Why?

Why we believe Why we believe baptism must be immersionbaptism must be immersion


• Sprinkle• Pour• Baptize infants

“Mode of Baptism”

Common Idea Is:Common Idea Is:

Sprinkling

Pouring

Immersion

Different Modesof Baptism}

“Mode of Baptism”

Mode ActionMode Action

Sprinkling

Pouring

Immersion

Each IsEach IsA DifferentA Different

Action!Action!}Is Not

“Modes of Baptism”

• Candidate – Stand• Candidate – Sit• Candidate – Kneel

• Taken Backwards• Taken Forward• Taken Sideways

All are different modes of the same action: Immersion!All are different modes of the same action: Immersion!



I. Baptism is a Burial

Baptism is a Burial

Rom 6:3-4

3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Baptism is a Burial

Col 2:11-12

11 In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,

12 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.

Baptism is a Burial

Bury: “To conceal by or as if by covering with earth….To

place (a dead body) in a grave, a tomb, or the sea…To

cover from view…” (AHD)




II. Word Baptism Means Immersion

Word Baptism Means Immersion

baptisma (noun) / baptizo (verb)

1. baptisma NT:908, "baptism," consisting of the processes of immersion, submersion and emergence (from bapto, "to dip"), is used (a) of John's "baptism," (b) of Christian "baptism," see B. below; (c) of the overwhelming afflictions and judgments to which the Lord voluntarily submitted on the cross, e. g., Luke 12:50; (d) of the sufferings His followers would experience, not of a vicarious character, but in fellowship with the sufferings of their Master. Some mss. have the word in Matt 20:22-23; it is used in Mark 10:38-39, with this meaning.(Vines)



baptizo NT:907, "to baptize," primarily a frequentative form of bapto, "to dip," was used among the Greeks to signify the dyeing of a garment, or the drawing of water by dipping a vessel into another, etc. Plutarchus uses it of the drawing of wine by dipping the cup into the bowl (Alexis, 67) and Plato, metaphorically, of being overwhelmed with questions (Euthydemus, 277 D).(Vines)



NT:907baptizoo;1. properly, to dip repeatedly, to immerge, submerge2. to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to wash, to make clean with water Luke 11:38 3. metaphorically, to overwhelm,(Thayer)



NT:907baptizo (bap-tid'-zo); from a derivative of NT:911; to immerse, submerge; to make overwhelmed (i.e. fully wet); used only (in the N. T.) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordinance of Christian baptism:

Strong’s



baptizo “dip, immerse mid. dip oneself, wash (in non-Christian lit. also ‘plunge, sink, drench, overwhelm’…”

Bauer (Gingrich & Danker)





III. Examples of Baptism – Go Into The

Water

Examples of Baptism – Go Into Water

A. Matt. 3:16 – came up from the water

B. Acts 8:38 – Both went down into the water

C. John 3:23 – John baptized where – “much water”

D. Baptized in Jordan (Mt. 3:6; Mk 1:5) – not

necessary for sprinkling or pouring

E. Acts 16:33 – left jail – baptized – went to house






WaterIV. Immersion – Action on Person / Sprinkling & Pouring – Action on the Water

Immersion – Action on the PersonSprinkling & Pouring – Action on the Water

Sprinkling / Pouring – not synonymous with Immersion

• What is baptized: men & women (Acts 8:12)• What is Sprinkled: Water (to scatter, disperse

in small drops)• What is Poured: Water (to cause to flow in a

stream)

Immersion – Action on the PersonSprinkling & Pouring – Action on the Water

Sprinkling / Pouring – not synonymous with Immersion

Sprinkling – has as direct object – Water

Pouring – has as direct object – Water

Immersion – has as direct object - Person







V. Candidates: Penitent Believers

Candidates: Penitent Believers

Believers

Mark 16:16

Acts 8:36-37

Acts 18:8

Penitent

Acts 2:38

Candidates: Penitent Believers

InfantsInfants

• Have not sinned (Acts 2:38; 22:16)

• Is not a believer (John 8:24)

• Cannot repent (Acts 2:38)







V. Candidates: Penitent Believers

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