Baptism: A Real “Life from Death” Experience
Baptism: A Real “Life from Death” Experience
Today is a day of __________________ and ______________.
The name of the game for any local church must be seeing people _____________ and ___________ in a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Today, at BVCOB _______________ shares in the joy!
Baptism is important because of what baptism “says” about ____________ ___________ and how it pictures the __________ from ____________ experience of His followers.
Often when the word “baptism” is used in the Bible it doesn’t have to do with ___________, but the __________ ______________.
What does baptism picture for us in regard to Jesus and His followers? Romans 6:1-11
Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ
6 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.
8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
In baptism we celebrate the ______________ of sin’s control.
In salvation and pictured in baptism, we see the believer is _______________ with Christ. Vs 2-3, 6-7
2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.
Through our identification with Jesus’ death, the control of sin is _______________.
In baptism we celebrate the new __________ given to those who follow Jesus.
In salvation we pass _________________ from death to life.
Faith in Jesus bring both _______________ and ________________ life.
Eternal life changes _________________ life. Galatians 2:20
20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Have you been changed “from death to life”?
- I have recently trusted in Jesus as my Savior.
- I am ready to trust in Jesus as my Savior and would like to talk with someone about this.
- I have some questions I’d like to have answered about trusting Jesus as my Savior.
- I have some questions about baptism.
Name: ______________________________________________
Phone/e-mail: ______________________________________