Acts 18:23-26Acts 19:1-5The Big Idea: Baptism is not a bath, but a burial and a new birth.John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance - to prepare people to believe in the onecoming after him, that is, in Jesus.Repentance: /metanoia/ - “to change one’s way of life as the result of a complete change ofthought and attitude with regard to sin and righteousness” “to repent and to change one’s way”THE BAPTISM OF JOHN is a decision to CONFESS MY SIN AND REPENT - turn around andwalk with God, by the Law, and do a better job.BAPTISM INTO CHRIST JESUS is a completely different thing. It is to be born into Christ Jesusand to participate in the divine nature.Romans 6:3-4Everything you NATURALLY THINK about how to relate to God is WRONG.God’s grace is given to us WHEN WE ARE DEAD, and good works follow.“It’s as if God were to produce a fresh, green tree out of a dry log, which tree then bearsnatural fruit.” -Martin LutherGalatians 2:19-21Galatians 3:1-14Galatians 3:26-29THE BAPTISM OF JESUS is a BAPTISM INTO CHRIST - joining Him in His death so we mayalso join Him in His resurrection.Baptism is not a bath. It is a BURIAL and a NEW BIRTH into Christ Jesus.

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