Yeah very similar to independent Baptist except on baptism
The most important thing that the vast majority gets wrong
BAPTISM
Necessity or option?
Baptism is
required in order to:
·
Be saved
Mark 16:16 “He that believeth
and is baptized shall be saved”
1st Peter 3:20/21 “Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were
saved by water. (3:21) The like figure whereunto
even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ
Titus 3:5 “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he
saved us, by the
washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost”;
·
Wash away/remit sins
·
Contact the blood of Christ
·
Be added to the Lord’s body which is the church
·
Be buried/planted with Him in the likeness of his death thus enabling like resurrection
·
Get “into” Him, put on Christ, and become a child of God
·
Receive blessings in Him
Acts 2:38 “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”.
Acts 2:41 “Then they that gladly received his word were
baptized: and the same day there
were added unto them about three thousand souls”.
Acts 2:47 “Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.”
Acts 22:16 “And now why tarriest thou? arise and
be baptized, and
wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord”
Rom 6:3 “Know ye not, that so many of us as were
baptized into Jesus Christ were
baptized into his death”?
Rom 6:4 “Therefore we are
buried with him by
baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life”.
Gal 3:26/27 “For ye are all the
children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been
baptized into Christ have
put on Christ”.
1st Cor 12:13 “For by one Spirit are we all
baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Rom 6:5 “For if we have been
planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection”:
Rev 1:5 “And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and
washed us from our sins in his own blood”-----
Heb 10:22 “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of Faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies
washed with pure water”.
Col 2:12 “
Buried with him in
baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead”.
Steps to becoming a Christian
· (1) Hearing the word/gospel (Rom. 1:16, Mk. 16:15, Rom. 10: 14 thru 17, 1 Cor. 1:21 thru 24, Mat 7:24)
· (2) Believing that Jesus Christ is the Son of God (Mk. 16:16, Heb. 11:6, John 12:46)
· (3) Confessing this before men (Rom. 10:9, 10, Rom. 10:13, Acts 8:37, Mat 10:32)
· (4) Repenting of your sins (Acts 2:38, Luke 13:3, 5, 14:47)
· (5) Being
baptized (immersed in water) for the remission (forgiveness) of your sins after which, you are
added to the Church (above referenced). (Acts 2:38-41, 47)
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