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What’s the point of Baptism?

What’s the point of Baptism?

Dave Riddle - 5/21/2023

Key Passage: Romans 6:3-11

John the Baptister 

  • Jewish ritual purification based on laws from Leviticus.

    • John took it a step further. He required people to repent. Turn from sin. Turn towards God.

Jesus makes a local phenomenon a global one

  • Matthew 28:19

    • An imperative to make, baptize, and teach disciples.

Why Immersion?

  • The grammar says so

    • baptizo (Greek: βαπτίζω) - to dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge (of sunken vessels); to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to wash, to make clean with water, to wash one's self, bathe.

      • Clarity from a recipe for Pickles

  • It’s consistent with what we see in the New Testament.

Baptism is…

An Identifier

  • It is open identification with Jesus and his death

    • Romans 6:3

Impactful

  • A picture of the impact of Jesus’ transformative work in our loves.

    • Romans 6:6-8

Sufficient

  • Baptism displays the sufficiency of Jesus’ Sacrifice

    • Romans 6:9-10

    • 1 Peter 3:18

A Reminder

  • It reminds each believer of the call to follow Jesus.

    • Romans 6:11

    • Galatians 2:20

Dying to Live

Baptisms at 14:30 • Message at 34:00

Dying to Live

Dave Riddle • 07/31/2022

Key Passage: Romans 6:1-11

A Provocative Challenge
- Romans 6:1

A Piercing and Passionate Answer
- Romans 6:2a - “Absolutely not!”

A Comprehensive Explanation
- Romans 6:3 - Identification

- Romans 6:4-7 - Dying to Live

The Triumphant Jesus
- Romans 6:9-10

A Parting Challenge
- Romans 6:11 - Consider yourself dead to sin…

Why Baptism?

Why Baptism?

Dave Riddle - Baptism Sunday 5/2/21

Key passage: Matthew 28:19-20

Why do we baptise?

  • It’s a Perfect Picture

  • Dead to sin (dunked) raised to new life in Christ (raised out of the water)

    • Romans 6:4

Why Immersion?

  • Seems to be the regular practice in the New Testament and Apostolic Age.

  • It’s consistent with what baptism symbolizes.

    • baptizo (Greek: βαπτίζω) - to dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge (of sunken vessels); to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to wash, to make clean with water, to wash one's self, bathe.

    • Pickle recipe from 200BC

      • The immersion leads to a permanent change of the vegetable.

  • It’s about identification

    • Romans 6:3-4

  • It’s a public declaration faith

    • What are we declaring?

      • 1 Peter 3:8

        • What we believe about Jesus

      • 2 Corinthians 5:17

        • What we believe about ourselves. Made new!

    • Who should be baptized?

      • Acts 2:38 - Repent and be baptized...

      • Philip and the Ethiopian

      • Baptism follows salvation.

  • It’s a Reminder of Who We Are in Jesus

    • Romans 6:6-7

    • Romans 6:11

    • Galatians 2:20 - ...it is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me

Baptism

Baptism

Dave Riddle - 09/29/19

Key Passage: Matthew 28:19

Why Immersion?

  • Seems to be the regular practice of the New Testament Church.

  • baptizo (Greek: βαπτίζω) - to dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge (of sunken vessels); to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to wash, to make clean with water, to wash one's self, bathe.

    • ancient pickle recipe

Identification

  • immersed into Christ

  • Romans 6:3-4

Declaration

  • 1 Peter 3:18

  • A new identity!

    • 2 Corinthians 5:17

  • Phillip and the Ethiopian

    • Acts 8:36

Reminder

  • A reminder of the call to obedience

    • Romans 6:6-7

    • Galatians 2:20

  • A reminder of Jesus’ great commission for us as believers.