• 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
        • Acts 2:41; 8:36; 16:33; 22:16
    • Growth and service – II Peter 3:18; Hebrews 12:28; Titus 2:11-14; I Peter 1:14-19