AT LIFEPOINTE CHURCH
WHO SHOULD YOU BE BAPTIZED?
Every Christian should be BAPTIZED! 'Be sorry for your sins and turn from them and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ . . . those who believed what he said were baptized. (Acts 2:38, 41 – NLV)
We don’t get baptized to BECOME a Christian; we are baptized to show that we ARE a Christian!
WHY SHOULD YOU BE BAPTIZED? It is a PUBLIC CONFESSION
If anyone acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will openly acknowledge that person before my Father in heaven. (Matthew 10:32 – NLT)
WHEN SHOULD YOU BE BAPTIZED?
It is to occur AFTER SALVATION
Those who accepted his message were baptized . . . (Acts 2:41 -‐ NIV)
HOW SHOULD YOU BE BAPTIZED?
It is to be done by TOTAL IMMERSION (GO UNDER THE WATER)
BAPTIZO – “To dip, to plunge, to put under the water” Going under the water symbolizes that our old life is gone and coming up out of the water symbolizes that a new life is begun!
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST REASON TO BE BAPTIZED? It is a matter of OBEDIENCE to JESUS
Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. (Jesus -‐ Matthew 28:19 -‐ NLT)