1. Acts 2:36-41

2. 1.To make your parents happy or impress someone 2.To keep up with what the other teens are doing 3.To make a commitment you’re not ready/mature to make 4.To do a right thing (but not for a right reason) 5.To cleanse you from “original/inherited sin” – Ezek 18:20 6.To show an outward symbol of an inward regeneration 7.To show publicly you’ve already been saved/converted 8.To symbolically express your identification with Christ 9.To be accepted into a denomination 10.To follow the advice or teaching of a man or church

3. 1.To enter a new relationship with God – Matt. 28:19-20 2.To be saved from past sins – Mark 16:16; 1 Peter 3:21 3.To be born again – John 3:5; Gal. 3:26-27; Eph. 5:26; Titus 3:5 4.To enter the kingdom of God – John 3:5 5.To obtain the remission of sins – Acts 2:38; Col. 2:11-13 6.To rejoice – Acts 8:36-39; 16:30-34 7.To obey the commands of God – Acts 10:47-48; 2:38; 19:5; Luke 7:30; Matt. 28:18-20 8.To have sins washed away – Acts 22:16 9.To call on the name of the Lord – Acts 22:16; Rom. 10:13; Acts 2:21; 1 Peter 3:21

4. 10.To contact the saving blood of Christ in His death – Rom. 6:3; John 19:34; Rev. 1:5 11.To walk in newness of life as a new creature – Rom. 6:1-4; 2 Cor. 5:17 12.To be made free from sin – Rom. 6:3-5, 17-18 13.To become a N.T. Christian & wear name of Christ – 1 Cor. 1:12-13; Matt. 28:19; Acts 14.To enter the one body of Christ – 1 Cor. 12:13; Acts 2:41-47 15.To become a child of God – Gal. 3:26-27; John 3:5 16.To enter into Christ wherein is salvation – Gal. 3:27; Rom. 6:3; 2 Tim. 2:10 17.To put on Christ – Gal. 3:27 18.To be washed, sanctified, cleansed & justified – Eph. 5:26; 1 Cor. 6:11 19.To be raised with Christ through the working of God – Col. 2:12 20.To receive a good conscience – 1 Peter 3:21

5. 1.To enter a new relationship with God – Matt. 28:19-20 2.To be saved from past sins – Mark 16:16; 1 Peter 3:21 3.To be born again – John 3:5; Gal. 3:26-27; Eph. 5:26; Titus 3:5 4.To enter the kingdom of God – John 3:5 5.To obtain the remission of sins – Acts 2:38; Col. 2:11-13 6.To rejoice – Acts 8:36-39; 16:30-34 7.To obey the commands of God – Acts 10:47-48; 2:38; 19:5; Luke 7:30; Mat. 28:18-20 8.To have sins washed away – Acts 22:16 9.To call on the name of the Lord – Acts 22:16; Rom. 10:13; Acts 2:21; 1 Peter 3:21 10.To contact the saving blood of Christ in His death – Rom. 6:3; John 19:34; Rev. 1:5 11.To walk in newness of life as a new creature – Rom. 6:1-4; 2 Cor. 5:17 12.To be made free from sin – Rom. 6:3-5, 17-18 13.To become a N.T. Christian & wear name of Christ – 1 Cor. 1:12-13; Matt. 28:19; Acts 14.To enter the one body of Christ – 1 Cor. 12:13; Acts 2:41-47 15.To become a child of God – Gal. 3:26-27; John 3:5 16.To enter into Christ wherein is salvation – Gal. 3:27; Rom. 6:3; 2 Tim. 2:10 17.To put on Christ – Gal. 3:27 18.To be washed, sanctified, cleansed & justified – Eph. 5:26; 1 Cor. 6:11 19.To be raised with Christ through the working of God – Col. 2:12 20.To receive a good conscience – 1 Peter 3:21

6. When Preceded By: –Belief that Jesus is God’s Son – Mark 16:16 –Repentance from sinful life – Acts 2:38 –Confession of faith in Jesus – Rom. 10:9-14 “And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.” – Acts 22:16 As a Christian: “…W alk in the light as He is in the light…and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.” – 1 John 1:7