Bible Study 25

Baptism

  1. What command did Jesus give to His disciples?
    Matthew 28:19-20
  2. What must precede the baptism which Christ commanded?
    (a) Hearing and believing – Mark 16:16
    (b) Repentance – Acts 2:38
    (c) Whole-hearted acceptance of Christ – Acts 8:37
  3. What doe it mean to believe in Christ?
    1 Corinthians 15:1-4
  4. What does Christ do for those who believe on Him?
    Matthew 1:21
  5. To one thus accepting Christ, what does the ordinance of baptism mean?
    Romans 6:3
    ‘Then we bring them to some place where there is water and they are baptized by the same way of baptism by which we were baptized; for they are washed in the water in the name of God the Father, Lord of all things, and of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, and of the Holy ghost.’ – Justin Martyr (AD 140).
  6. To what do we die?
    Romans 6:10-12
    Colossians 3:5
  7. What is the newness of life in which we walk after dying to sin?
    Romans 6:17-18, 22
    Philippians 4:13
  8. Because the true Christian life begins with this dying to sin and living to God, how is one’s faith and decision expressed to the public?
    Colossians 2:12
  9. When this step is taken in the light of God’s Word, what promise is ours at baptism?
    Acts 2:38-39
  10. To whom do those who are baptized belong?
    Galatians 3:26-27
  11. In what inheritance do they share?
    Galatians 3:29
  12. Is it ever necessary to be rebaptized?
    Acts 19:1-5
  13. How many true baptisms are there?
    Ephesians 4:5
    Examples:
    Christ – Matthew 3:13, 16
    Philip baptizing the Ethiopian – Acts 8:38
    John – John 3:23
    ‘From these words (John 3:23) it may be inferred that baptism was administered by John and Christ by plunging the whole body under water.’ Calvin.
    ‘By the Greek fathers the word baptizein is often used, frequently figuratively, for to immerse or overwhelm with sleep, sorrow, sin, etc. Hence baptisma properly and literally equals immersion.’ – Smith’s ‘Bible Dictionary,’ article ‘Baptism.’