What is Baptism? – Sermon

Introduction:

  • Is it really important?
  • Does it really matter?
  • Why do Christian denominations disagree about what it is and how it should be done?
  • If it doesn’t affect my salvation, is it really a big deal?
  • Can it happen more than once?
  • Who can perform it?
  • Who can receive it?
  • What if it doesn’t happen before someone dies?
  • When should a child get it?

No, I am not referring to a tattoo, or to marriage. …

What is Baptism?

The following post is written to help facilitate a discussion with baptism candidates of Lake Wylie Baptist church. It is by no means an exhaustive document on baptism.

Ordained by Jesus:

The final chapter of Matthew’s gospel records Jesus commissioning his disciples following the resurrection. Read Matthew 28:16-20

16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but