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Call to Worship

Call to Worship. “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.” Romans 6:4 NIV. “Buried With Christ”.

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Call to Worship

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  1. Call to Worship “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.” Romans 6:4 NIV

  2. “Buried With Christ” “So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him. Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?” Acts 8:35-36 NET

  3. The concept of baptism was not a new idea at the time of Christ. It seems that water baptism was always symbolic of deliverance, and was a sacrament intended to identify and unite believers with one another. The Exodus passage from Egypt to the Promised Land was viewed as a type of baptism by the children of Israel. “I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that all our ancestors who left Egypt were under the cloud, and they all went through the sea. They were all united with Moses by baptism in the cloud and in the sea.” 1 Corinthians 10:1-2 GWV

  4. Baptism is a somewhat humbling…perhaps humiliating act. Face it, you go in the water and you come out wet in front of everybody. It just doesn’t seem dignified. • Naaman the Syrian General felt the same way when Elisha told him to go soak himself seven times in the Jordan River. 2 Kings 5:1-13 “And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was angry, and went away…”2 Kings 5:10-11 ASV

  5. The early church viewed baptism as a way for believers to identify and relate to the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. “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.”Romans 6:4 NIV

  6. The act of water baptism was a great equalizer. Kings and paupers alike were all expected to humble themselves in the waters of baptism, truly making them one. “You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”Galatians 3:26-28 NIV

  7. “Crowds of people were coming to be baptized by John….(John said:) ‘Do those things that prove that you have turned to God and have changed the way you think and act.’” Luke 3:7-8 GWV • Water baptism was always a choice; a conscious decision made by an understanding believer to say good-bye to their old way of living, and to start fresh in their new life with Christ; in fact, to bury their old nature in the waters of baptism and rise to walk in the resurrection power of Christ in this life. Water baptism was not to be forced on any individual, (they cannot be marched into a sea on horseback and be expected to be converted). • Baptism always followed repentance. There had to a break in a person’s life before true baptism could really be effective.

  8. Infant baptism was never practiced in the early church, and is never mentioned in the Bible. Children were brought to Christ to be blessed and dedicated to God, but baptism was the individual’s choice and always followed a conversion experience and change of heart. “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.”Acts 2:38-39 KJV

  9. Have you been baptized since you became a believer in Christ? If not, what are you waiting for?  “What are you waiting for now? Get up! Be baptized, and have your sins washed away as you call on His name.’” Acts 22:16 GWV

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