Discipleship Training Course

PHASE 1 – TAKE THE JOURNEY
With this verse in mind, please recognize that this is not a polite
option for us, but rather a clear instruction. Furthermore it states in:
Acts 2:38 Peter replied, ―Each of you must repent of your sins and
turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the
forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy
Spirit.
Here is an obligation for everyone who becomes a disciple of
Jesus Christ. It is very difficult to avoid the importance of baptism in
the New Testament. If you are concerned about obeying the Lord,
if you are concerned about following the New Testament, if you
are concerned with living in fellowship with the Lord and pleasing
Him, you will be concerned about baptism. It is a clear command
of the Lord to those who serve and follow Him.
What is baptism and its purpose?
Baptism is a confession of identification with Jesus Christ.
It is where you are publically identifying yourself with Jesus,
declaring your personal faith in Him. It is acknowledging that you
depend upon Him alone for salvation. In essence saying, I am a
believer, I believe in the resurrection power of Jesus Christ, and it is
no longer I that live but Christ that lives within me. And this you
echo from the rooftops through baptism.
Romans 6:3-4 Or have you forgotten that when we were joined
with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined Him in his death? For we
died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was
raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we
also may live new lives.
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Who is baptism for?
Baptism is for believers only. An un believer cannot be baptized
and that includes infants.
Mark 16:16 Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved.
Biblically you will not find any scriptural reference to infant baptism,
nor will you find adult baptism, but rather the believer‟s baptism.
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