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1 Salvation - Baptism By Robert C. Archer

2 Baptism will not Make all of our troubles go away The early disciples were scattered abroad (Acts 8:1-4) The church at Smyrna suffered (Rev. 2:8-10) Paul prayed for relief from his thorn in the flesh (2 Cor. 12:8-9)

3 Baptism will not Keep one from being tempted Jesus was tempted after he was baptized (Mt. 4:1-11)

4 Baptism will not Destroy the desire to sin In Col. 2:12, Paul reminds them: 12 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.

5 Baptism will NOT destroy the desire to sin After Baptism, we must: Col. 3:5 put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

6 Baptism will not Keep one saved without a life of faith 1 Cor. 15:1 2 (NKJV) 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you unless you believed in vain.

7 Baptism will not Remove the scar of sin 1 Tim. 1:15 (NKJV) 15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. <

8 What will Baptism do?

9 Baptism will Bring salvation Mark 16:16 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. Acts 22:16 16 And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.' 1 Peter 3:21 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,

10 Baptism will Bring salvation Acts 2:38 38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

11 Note: baptism is For the remission of sins For is eis in the Greek, the original language. It always looks forward and never backwards. The same expression, For the remission of sins is found in a parallel verse, Mt. 26:28 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

12 Consider this chart

13 Note: Repent and be baptized And is a coordinate conjunction that connects two things of equal value. What repent is for; baptism is for!

14 Baptism will Bring all spiritual blessings All spiritual blessings are in Christ Eph. 1:3 (NKJV) 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

15 How do we get into Christ? Baptism puts us into Christ Galatians 3:26 27 (NKJV) 26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

16 Baptism will Bring salvation by the blood of Christ Ephesians 1:7 (NKJV) 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

17 Questions concerning salvation by the blood When do we reach the blood? (Rom. 6:3-7)

18 Remember! It must be from the heart Romans 6:17 (NKJV) 17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.<

19 Objections to Baptism

20 Objections to the necessity to baptism You are teaching water salvation Not so! Examples: Naaman (2 Kgs 5) Blind man (John 9) Did water save them? No! They were saved AFTER they obeyed!

21 Objections to the necessity to baptism Baptism is a work thereby nullify the grace of God Not so, baptism is an expression of faith not of boastful works (Eph. 2:8-9)

22 Many different kinds of works: Works of the flesh (Gal. 5:19-21) Works of the Law of Moses (Gal. 2:21) Boastful works of Man s devising (Eph. 2:9; Mt. 19:1-7) Works of God (Jn. 6:28-29) What kind of work is baptism? - A WORK OF GOD!

23 Objections to the necessity to baptism The thief on the cross wasn t baptized I wonder why they single out the thief. Why not The rich young ruler (Mt. 19:16ff)

24 Questions Was the thief baptized? May have been Mk. 1:5 Was the thief saved? Yes! Can we be saved like him? No! Ex. Foy Wallace, You may be a thief, but you won t be saved like this thief. Why not?

25 Why wasn t the thief baptized? He lived under a different law than we do - the Law of Moses The OT Law ended at the cross Col. 2:14 (NKJV) 14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

26 Why wasn t the thief baptized? Jesus will had not taken effect Example: In your will you leave your house to XYZ charity. One day they came and say, Leave, it is in your will they we get your house. You would tell them, Yes, after my death! then you would change your will to ABC charity!

27 Why wasn t the thief baptized? What does this have to do with a man being saved like the thief? Jesus promise to the thief was before his death. After His death, His testament ONLY is of force; thus (Heb. 9:16-17; Rom. 7:1-4)

28 Objections to the necessity to baptism Baptism is not water baptism, but the baptism of the Holy Spirit Baptism of the Holy Spirit was promised to only a few and it was never commanded (Mt. 3:10-11; Acts 2:38-39) Today, there is only one baptism (Eph. 4:5) - water baptism for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38).

29 Conclusion One baptism in the future you don t want to receive Baptism of fire Matthew 3:11 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

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