3. Water baptism does NOT save
• As a ceremonial rite on its own
• Just asking someone to baptise you in
water will not save you on its own
• Water baptism does not make you into
a Christian
4. Water baptism does NOT save
• But a Christian is baptised in water
because they are saved
• Water baptism does not make you into
a Christian
• But water baptism marks you as a
Christian
15. “PLENTY OF WATER”
• [KJV] [John 3:23] And John also was
baptizing in Aenon near to Salim,
because there was much water there:
and they came, and were baptized.
16. GOING DOWN INTO WATER
• [KJV] [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.
17. COMING UP OUT OF WATER
• [KJV] [Acts 8:39] And when they were
come up out of the water, the Spirit of
the Lord caught away Philip, that the
eunuch saw him no more: and he went
on his way rejoicing.
18. JESUS CAME UP OUT OF
WATER
• [KJV] [Mark 1:10] And straightway
coming up out of the water, he saw the
heavens opened, and the Spirit like a
dove descending upon him:
20. Buried in baptism
• [KJV] [Romans 6:4] Therefore we are
buried with him by baptism into death:
that like as Christ was raised up from
the dead by the glory of the
Father, even so we also should walk in
newness of life.
24. 3
Baptism is a symbol of being
baptised by one spirit into the
body of Christ
25. 1st step in Obedience to Christ
• [KJV] [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:
26. • [KJV] [Mark 16:16] He that believeth
and is baptized shall be saved; but he
that believeth not shall be damned.
28. • [KJV] [Matthew 3:16] And Jesus, when
he was baptized, went up straightway
out of the water: and, lo, the heavens
were opened unto him, and he saw the
Spirit of God descending like a dove,
and lighting upon him:
29. • 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying,
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am
well pleased.
30. Jesus had no sin of his own
• but he was baptised “so that he could
do all that was right”
31. • [KJV] [Matthew 3:15] And Jesus
answering said unto him, Suffer it to be
so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil
all righteousness. Then he suffered
him.
32. • To suffer him – do as he asked
• Will you ask to be baptised in water?