1. Acts 2:38 Part 2
“When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Acts 2:37-38

2. 2. Water Baptism FOR THE FORGIVENSS OF SINS
Its Purposes and Designs

3. Design of Water Baptism Regarding Sin & Salvation
For remission of sins, Acts 2:38 (Mark 16:16)
Release from punishment due sin, John 3:4; Romans 6:23
“Forgiveness of, cleansing from, salvation from, blotting out of, washing away, no more remembering of…”
Release from effect of one’s past sins, Acts 2:38; Acts 8:12-13 (18-24)

4. Objection: In Acts 2:38, eis means because of not in order to
Matthew 26:28:
this is My blood… which is shed for many for the remission of sins (eiv afesin άmartiwn)
IN ORDER TO HAVE
Acts 2:38:
Repent, and…be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins (eiv afesin άmartiwn)
IN ORDER TO HAVE

5. Design of Water Baptism Regarding Sin & Salvation
Turning point from sin to salvation, Acts 2:38; 3:19 (22:16)
Convert yourself, Acts 3:19 (9:35; 11:21)
Action of obedient faith, James 2:18, 24
Sinner’s obedient response to the gospel, Acts 2:40
Thessalonians, 1 Thessalonians. 1:9 (Acts 17:4; 2:40-41)

6. Design of Water Baptism Regarding Sinner & Christ
Baptized into Christ, Rom. 6:3; Gal. 3:27
In Christ…
All spiritual blessings, Eph. 1:3
Redemption, Eph. 1:7
Forgiveness, Eph. 1:7
Inheritance, Eph. 1:11
New creature, 2 Cor. 5:17
Salvation, 2 Tim. 2:10
No condemnation, Rom. 8:1
Eternal life, 1 John 5:11-12
All things new! 2 Cor. 5:17

7. Design of Water Baptism Regarding Sinner & Christ
Baptized into death of Christ, Rom. 6:3
Obtain the benefits of His death
Rom. 5:8-10: By His blood we are…
Justified
Saved from wrath
Reconciled to God

8. Design of Water Baptism Regarding the Sinner
Baptized into death to sin, Rom. 6:4-7
One dies to sin
Body of sin is done away, 6:6-7 (Col. 2: 11-12)
Dead to sin & alive unto God (6:11)
When we “died with Christ” (6:8)
When “baptized into death” (6:4-5)
Newness of life after baptism, 6:4

9. Design of Water Baptism Regarding the Sinner
An appeal of a good conscience toward God, 1 Pet. 3:21
Answer, appeal to God for salvation
Blood cleanses conscience, Heb. 9:14
Blood contacted in baptism, Rom. 6:3
Boldly enter God’s presence, Heb. 10:19, 22
Without baptism the appeal to come before God & be saved is denied!

10. Design of Water Baptism Regarding the Church
Baptized into one body, the church, 1 Cor. 12:12-13
Added together, Acts 2:41
Added by the Lord, Acts 2:47
Added by obeying the Spirit’s command to be baptized, 1 Cor. 12:12-13

11. SINNER Salvation, Mk. 16:16 Remission of sins, Acts 2:38
Washing, Acts 22:16
Calling on Lord, Acts 22:16
Christ’s death, Rom. 6:3
Putting off sin, Rom. 6:4
New creature, 2 Cor. 5:17
In Christ, Gal. 3:27
Cleansing, Eph. 5:26
Sanctification, Eph. 5:26
Kingdom, Jno. 3:5
Gift of Holy Spirit, Acts 2:38
Body of Christ, 1 Cor. 12:13
All blessings, Eph. 1:3
Wearing name, 1 Cor. 1:13
SINNER

12. Water Baptism
God’s design: Action of obedient faith that secures forgiveness of sins through Christ, Acts 22:16

13. Bible Baptism
What It Can & Cannot Do
4/19/2017

14. Baptism MOST religious groups believe in some kind of baptism
MOST religious groups teach something about the subject of baptism
many contradictions in the religious world exist

15. religious Opinions regarding Baptism
Biblical
Truth!
mode: sprinkling, pouring
element: H. S., word
purpose: to show people that you are a believer; a church ordinance; a good thing to do; etc.
mode: burial (Rom. 6:4)
element: water (Acts 8:36, 38; Heb. 10:22)
purpose: to get salvation, for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38, 40, 41)

16. ? ? ? ? ? Where is the Scripture? Biblical Truth!
mode: sprinkling, pouring
element: H. S., word
purpose: to show people that you are a believer; a church ordinance; a good thing to do; etc.
mode: burial (Rom. 6:4)
element: water (Acts 8:36, 38; Heb. 10:22)
purpose: to get salvation, the remission of sins (Acts 2:38, 40, 41) ? ? ? ?

17. What Do You Believe? mode: sprinkling, pouring element: H. S., word
purpose: to show people that you are a believer; a church ordinance; a good thing to do; etc.
mode: burial (Rom. 6:4)
element: water (Acts 8:36, 38; Heb. 10:22)
purpose: to get salvation, the remission of sins (Acts 2:38, 40, 41)

18. LOOKING AT
WHAT BAPTISM CANNOT DO

19. Baptism Cannot: change the heart heart must be changed before baptism
“hearing” the gospel & “faith” changes the heart

20. Believing what they “heard” affected their “heart”
Heart Changes
“Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, ‘Men and brethren, what shall we do?’” Acts 2:37
Believing what they “heard” affected their “heart”

21. Heart Changes
Acts 8:37, “Then Philip said, ‘If you believe with all your heart, you may.’ And he answered and said, ‘I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.’ So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and he baptized him.”
BELIEVE FIRST, THEN BAPTISM

22. Baptism changes your spiritual life and your relationship with God
Baptism Cannot
change your life
Baptism changes your spiritual life and your relationship with God

23. Bible Baptism will not make your physical life any healthier
baptized believers often feared for their life in NT
will not necessarily make your social life any fuller
may become an outcast
will not necessarily make your political life any stronger
some were even unwilling to confess Christ (Jn. 12:42, 43)

24. Bible Baptism
will not necessarily make your business life any more successful
being a Christian may create extra bounds
promotions may have to be crucified
will not make your academic life any easier
will not necessarily make your family life any smoother (Matt. 10:34-38)

25. Baptism Cannot remove temptation from your life
“But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires. . .” (Jas. 1:14)
Jesus’ example (Matt. 3:13 – 4:11; Heb. 4:15)

26. Baptism Cannot Prevent All Wrong
Simon sinned grievously after he was baptized (Acts 8:13, 18-23)
Peter & Barnabas (Gal. 2:11-14)
Paul had to continually discipline his body (1 Cor. 9:27)

27. Baptism Cannot permanently secure eternal life
the bible doesn’t teach “once saved, always saved”
the bible exhorts baptized believers to work out their own salvation (Phil. 2:12; 3:11, 12, 14)
the bible is full of warnings about departing

28. Hebrews 3:12
“Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God”
It is a warning
It is a warning to “brethren”
It is a warning to brethren who may have an “evil heart”
It is a warning to brethren who may depart

29. give life to the living (saved), but only to the dead (Iost)
Baptism Cannot
give life to the living (saved), but only to the dead (Iost)
saved people do not get baptized; sinners get baptized to reach salvation
forgiven people do not get baptized; baptized people get forgiven (Col. 2:12, 13)
living people do not get buried; likewise, saved people do not get baptized

30. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 To have the hope of eternal life:
We need to what Jesus did for us
BELIEVE
He DIED for our sins
He was BURIED
He was RAISED
1 Corinthians 15:1-4

31. To have the hope of eternal life:
We need to DIE with Jesus
Be BURIED with Him in Baptism
We need to be UNITED with Him
We will be RAISED like Him
Romans 6:3-4

32. Romans 6:3-6 Baptism Resurrection Death BURIAL “our old man was
“we also shall be in the likeness
of His
resurrection”
(6:5)
“raised with Him through faith” (Col. 2:12)
“our old
man was
crucified”
(6:6)
Baptism
united together
in the likeness
of His
death
(6:5)
Death
Resurrection
BURIAL
“buried with Him through baptism” (6:4)

34. WHAT BIBLE BAPTISM CAN DO
LOOKING AT
WHAT BIBLE BAPTISM CAN DO

35. “IN CHRIST” Bible Baptism Can Put You Into Christ
“For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as
many of you as
were baptized
into Christ
have put on
Christ”
(Gal. 3:26, 27)
BAPTISM BAPTISM BAPTISM
“IN CHRIST”
Outside Christ

36. Bible Baptism Can Put You in Contact With The Blood
“Or do you not
know that as
many of us
as were
baptized
into Christ
Jesus were
baptized into
His death?”
(Rom. 6:3)
BAPTISM
“Into Death”
Christ shed His
blood in His death
John 19:33, 34

37. Bible Baptism Can Put You Into The “One Body”
“Church”
Colossians 1:18, 24
BAPTISM
“For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. . .” (1 Cor. 12:12, 13)

38. Bible Baptism Can
Bring Newness Of
LIFE
Romans 6:3-5

39. “New Life” in Christ “New Creation” “In Christ” B A P T I S M
(Gal 6:15; 2 Cor. 5:17)

40. Bible Baptism Saves the Soul
places you in Christ where salvation is (2 Tim. 2:10)
places you into Christ’s death where his saving blood was shed (Jn. 19:33, 34)
washes away sin (Acts 22:16)
sets free from sin (Rom. 6:17, 18)

41. Bible Baptism Can Give You An Answer Of A Good Conscience

42. 1 Peter 3:21, “There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ”
Baptism Saves
Baptism has nothing to do with a physical cleansing
Baptism is an answer of a good conscience
Baptism is something done “toward God”

43. 1 Peter 3:21 “There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ”
The Power In Baptism Is Not The Water,
But Through The Resurrection!
To contend that baptism is not necessary is to cast insult upon the resurrection!

44. What About US? Did WE come into Christ through baptism?
Did WE contact the blood of Christ through baptism?
Are WE identified with the Lord’s body through baptism?
Have WE had a good conscience toward God by being obedient through baptism?
Have WE identified ourselves with the resurrection of Christ?

45. Some want to say that the forgiveness of sins is better translated "because of forgiveness of sins" rather than "in order to receive" but this sentence is much the same as the one in Matthew 26:28 which is evidently understood “in order to” rather than “because of”. For passages that relate baptism to salvation also see Mark 16:16 and 1 Peter 3:21 among others.

46. Scripture
“Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many FOR the forgiveness of sins” Matt 28:27-28 (NIV).