ready, GET SET, go!
Baptism:
-- the blood of Jesus washes away your sins.
"how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?" Hebrews 9:14
"... and without shedding of blood there is no remission." Hebrews 9:22
-- the death and burial of the sinful being and the rebirth of a spiritual, eternal life.
"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, 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. And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses" Colossians 2:11-13
-- put on Christ and become a new man. (the life that we live after baptism is no longer ours, but Christ’s.)
"For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ." Galatians 3:27
-- a member of the household of God, the body of Christ.
"For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit." 1 Corinthians 12:13
-- reconciled with God, therefore a child of God, with the hope of entering the kingdom of God.
"Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. " John 3:5
What it entails:
-- church work!
-- able to partake in the body and blood of Christ.
-- being part of the big family of Christ! finally receive my citizenship, no more second-rate PR!
-- trials and tribulations
"strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, “We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.” " Acts 14:22
Countdown to the big day: 6 days
-- the blood of Jesus washes away your sins.
"how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?" Hebrews 9:14
"... and without shedding of blood there is no remission." Hebrews 9:22
-- the death and burial of the sinful being and the rebirth of a spiritual, eternal life.
"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, 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. And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses" Colossians 2:11-13
-- put on Christ and become a new man. (the life that we live after baptism is no longer ours, but Christ’s.)
"For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ." Galatians 3:27
-- a member of the household of God, the body of Christ.
"For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit." 1 Corinthians 12:13
-- reconciled with God, therefore a child of God, with the hope of entering the kingdom of God.
"Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. " John 3:5
What it entails:
-- church work!
-- able to partake in the body and blood of Christ.
-- being part of the big family of Christ! finally receive my citizenship, no more second-rate PR!
-- trials and tribulations
"strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, “We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.” " Acts 14:22
Countdown to the big day: 6 days
