Church of Christ Sermon Outlines on Baptism

 

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Mark 16:15-16
And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
 

Church of Christ Sermons On Baptism

One Baptism   (Click title to open the full outline)

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A goal for 2011 was to read and study good books, especially those written by faithful Christians.  One I mentioned was Voyage of Faith by Frank Chesslr.  It was published in 2010 and I intended to bring two lessons from it.

I.  Man’s Most Basic Problem

  • Economic crisis – This is very real and very serious. It has affected countless numbers of people.

  • World hunger – Millions face death due to a lack of food.

  • Nuclear war – There are stockpiles of nuclear weapons.  What about terrorist groups?

  • Overpopulation

  • Environmental damage

None of these are man’s most basic problem.

Isaiah, the prophet of God, reveals man’s most serious problem.  Isaiah 59:1-2, Isaiah 53:5-6

II. Divine Sovereignty and Law

III. Divine Sovereignty and Faith

IV.  Divine Sovereignty and Rebellion

V.  Divine Sovereignty and Baptism

Conclusion:

Are you prepared to yield to the sovereign rule of God?

Bobby Stafford

March 20, 2011


The Ark and the Church   (Click title to open the full outline)

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God, in His infinite wisdom, left information in the Old Testament which helps us gain a deeper understanding of the teachings in the New Testament that pertain to us.  One method He chose was the use of types and antitypes.  The Word of God reveals that there were people and things in the Old Testament that symbolized people and things in the New Testament.  The types were in the Old Testament and the antitypes in the New Testament.  For example, Adam was a type and Christ the antitype.  (Romans 6:14)  There were similarities.  Our text today, I Peter 3:20-21, says the water of the flood was the type and baptism is the antitype.  We will also see from this passage that the ark was a type and the church is the antitype.

Text:  I Peter 3:18-21

Body:

I.  The Waters of the Flood and the Waters of Baptism

II.  The Ark and the Church

Conclusion:

During the entire time Noah was preaching the message of salvation, the door of the ark was open.  But there came a time when God closed the door of the ark.  Likewise, the door of the church has been open for almost 2,000 years while the gospel message has been preached.  But when Jesus returns, the door of the church will be close.  Where do you want to be found – in the ark of safety or outside? 

Bobby Stafford 

January 11, 2015


What is Baptism?   (Click title to open the full lesson)

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To begin with, let's look at the word "Baptize" and all of its derivatives, i.e. baptizing, baptized, baptism. 

The word Baptize is a transliteration of the word "baptizo".  Transliteration was a process whereby the translators who rendered our first English Bible dealt with words which had no direct English equivalent.  Examples of transliterated words would be the words Leviathan & Behemoth" found in Job 40 and 41.  The word "Baptizo" has English equivalents, but was transliterated into the word "baptize" to avoid persecution from local church authorities who routinely practiced "water sprinkling and/or pouring" as a method of water baptism.  They would have completely rejected a translation that advocated immersion into water in direct conflict with their form of water baptism. 

David Hersey


New Testament Baptism   (Click title to open the full lesson)

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The New Testament gives a number of illustrations of baptism which show beyond any doubt that those who had been baptized were fully submerged in water.  By following the pattern as given in scripture and as employed by the early New Testament church, we are assured of God's acceptance of our baptism. 

Throughout the Old Testament, God gave specific instruction on how He wanted His worship to be patterned. 

When Philip baptized the Ethiopian Eunuch, they "went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him, (Acts 8:38),

In Paul's letters to the Romans and Colossians, he makes two references to Baptism as being a "burial with him [Christ]", (Romans 6:4, Colossians 2:12), and then in both letters, he refers to being risen with Christ, (Romans 6:5, Colossians 2:12). 

Those who have never submitted to baptism, or have done so by the pouring or sprinkling of water have not been buried with Christ according to the pattern for baptism we have in the New Testament and have put themselves in the same situation that Cain and others did who chose to change the pattern God authorized for the observance of His commandments. 

Baptism is described as a burial in scripture, therefore it must be a burial in practice. 

David Hersey


Is Baptism a Work?  (Click title to open the full lesson)

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Most denominational folks have little difficulty in acknowledging that both faith and repentance are requirements for the remission of sins, even though they are classified as works in the Scriptures (Acts 26:20, 1 Thessalonians 1:3, 2 Thessalonians 1:11).  The real point of contention is baptism. Some feel that if it were conceded that baptism is essential to salvation, this would be equivalent to arguing that forgiveness is earned.   Baptism, it is charged, is a work of human merit. Under this assumption, it is thus (by many sincere people) excluded as a requirement for salvation.

In the first place, the only passage in the New Testament that even remotely identifies baptism as a “work” is found in the book of Colossians. There, Paul says:

Having been buried with him in baptism, wherein you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead” (Colossians 2:12.

The act of submitting to immersion is not meritorious; the operation is a “working of God” designed to provide remission of sin upon the basis of Jesus’ death.

Second, the Bible specifically excludes baptism from that type of works that have no relationship to salvation.

The conscientious Bible student needs to eradicate from his mind the false notion that “works” are wholly alien to God’s plan of salvation.

David Hersey


Baptism in the Holy Spirit    (Click title to open the full lesson)

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There are two instances in the Bible of Holy Spirit baptism.  Once for the Jews on the day of Pentecost, Acts 2.  Once the Holy Spirit fell upon those assembled, Peter started preaching in verse 14.  The arrival of the Holy Ghost came before anybody started preaching.  This is significant in that there was no way anybody could have had anything to believe prior to anything being said.  Those in the denominational world teach that at the moment of our belief in Jesus, we are baptized by the Holy Spirit.  The baptism of the Holy Spirit with the Jews on the day of Pentecost happened prior to any spoken word whatsoever.

The baptism of the Holy Spirit only happened twice and in both instances, it occurred before any preaching had been done. 

The Baptism of the Holy Spirit was something no man had any control over. 

Paul teaches in Ephesians 4:5 that there is one baptism. 

David Hersey


Which Baptism?   (Click title to open the full lesson)

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There is more than one baptism mentioned in scripture.  How does the diligent Bible student know for sure which one applies to us?  A careful study of scripture reveals the answer to this question beyond any doubt whatsoever.

In the great commission, Jesus commanded us to "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:", (Matthew 28:19).  Jesus specifically commanded that every nation on earth be baptized, so we know from this scripture that Baptizing is required in order to be obedient to Jesus Christ.  

Mark also recorded the great commission in his gospel; "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.  He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned", (Mark 16:15-16).  Being baptized is a condition that "shall" bring salvation.  This condition must be met so it must therefore be possible for one to obey something in order to satisfy the requirement.

There are several types of baptism mentioned in the Bible.  Two of these are baptism in water and baptism of the Holy Spirit.  Which of these are we commanded to use?  

Holy Spirit baptism is described as the extraordinary outpouring of the Holy Spirit, received by the apostles on Pentecost (Acts 1:5; 2:4), and later by the first Gentiles to whom the gospel was extended. (Act 11:15-17

Peter described water baptism in 1 Peter 3:21 as being "an appeal to God for a good conscience" (NASB)

In Paul's letter to the Ephesian Christians he declared that there is only "One Lord, one faith, one baptism", (Ephesians 4:5). 

If Holy Spirit baptism were the "one baptism" mentioned in scripture, why then did Peter say in 1 Peter 3:21 that "baptism doth also now save us"?  The baptism Peter was speaking of was "in like figure"  to all the water that flooded the earth in the days of Noah, (1 Peter 3:20).

The "one baptism" of scripture must therefore be baptism in water.

David Hersey


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