)  And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

 

ARE THERE EXAMPLES OF BAPTISM IN THE BIBLE?

 

(Acts 2:38)  Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

(Acts 2:41)  Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

(Acts 8:12)  But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

(Acts 8:38)  And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

(Acts 9:18)  And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.

(Acts 10:48)  And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

(Acts 16:15)  And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.

(Acts 16:33)  And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

(Acts 18:8)  And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

(Acts 19:5)  When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Jesus was Baptized (Matthew 3:13) (Mark 1:9) (Luke 3:21)

 

WHAT ABOUT THE NAME?

 

(Colossians 3:17)  And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

(John 14:13)  And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

(John 20:31)  But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

(Luke 24:47)  And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

(Matthew 28:19)  Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

(Mark 16:17)  And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

 

SALVATION IN NO OTHER NAME

(Acts 4:12)  Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

 

ANOINTING IN THE NAME

(James 5:14)  Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

 

HEALING IN THE NAME

(Acts 3:6)  Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

(Acts 3:16)  And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

 

DEVILS CAST OUT IN THE NAME

(Acts 16:18)  And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

 

YE ARE WASHED…SANCTIFIED…JUSTIFIED IN THE NAME

(1 Corinthians 6:11)  And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

 

BAPTISM IN THE NAME OF JESUS

 

(Matthew 28:19)  Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

(Acts 2:38)  Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

(Acts 8:16)  (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

(Acts 10:48)  And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

(Acts 19:5)  When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

(Acts 22:16)  And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

 

THE QUESTION IS – HAVE YOU BEEN BAPTIZED IN WATER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, FOR THE REMISSION OF YOUR SINS?

 

1. You must believe in Jesus - (Acts 8:37) And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

 

2. You must repent - (Acts 2:38) Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

 

3. You must change - (Romans 6:1) What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? (Romans 6:2)  God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

 

4. You must be born again - (John 3:3)  Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

(John 3:5)  Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

 

5. You need to receive the Holy Ghost - (Acts 19:2) He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.  (Acts 19:5)  When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.  (Acts 19:6)  And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.