WATER BAPTISM

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WATER BAPTISM

• Who is to be Baptized?
• Eph. 45 Matt. 2819

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Who is to be baptized?

• Nobody?
• Everybody?
• Babies?
• Christians?
• Lost?
• Saved?

1 John 23-5
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Who should be baptized?

• Those to whom the gospel is sent
• Matt. 2819 Mk. 1615 Ac 221, 37-38, 41
• Those who hear and believe gospel preaching,
  Romans 1013- 15

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Prerequisites of Baptism

• One who has heard gospel (taught) Matt. 2819
  (Acts 830-31, 35-36)
• One who believes Jno. 824 2030-31 Acts
  836-37
• One who has confessed faith Rom. 109-10 Acts
  837
• One who is repentant Acts 238 1730 2 Pet.
  39

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Moral Spiritual Condition of Person to be
Baptized

• Capacity to be taught believe Matt. 2819
• Lost in sin Mk. 1616 Acts 2216 1 Pet.
  321
• Morally responsible accountable Acts 2216 2
  Cor. 510 2 Ths. 18

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Water baptism is not for infants and small
children
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Baptism is not for Babies

• No New Testament authority
• Adults, Acts 812 (3)
• Children, Matt. 1421 1538 1914 Acts 215
• Not in Scripture, 2 Tim. 316 2 Pet. 13

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Not in New Testament

• There is no express precept or rule given in the
  New Testament for the baptism of infants.
  (Bishop Burnet, Anglican)
• Among all the persons that are recorded as
  baptized by the apostles, there is no express
  mention of any infant. There is no express
  mention of any children baptized by them.
  (Wall, History of Infant Baptism)

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Not in New Testament

• It can not be proved by the sacred Scriptures
  that infant baptism was instituted by Christ, or
  begun by the first Christians after the
  apostles.
• Martin Luther,
• cited in Gospel Plan of Salvation, Brents, 315

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• No New Testament authority
• Adults, Acts 812 (3)
• Children, Matt. 1421 1538 1914 Acts 215

• Not in Scripture, 2 Tim. 316 2 Pet.
  13
• Children have no sin, Matt. 183, 1914

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Why do people baptize babies?

• Hereditary Depravity
• As for infant Baptism, we hold that children
  should be baptized, for they, too, are included
  in the promise of redemption which Christ made
• (The Smalcald Articles, THE BOOK OF CONCORD, 311)

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Why do people baptize babies?

• Dedicate / Enter Church
• The pastor of the church shallfurnish the
  parents or guardians of the child who is baptized
  with a certificate of Baptism, which shall also
  clearly state that the child is now enrolled as a
  preparatory member of The United Methodist
  Church.
• (Methodist Discipline, par. 222, p. 116)

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Water baptism is not for Christians (already
saved)
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Why Some Baptize the Saved

• Baptism is to be administered to those, and to
  those only, who have exercised and professed a
  saving faith in Christ
• (Hiscox Guide for Baptist Churches, 86)
• Mark 1616 Acts 2216

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Why Some Baptize the Saved

• The spiritual change of the new birth
  constitutes Christian fellowship but to secure
  church fellowship, that change must be confessed
  in baptism.
• (Hiscox Guide for Baptist Churches, 39)
• John 35 Gal. 327 Titus 34-6

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Why Some Baptize the Saved

• Baptism may not be essential to salvation, but
  it is essential to obedience.
• (Hiscox Guide for Baptist Churches, 87)
• Acts 1048 Hebrews 59

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Baptism is

• For believers who confess their faith and repent
  of their sins, Acts 188
• For forgiveness of sins fellowship with God,
  Acts 2216 Gal. 326-27
• For the person who wants to become a Christian
  and be saved from their sins, Acts 238