1. The Sacraments
4. What Baptism Indicates
Understanding how we come to faith…
Memorization Verses:
It indicates that the Old Adam in us should by daily contrition and repentance be drowned
and die with all sins and evil desires, and that a new man should daily emerge and arise to
live before God in righteousness and purity forever.
St. Paul writes in Romans chapter six: "We were therefore buried with Him through
baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory
of the Father, we too may live a new life" [Rom. 6:4].

2.  LSB 596  4. In Baptism we now put on Christ—
 1. All Christians who have been baptized, Our shame is fully covered
Who know the God of heaven, With all that He once sacrificed
And in whose daily life is prized And freely for us suffered.
The name of Christ once given: For here the flood of His own blood
Consider now what God has done, Now makes us holy, right, and good
The gifts He gives to ev’ryone Before our heav’nly Father.
Baptized into Christ Jesus!  5. O Christian, firmly hold this gift
 2. You were before your day of birth, And give God thanks forever!
Indeed, from your conception, It gives the power to uplift
Condemned and lost with all the earth, In all that you endeavor.
None good, without exception. When nothing else revives your soul,
For like your parents’ flesh and blood, Your Baptism stands and makes you
Turned inward from the highest good, whole
You constantly denied Him. And then in death completes you.
 3. But all of that was washed away—  6. So use it well! You are made new—
Immersed and drowned forever. In Christ a new creation!
The water of your Baptism day As faithful Christians, live and do
Restored again whatever Within your own vocation,
Old Adam and his sin destroyed Until that day when you possess
And all our sinful selves employed His glorious robe of righteousness
According to our nature. Bestowed on you forever!

3. Old Man -> New Man: What’s yours look like?
How would your new powers manifest in superhero form?

4. PRAYER
• New Life
• Old Adam
drowned
• New Man rises
•Buried Sin
• Trinitarian
Invocation
P raise
R epentance
A ppreciation
Y ou
E veryone
R esolve

5.  I've got peace like a river
I've got peace like a river
I've got peace like a river in my soul
I've got peace like a river
I've got peace like a river
I've got peace like a river in my soul
 I've got love like an ocean…
 I've got joy like a fountain in my soul..
 I've got peace like a river
I've got love like an ocean
I've got joy like a fountain in my soul

6.  Not everyone is meant to
make a difference. But
for me, the choice to lead
an ordinary life is no
longer an option.
 ~Peter Parker

7.  • What does such baptizing with water indicate?
 •Where is this written?
 •What is the Old Adam?
 •How is this Old Adam to be drowned in us?
 •What is the new man?
 •How is this new man to emerge and arise?
 •How does Baptism indicate the daily drowning of the Old Adam and the
emergence of the new man?
 •With which words do we regularly remember our Baptism?
 •______________________________ Say Mean Matter
 SS New Life Key phrases Own words Answer the
 M Old Adam drowned questions/
 T New Man rises Personal
application
 W Buried Sin
 Th Trinitarian Invocation

8.  It indicates that the Old Adam in us have Yourself commanded us all to
should by daily contrition and pray, and have promised to hear us,
repentance be drowned and die with giving us from Yourself both the words
all sins and evil desires, and that a new and manner of prayer, by Your
man should daily emerge and arise to beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
live before God in righteousness and So I pray, according to Your promise,
purity forever. grant me the spirit of grace and of
 St. Paul writes in Romans chapter six: prayer, that with fervent heart I cry to
"We were therefore buried with Him You for my own needs and the needs
through baptism into death in order of all men, in true faith; that my
that, just as Christ was raised from prayer may be heard according to
the dead through the glory of the Your promise. Upon Your Word and
Father, we too may live a new life" command, I come to You, rendering
[Rom. 6:4]. obedience to the same, and relying
upon Your gracious promises. And,
 •
together with all Your blessed
 Pray: Heavenly Father, gracious God, Christendom on earth, I pray as Jesus
I am a poor, miserable sinner, Christ has taught me: Our Father who
unworthy to lift up my eyes, hands, or art in heaven. Amen. (Luther).
voice unto You in prayer. But, You

9.  White lie, shame, stumble,
imbalance, addiction
 My Right, My opinion, My
freedom, my choice
 Who I am, what makes me
happy, what doesn’t hurt
anyone
 Personal guilt, personal
conflict, personal inadequacy
 Not doing my best, not living
to expectations, not =-

10.  Pass on, pass away, passing
through, or simply “pass”
 Go home, go to a better
place, crossover, depart
 Lose it, give it up, kick the
bucket, the final call, expire,
 6 feet under, pushing up
daisies biting the dust, taking
a dirt nap.
 Rubbed out, checked out,
snubbed out, OUT OF
COMMISSION

11.  We “Celebrate a life” rather
than “mourn a death”
 A “memorial” not a “funeral”
 “funeral directors” not
“undertakers”
 A “casket” not a “coffin”
 Have a funeral your way…or
none at all
 Can we die of “natural
causes” is death really
“natural”

12.  1What shall we say, then? Shall  Amartia: To be without a share
of or to miss the mark completely.
we go on sinning so that grace “Can we go on being without to
may increase? 2 By no means! receive more?”
We are those who have died to  apeqanomen th amartia:
something that dries up and
sin; how can we live in it any perishes. No longer that which
longer? 3 Or don’t you know that was
all of us who were baptized into  za/w: A river that gives life or
being full of vigor (context:
Christ Jesus were baptized into vigorously being refreshed by sin)
his death? 4 We were therefore  Xriston Ihsoun eiv ton
qanaton
buried with him through baptism autou ebaptisqhmen?: The
into death in order that, just as water that is poured on us is water
that kills the body of sin before
Christ was raised from the dead God (which also kills death for us,
through the glory of the Father, think chemo)
we too may live a new life.

13.  5 For if we have been united  giðnomai: to come to
with him in a death like his, existence, to create ex nihilo
we will certainly also be  su/mfutov: Think
united with him in a Conjoined twins. To be born
resurrection like his. 6 For together
we know that our old self  anastasis: to be revived
was crucified with him so
that the body ruled by sin from mortal doom.
might be done away (Context: Christ overcoming
with,[a] that we should no the grave)
longer be slaves to sin—  o(moiðwma: Identity and
7 because anyone who has likeness, the image of God
died has been set free from  douleu/w: compelled and
sin. coerced to service
 dikaioo: To free by
rendering righteous

14.  The “Old Man” is not:
 Unable to do good in the sense of
helping himself or others
 An excuse to commit evils in the
world without guilt
 A wickedness that has fruition in
infancy
 The “Old Man” is:
 A proclivity to sin inherited
during my bodily creation
 A condemnation I am under as a
result of the federal headship of
Adam
 Endmic to our physical natures,
and is a reality of a world re-
created in imbalance, evil,
blasphemy until the end.

15.  The Old Adam is the corrupt and mercy, through the washing of
evil nature that we inherit because regeneration, YOU made me a
of Adam's fall into sin. partaker both of the death and of
 Eph. 4:22 Put off, concerning your the life of my Savior. Bestow upon
former conduct, the old man which me the power of Your Holy Spirit,
grows corrupt according to the that I may daily die unto sin, but
deceitful lusts (NKJV). live unto You and serve You, until
 The Old Adam is to be drowned by in the life to come I shall be wholly
daily contrition (sorrow for sins) renewed and in perfect bliss.
and repentance (faith), by which we Amen. (Zorn)
resist and overcome evil desires.
 Luke 9:23 If anyone would come
after Me, he must deny himself and
take up his cross daily and follow Me.
 Gal. 5:24 Those who belong to Christ
Jesus have crucified the sinful nature
with its passions and desires.
 •
 Pray: Lord, my God, out of great

16.  The New Man is not:
 The “uber man” of Neizche that
can do whatever it wants “in the
name of God”
 Ignorant or ambivalent to the real
issues occurring in the world (the
“oh well” mentality)
 Obsessed with piety and personal
pride
 The New Man is:
 Recognizing the depth and
magnitude of his sin
 Rejecting that which this world
holds as important
 Works diligently in this world
despite persecution and hatred
 Preaches BOLDLY the gospel as
its native and miraculous language.

17.  The new man is the new spiritual life and all the filth of our frailty. Let, then this
nature, created in us by the washing of water, O Lord Jesus, come into my soul,
rebirth. into my flesh, that through the moisture of
 2 Cor. 5:17 If anyone is in Christ, he is a new this rain the valleys of our minds and the
creation. fields of our hearts may grow green. May
the drops of water from You come upon
 The new man emerges and arises as we
me, shedding forth grace and immortality.
daily live and grow before God in true
Wash the steps of my mind that I may not
faith and good works.
sin again. Wash the heel of my soul that I
 Eph. 4:24 Put on the new man which was may not feel the serpent’s bite on the foot
created according to God, in righteousness of my soul. May I tread on serpents and
and true holiness (NKJV). scorpions with uninjured foot. You have
 • redeemed the world, redeem the soul of a
 Pray: Come, Lord Jesus, put off Your
single sinner. Amen. (Ambrose of Milan,
garments, which You put on for my sake. c. 339-97)
Remove them that You may clothe us with
Your mercy. Wrap Yourself with a towel
for our sakes, that You may wrap us in
Your gift of immortality. Pour water into
the basin, wash not only our feet but also
the head, and not only the body, but also
the footsteps of the soul. I wish to put off

18.  My Baptism is the personal
seal of Christ’s death on me.
 My Baptism reminds me I
am a chemo patient who
understands my lowly
origins until the day of
reckoning
 My Baptism is the white
cloak that can be tie-died
with the colors of Christ’s
good works wrought in me.
 My Baptism is eternal,
objective, stalwart,
omnipotent, and perpetually
validated

19.  The nakedness of Adam
 The Seal of Cain for a
murdered brother
 A Floating Ark in the
midst of corpses
 A decapitated giant
 The slit throat of a lamb
 The blood stains of a
golden seat
 Lamentations of a people
without a home

20.  A star marking locality
 A bloody circumcision
 A dove hovering over a
baptism
 A cripple walking
 A dead man rising
 A crown making new
 A sermon from a cross
 A breakfast on the shore
 A tree amongst a glassy sea

21.  By Baptism we have been made to share in Your Baptism. And through the baptism
Christ's death and resurrection. As He has of Your dear Child, our Lord Jesus Christ,
buried our sin, so we too can and must You consecrated and set apart the Jordan
daily overcome and bury it. And as He is and all water as a salutary flood and rich
risen from the dead and lives, so we too and full washing away of sins. We pray
can and must daily live a new life in Him. through Christ for Your boundless mercy
 Rom. 6:3-4 Don't you know that all of us that You will graciously behold us and
who were baptized into Christ Jesus were bless us with true faith in the Spirit. Then,
baptized into His death? We were therefore b means of this saving flood, all that has
buried with Him through baptism into death been born in us from Adam and which we
in order that, just as Christ was raised from ourselves have added thereto may be
the dead through the glory of the Father, we drowned in us and engulfed. May we be
too may live a new life. separated from the number of the
 • unbelieving, preserved dry and secure in
 Pray: Almighty eternal God, according to the holy ark of Christendom, and serve
Your righteous judgment You condemned Your name at all times fervent in spirit and
the unbelieving world through the flood. joyful in hope. With all believers may we
In Your great mercy You preserved be made worthy to attain eternal life
believing Noah and his family. You according to Your promise; through Jesus
drowned hard-hearted Pharaoh with all Christ our Lord. Amen. (Luther’s Sintflut
his host in the Red Sea and led Your people Gebet).
Israel through the same on dry ground.
By these events You prefigured this bath of

23.  The words "in the name of the Father, and hearts to mark us as "redeemed by Christ
of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit" come the crucified."
from the baptismal command (Matt. 28:19)  •
and are known as the Trinitarian Invocation.
 Pray: O Lord, gracious Trinity, in my
By repeating these words, in church or by
Baptism You regenerated me to be Your
ourselves, we recall, claim, and confess
child. I now repeat my vow that I will
before heaven, earth, and hell all that God
renounce the devil and all his works and al
the Holy Trinity has given us in our Baptism.
his pomp, and will remain true to You unto
 Rom. 8:38-39 I am convinced that neither death. To this end grant me the power of
death nor life, neither angels nor demons, Your Holy Spirit, O Father, for the sake of
neither the present nor the future, nor any Jesus Christ, my Savior, and finally give m
powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything the crown of life which You have graciousl
else in all creation, will be able to separate us promised me. Amen. (Zorn).
from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
 Bible narrative: The three persons of the
blessed Trinity revealed themselves at the
Baptism of our Lord (Luke 3:21-22).
 Note: The Trinitarian Invocation may be
accompanied by the sign of the cross, made
at our Baptism upon our foreheads and

24.  In urgent cases, in the absence of a pastor, any
Christian may administer Holy Baptism. Take water,
call the person by name, and apply the water, saying:
"I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.“
 If there is time, Baptism may be preceded by the
Apostles' Creed and the Lord's Prayer.

25.  Gone, gone, gone, gone…
YES! My sins are gone!
Now my soul is free
and in my heart’s a song.
Buried in the deepest sea,
Yes, that’s good enough for me.
I shall live eternally.
Praise God! My sins are gone!

26. It indicates that the Old Adam in us should by By Baptism we have been made to share in
daily contrition and repentance be drowned Christ's death and resurrection. As He has
and die with all sins and evil desires, and that buried our sin, so we too can and must daily
a new man should daily emerge and arise to overcome and bury it. And as He is risen from
live before God in righteousness and purity the dead and lives, so we too can and must
forever. daily live a new life in Him.
St. Paul writes in Romans chapter six: "We The words "in the name of the Father, and of
were therefore buried with Him through the Son, and of the Holy Spirit" come from the
baptism into death in order that, just as Christ baptismal command (Matt. 28:19) and are
was raised from the dead through the glory of known as the Trinitarian Invocation. By
the Father, we too may live a new life" [Rom. repeating these words, in church or by
6:4]. ourselves, we recall, claim, and confess before
The Old Adam is the corrupt and evil nature heaven, earth, and hell all that God the Holy
that we inherit because of Adam's fall into sin. Trinity has given us in our Baptism.
The Old Adam is to be drowned by daily Note: The Trinitarian Invocation may be
contrition (sorrow for sins) and repentance accompanied by the sign of the cross, made at
(faith), by which we resist and overcome evil our Baptism upon our foreheads and hearts to
desires. mark us as "redeemed by Christ the crucified."
The new man is the new spiritual life and
nature, created in us by the washing of rebirth.
The new man emerges and arises as we daily
live and grow before God in true faith and
good works.

27.  Confession (The
Giving and Receiving
of Forgiveness) (4
weeks): Definition