Jan. 26 Bible Study Topic: Baptism
Warm Up Question: What’s something that was once important but is now becoming less and less relevant?
Scripture Readings:
1 Peter 3:21 - Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
John 3:5 - Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Mark 16:16 - Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Matthew 28:19 - Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
1 Corinthians 12:13 - For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
Questions:
- What does Baptism mean to you?
- Do all Christians believe in Baptism in the same way?
3. Do You Need to be Baptized to be Saved?