1. I. Is It Commanded? If so, anyone wanting to please God must do it.
Jesus taught it (John 4:1-2).
Christ commissioned it (Matt. 28:19; Mark 16:15).

2. II. The Design of Baptism.
Salvation is promised after baptism (Mark 16:15-16; John 3:5; Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Peter 3:21).
In Christ is forgiveness of sins (Ephesians 1:7; Colossians. 1:13-14).

3. II. The Design of Baptism.
One is baptized into Christ (Rom. 6:3; Gal. 3:26-27).

4. III. Who Should Be Baptized?
Only those who can believe and repent (Mark 16:15-16; Acts 2:38).
Those guilty of sin.
There are no NT examples of infants being baptized.

5. IV. What is the Mode?
There is no mode—the Gr. word baptisma means “immersion.”
E.g. Would we ask what is the mode of “sitting” or “walking”? Sitting is sitting —walking is walking.

6. IV. What is the Mode?
The NT shows it is immersion (Mark 1:9-11; Acts 8:36-39).
It is a burial (Rom. 6:3-4; Col. 2:11-12).