Sermons About Baptism
Preparing the Way for Jesus
In Luke chapter 3, John the Baptist begins his ministry of preparing the way for Jesus' ministry. John's baptisms were for repentance, and he preached a message of "repent or else." He didn't tell people to go through rituals, but he told people that they needed to change to show their repentance. Real repentance produces fruit that comes from a changed heart.
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The Practice Of The Covenant
If you are included in God's covenant, you will change your perspective about church and family from the flesh to the spirit: from the temporary to the everlasting.
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The Kingdom of God is Near (10:30)
The beginning of Jesus' ministry is filled with excitement as Jesus is baptized, God the Father speaks from heaven, Jesus is taken to the desert and temptation and Jesus calls his disciples. This message will challenge us all as we are asked whether we too believe the Kingdom of God is near by repenting of our sins, believing in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord and following Him as our Master. Don't miss this inspirational, yet challenging message from the Gospel of Mark.
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The Ethiopian finds Christ
There are three ways to live: You can be true believer in Jesus Christ; you can be a non-believer in Jesus Christ, or you can be a religious person. OR Is it good enough to be religious? In this recorded incident, Dr Luke the careful historian and medical doctor, wants us to look at a god-fearing religious man from a pagan country. A religious person is not necessarily a Christian. To be religious literally means to be regular; its usually connected with being devout or pious. We discover this man is so fascinated by the OT that he purchases one of the scrolls of the major prophet Isaiah which he reads on his return home. You may be very religious but you are not necessarily a believer; you can be very devoted to religious practices but not be a true follower of Jesus the Christ. A Bible reader is not necessarily a Christian person. This man’s difficulty was that he couldn’t understand the text. All he had was the OT; what he needed was the NT that would connect him to Jesus. This is what Philip adds for him. He takes him from Is 53 to Jesus. God usually uses another believer to help us believe. As Dr Luke writes up this story here, he is keen for us to see two things: the preparation that God has gone into – to help this man believe, and the process God has used to bring him to faith. A true believer confesses Christ to a watching world. This man moved from being religious; interested in the Bible, to becoming a follower of Jesus. But not merely in his heart; as a private faith. No, he stopped the chariot and presumably all his retinue saw him getting baptised. This man’s faith was public. Baptism is a public confession of faith in Jesus. It says that just as Christ died, so I have died. Just as Christ was buried, so he has taken away my sins and they too are buried. And just as Jesus rose again, so too I have been given new life in Christ – resurrection life.
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Everyone Should be Baptized and Some Again
My aim is to thoughtfully and charitably bring biblical and practical clarity for us on the important subject of baptism. Now in order to look at his, I would like to answer three questions: 1) What is baptism? 2) Who should be baptized? and 3) Who should be rebaptized?
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