BAPTISM CHAIN REFERENCE
To be covered in your
meeting:
A- To see the Kingdom
of God we must be born again.
B- To
enter the Kingdom of God we must be born again.
C- Born
of the water (H2O) and of the Spirit (Holy Spirit).
D-
Baptism is clearly necessary to enter the Kingdom.
A- In
the Greek: Baptizmo
(Baptizo) = to
immerse
Rhantizo (Rhantizo) = to sprinkle
Cheo (Cheo) = to pour
B- At
baptism, two things happen:
1- We are forgiven of our sins.
2- We receive the Holy Spirit.
A- We
are baptized into Christ's death.
B- In
baptism, we participate in Christ's:
1- Death
2- Burial
3- Resurrection
C- We
are raised to walk a new life.
D- If
we have died with Christ, we will also live with Him in the
newness of life.
A-
Through faith in the power of God we have died to self and have
been born again.
B- Faith is essential to please God (Hebrews 11:6).
A- He who believes and is baptized will be saved.
B- He who disbelieves will be condemned.
C- Belief in the working of God is essential.
A- Baptism is what saves us!
B- By an appeal to God for a good conscience through the
resurrection
of Jesus; belief and faith!
A- At baptism we are clothed in Christ; we have become
sons of
God
through faith in Christ Jesus.
B- By clothing ourselves with Christ we have put off the
sinful
nature
(Galatians 5:24).
A- We become members of the body of Christ at baptism.
(The
body of Christ = The Church)
A- These is only one baptism today that will get us into
the only
true
church.
Acts
2:41 First Christians in Jerusalem.
Acts
8:12,13 Simon the Sorcerer.
Acts
8:26-38 Ethiopian Eunuch.
Acts
16:13-15 Lydia, the purple cloth
dealer.
Acts
16:22-34 Philippian jailer.
Acts
18:8 Corinthians.
Acts
19:1-5 Ephesians.
Acts
22:3-16 Apostle Paul (also Acts
9:1-22)
A- Jesus gave us this final
commission:
1- Preach the good news
in the entire world.
2- Make disciples of
all nations.
B- How do we make these disciples?
1- Preach to them.
2- Baptize them.
3- Teach them everything Jesus
has commanded.
C- Jesus will be with you always in
this mission!
Home Work Assignment:
Instructions:
1. Write the summarized version of study down (down below) in a blank page of your Bible. Your mentor will show you how to glue onion-skin (tracing) paper in your Bible using white (Elmer’s) glue. You may want to draw lines, using a ruler, on your paper for easy writing. If your Bible does not have empty pages, glue on some of your own blank pages.
2. Write the following helpful information after writing
points 1 through 18 in your Bible:
a. Bible baptism is an “immersion” as oppose to a “sprinkling” or a “pouring”:
1. baptizo - (bap-tid'-zo) to make whelmed (i.e. fully wet); to baptize
(note: “whelm” means “submerge”).
2. rhantizo - (hran-tid'-zo) to render besprinkled; sprinkle.
3. cheo - (kheh'-o) to pour.
b. Baptism is biblically described as a burial (Romans 6:4; Col. 2:12).
3. Build a baptism chain reference by doing the following:
a) Go to Acts 2:38 (point #1) in your Bible and write, on the margin next to that verse, the following:
Bapt: Acts 2:41
b) Go to Acts 2:41 (point #2) in your Bible and write, on the margin next to that verse, the following:
Bapt: Acts 22:16
c) Go to Acts 22:16 (point #3) in your Bible and write, on the margin next to that verse, the following:
Bapt: Heb. 10:22
d) Keep on doing this until you get to Col. 2:11-12 (point #18).
e) Next to Col. 2:11-12, write, on the margin
next to that verse, the following: Bapt: Acts 2:38
f)
Now you have a
scriptural chain reference!
g)
You may want to
add the text in each point using a rapidograph on the margin of the Bible, next
to the scripture passage.
4. Don’t be lazy! This is to your benefit! J
Helpful hints:
1. Use a thin writing pen to write with (an ultra razor thin marker or a rapidograph pen would be helpful).
2. Write small so you can write other topical studies in your Bible as you receive them.
1. Acts
2:38 -- Baptism is for the forgiveness of sins and the indwelling of the
Holy Spirit.
2. Acts
2:41 -- Those who gladly accepted Peter’s message of Christ were baptized.
3. Acts
22:16 -- In baptism, we wash away our sins, calling on His name.
4. Heb.
10:22 -- We are to have our bodies washed in pure water.
5. Titus
3:5 -- We are saved by the washing of rebirth and the renewal by the Holy
Spirit.
6. John
3:3-5 -- We must be born of water and Spirit to enter the kingdom of
heaven.
7. Acts
10:47 - We cannot forbid the water to baptize those who believe.
8. Acts
8:35f - The Ethiopian eunuch was baptized when he believed.
9. Acts
8:12-13 -- The Samaritans were baptized when they believed, both men and
women.
10.
Acts 16:13-15 -- Lydia and her
household were baptized when they believed.
11.
Acts 16:30-34 -- The Philippian
jailer and his household were baptized when they believed.
12.
Acts 18:8 -- The Corinthians were
baptized when they believed.
13.
Acts 19:1-7 -- Those who received
John’s baptism were re-baptized in the name of Jesus.
14.
1 Peter 3:21 -- Baptism does also
now save us.
15.
Gal. 3:26-27 -- Through faith, we
put on Christ when we are baptized.
16.
Romans 6:3-7 -- We are buried with
Christ in baptism and raised to live a new life.
17.
Mark 16:15-16 -- He who believes and is baptized will be
saved.
18.
Col. 2:11-12 -- God circumcises our
sins when we are buried with Christ in baptism.