Intro to Holy Baptism
Baptism is a Holy ______________
Sacrament
What does baptize mean?
To wash with water
What benefit does Baptism give?
Works forgiveness of sins, rescues from death and the devil and gives eternal salvation to all who believe.
Where is one baptized?
Church/River/Lake
What is the old Adam?
Our sinful self, our desire to sin.
What does Holy Baptism offer?
Forgiveness of sins, new life and salvation.
Who should be baptized?
All nations
In baptism, we ______________ receive the forgiveness of sins.
personally
The power in Baptism comes from the ______ of God.
Word
What is the new man?
New life that we live by the Spirit through Baptism.
Jesus Christ, our Lord, commanded His Church to ________ all nations.
baptize
In Baptism, God ________ our sins and makes us His children.
forgives
What great things does God do through Baptism? (3 of them)
Forgives our sins, rescues us from death/devil, gives us eternal life.
We receive the blessings of Baptism through _________.
What does the daily life of a baptized Christian look like?
Every day we battle against temptations to sin and we confess our sins to God. And every day we ask God to help us live the new life He had given to us, a life of God pleasing goodness and love.
In Baptism, God puts His ________ name on us.
Saving
Jesus commanded and _____________ Baptism.
instituted (began or established)
Can an unbaptized person be saved?
Yes, only those who do not believe in Jesus as their Savior will not be saved. (baptized people receive blessings Baptism gives)
How can water do such things?
Not just water, but the word of God in and with the water does these things, along with the faith which trusts this word of God in the water.
What does baptizing with water indicate?
It indicates that the old Adam in us should by daily contrition and repentance be drowned and die with all sins and evil desires, and that a new man should daily emerge and arise to life before God in righteousness and purity forever.
God works through ___________ and ___________ to forgive our sins.
water and His Word
What is Matthew 28:19 (*hint, therefore go....)
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
What is Mark 16:16? (*Whoever believes...)
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
What does it mean that Baptism is a "washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit"?
The Holy Spirit works through Baptism to create faith in Jesus. The Spirit makes us children of God who are "reborn" in Baptism to live a new life, filled with the Spirit.
What words do we use to remember our Baptism?
"in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Matthew 28:19