Why?

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Why?
Why we believe baptism must be immersion
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Common Practice

• Sprinkle
• Pour
• Baptize infants

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Mode of Baptism
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Mode of Baptism
Mode Action
Is Not

Sprinkling Pouring Immersion
Each Is A Different Action!
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Modes of Baptism

• Candidate Stand
• Candidate Sit
• Candidate Kneel
• Taken Backwards
• Taken Forward
• Taken Sideways

All are different modes of the same action
Immersion!
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Why we believe baptism must be immersion
I. Baptism is a Burial
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Baptism is a Burial
Rom 63-4 3 Or do you not know that as many of
us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were
baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we were
buried with Him through baptism into death, that
just as Christ was raised from the dead by the
glory of the Father, even so we also should walk
in newness of life.
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Baptism is a Burial
Col 211-12 11 In Him you were also circumcised
with the circumcision made without hands, by
putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by
the circumcision of Christ, 12 buried with Him
in baptism, in which you also were raised with
Him through faith in the working of God, who
raised Him from the dead.
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Baptism is a Burial
Bury To conceal by or as if by covering with
earth.To place (a dead body) in a grave, a tomb,
or the seaTo cover from view (AHD)
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Why we believe baptism must be immersion
I. Baptism is a Burial II. Word Baptism Means
Immersion
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Word Baptism Means Immersion
baptisma (noun) / baptizo (verb)
1. baptisma NT908, "baptism," consisting of the
processes of immersion, submersion and emergence
(from bapto, "to dip"), is used (a) of John's
"baptism," (b) of Christian "baptism," see B.
below (c) of the overwhelming afflictions and
judgments to which the Lord voluntarily submitted
on the cross, e. g., Luke 1250 (d) of the
sufferings His followers would experience, not of
a vicarious character, but in fellowship with the
sufferings of their Master. Some mss. have the
word in Matt 2022-23 it is used in Mark
1038-39, with this meaning. (Vines)
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Word Baptism Means Immersion
baptisma (noun) / baptizo (verb)
baptizo NT907, "to baptize," primarily a
frequentative form of bapto, "to dip," was used
among the Greeks to signify the dyeing of a
garment, or the drawing of water by dipping a
vessel into another, etc. Plutarchus uses it of
the drawing of wine by dipping the cup into the
bowl (Alexis, 67) and Plato, metaphorically, of
being overwhelmed with questions (Euthydemus, 277
D). (Vines)
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Word Baptism Means Immersion
baptisma (noun) / baptizo (verb)
NT907 baptizoo 1. properly, to dip repeatedly,
to immerge, submerge 2. to cleanse by dipping or
submerging, to wash, to make clean with water
Luke 1138 3. metaphorically, to
overwhelm, (Thayer)
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Word Baptism Means Immersion
baptisma (noun) / baptizo (verb)
NT907 baptizo (bap-tid'-zo) from a derivative
of NT911 to immerse, submerge to make
overwhelmed (i.e. fully wet) used only (in the
N. T.) of ceremonial ablution, especially
(technically) of the ordinance of Christian
baptism Strongs
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Word Baptism Means Immersion
baptisma (noun) / baptizo (verb)
baptizo dip, immerse mid. dip oneself, wash (in
non-Christian lit. also plunge, sink, drench,
overwhelm Bauer (Gingrich Danker)
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Why we believe baptism must be immersion
I. Baptism is a Burial II. Word Baptism Means
Immersion III. Examples of Baptism Go Into The
Water
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Examples of Baptism Go Into Water
A. Matt. 316 came up from the water B. Acts
838 Both went down into the water C. John 323
John baptized where much water D. Baptized
in Jordan (Mt. 36 Mk 15) not necessary for
sprinkling or pouring E. Acts 1633 left jail
baptized went to house
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Why we believe baptism must be immersion
I. Baptism is a Burial II. Word Baptism Means
Immersion III. Examples of Baptism Go Into The
Water IV. Immersion Action on Person /
Sprinkling Pouring Action on the Water
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Immersion Action on the Person Sprinkling
Pouring Action on the Water
Sprinkling / Pouring not synonymous with
Immersion

• What is baptized men women (Acts 812)
• What is Sprinkled Water (to scatter, disperse
  in small drops)
• What is Poured Water (to cause to flow in a
  stream)

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Immersion Action on the Person Sprinkling
Pouring Action on the Water
Sprinkling / Pouring not synonymous with
Immersion
Sprinkling has as direct object Water Pouring
has as direct object Water Immersion has as
direct object - Person
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Why we believe baptism must be immersion
I. Baptism is a Burial II. Word Baptism Means
Immersion III. Examples of Baptism Go Into The
Water IV. Immersion Action on Person /
Sprinkling Pouring Action on the Water V.
Candidates Penitent Believers
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Candidates Penitent Believers
Believers Mark 1616 Acts 836-37 Acts 188
Penitent Acts 238
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Candidates Penitent Believers
Infants

• Have not sinned (Acts 238 2216)
• Is not a believer (John 824)
• Cannot repent (Acts 238)

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Why we believe baptism must be immersion
I. Baptism is a Burial II. Word Baptism Means
Immersion III. Examples of Baptism Go Into The
Water IV. Immersion Action on Person /
Sprinkling Pouring Action on the Water V.
Candidates Penitent Believers