- What is redemption?
- Exagorazo [1805] means “ ‘to buy out’ … especially of purchasing a slave with a view to his freedom” (Vine)
- Lutroo [3084] has a similar meaning: “to release on receipt of ransom” (Vine)
- Ephesians 1:7,13-14
- Colossians 1:13-14
- Hebrews 9:12
- Steps to redemption
- Faith – Acts 2:36-37; John 8:24; Hebrews 11:6; Romans 10:17
- Repentance – Acts 2:38; 17:30; Luke 24:46-47; II Peter 3:9; II Corinthians 7:9-11; Matthew 12:41; Jonah 3:5-10; Matthew 3:1-2
- Confession – Acts 8:35-39; Romans 10:9-10
- Baptism – Romans 3:21
- What does baptism do?
- Is saves us. Mark 16:16; I Peter 3:21
- It is for the forgiveness of sins. Acts 2:38
- It washes away sins. Acts 22:16
- It makes us partakers of Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. Romans 6:3-4; Colossians 2:12
- It adds us into the “body” (the “church,” Colossians 1:18). I Corinthians 12:13
- It clothes us with Christ. Galatians 3:27
- Therefore, without baptism
- We aren’t saved.
- We do not have forgiveness of sins.
- Our sins are not washed away.
- We are not partakers of Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection.
- We are not added to the “body” (the “church”).
- We are not clothed with Christ.
- Baptism is urgent
- What does baptism do?
- Growth and service – II Peter 3:18; Hebrews 12:28; Titus 2:11-14; I Peter 1:14-19
DW
January 05, 2014
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