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“Core Essentials: Repentance, Baptism, & Commitment to Christ
Lesson by Wes Woodell
12/12/2010
Lake Merced Church of Christ
San Francisco, CA
www.lakemercedchurch.com
How does a
person become
a Christian?
Acts 2:38-39
38 Peter replied, "Repent and be
baptized, every one of you, in the
name of Jesus Christ for the
forgiveness of your sins. And you
will receive the gift of the Holy
Spirit.
39 The promise is for you and your
children and for all who are far off-for all whom the Lord our God will
call."
Acts 26:20b
20b … I preached that
they should repent and
turn to God and prove
their repentance by
their deeds.
Baptism Commanded by Jesus
Matthew 28:19
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit …
Mark 16:15-16
15 He said to them, "Go into all the world and
preach the good news to all creation.
16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be
saved, but whoever does not believe will
be condemned.
Part of the Good News of Jesus
Acts 8:12
12 But when they believed
Philip as he preached the
good news of the kingdom of
God and the name of Jesus
Christ, they were baptized,
both men and women.
Part of the Good News of Jesus
Acts 8:35-38
35 Then Philip began with that very passage
of Scripture and told him the good news
about Jesus.
36 As they traveled along the road, they
came to some water and the eunuch said,
"Look, here is water. Why shouldn't I be
baptized?"
38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot.
Then both Philip and the eunuch went
down into the water and Philip baptized
him.
Part of the Good News of Jesus
Acts 16:13
13 On the Sabbath we went
outside the city gate to the
river, where we expected to
find a place of prayer. We sat
down and began to speak to
the women who had gathered
there.
Part of the Good News of Jesus
Acts 16:14-15a
14 One of those listening was a woman
named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth
from the city of Thyatira, who was a
worshiper of God. The Lord opened
her heart to respond to Paul's
message.
15a When she and the members of her
household were baptized, she invited
us to her home.
Part of the Good News of Jesus
Acts 16:30-31
30 He then brought them out
and asked, "Sirs, what must I
do to be saved?"
31 They replied, "Believe in the
Lord Jesus, and you will be
saved-- you and your
household."
Part of the Good News of Jesus
Acts 16:32-33
32Then they spoke the word of the
Lord to him and to all the others
in his house.
33At that hour of the night the jailer
took them and washed their
wounds; then immediately he and
all his family were baptized.
Linked to Forgiveness/Gift of the HS
Acts 2:38
38 Peter replied, "Repent and
be baptized, every one of you,
in the name of Jesus Christ
for the forgiveness of your
sins. And you will receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit.
Linked to Forgiveness/Gift of the HS
Acts 19:1-2
1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul
took the road through the interior
and arrived at Ephesus. There he
found some disciples
2 and asked them, "Did you receive the
Holy Spirit when you believed?" They
answered, "No, we have not even
heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
Linked to Forgiveness/Gift of the HS
Acts 19:3-5
3 So Paul asked, "Then what baptism
did you receive?" "John's baptism,"
they replied.
4 Paul said, "John's baptism was a
baptism of repentance. He told the
people to believe in the one coming
after him, that is, in Jesus."
5 On hearing this, they were baptized
into the name of the Lord Jesus.
Baptism = Lifelong Commitment
Romans 6:3-4
3 Or don't you know that all of us who
were baptized into Christ Jesus
were baptized into his death?
4 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.
Baptism = Lifelong Commitment
Romans 6:5-6
5 If we have been united with him like
this in his death, we will certainly
also be united with him in his
resurrection.
6 For we know that our old self was
crucified with him so that the body
of sin might be done away with, that
we should no longer be slaves to
sin--
Baptism = Lifelong Commitment
Romans 6:7-8
7 because anyone who has
died has been freed from
sin.
8 Now if we died with Christ,
we believe that we will also
live with him.
Baptism = Lifelong Commitment
Romans 6:9-10
9 For we know that since Christ
was raised from the dead, he
cannot die again; death no
longer has mastery over him.
10The death he died, he died to
sin once for all; but the life he
lives, he lives to God.
Baptism = Lifelong Commitment
Romans 6:11
11 In the same way, count
yourselves dead to sin
but alive to God in
Christ Jesus.
Baptism = Lifelong Commitment
Colossians 2:11-12
11 In him you were also circumcised, in
the putting off of the sinful nature,
not with a circumcision done by the
hands of men but with the
circumcision done by Christ,
12 having been buried with him in
baptism and raised with him through
your faith in the power of God, who
raised him from the dead.
Baptism = Lifelong Commitment
1 Peter 3:20
20 who disobeyed long ago
when God waited patiently in
the days of Noah while the
ark was being built. In it only
a few people, eight in all, were
saved through water,
Baptism = Lifelong Commitment
1 Peter 3:21
21 and this water symbolizes
baptism that now saves you
also-- not the removal of dirt
from the body but the pledge of
a good conscience toward God.
It saves you by the resurrection
of Jesus Christ …
Acts 22:16
16And now what are
you waiting for? Get
up, be baptized and
wash your sins away,
calling on his name.'