Baptism Bible Study
Define valuable?
Genesis 1 : 26-27
(ncv)
Then God said, “Let us make
human beings in our image and
likeness. And let them rule over
the fish in the sea and the birds in
the sky, over the tame animals,
over all the earth, and over all the
small crawling animals on the
Genesis 1 : 26-27
(ncv)
earth.” So God created human
beings in his image. In the image
of God he created them. He
created them male and female.
image
Man was made in God’s
____________
to be like God.
Genesis 1:31 (ncv)
God looked at everything he had
made, and it was very good.
Evening passed, and morning
came. This was the sixth day.
When you create something and
call it “very good,” would it be
valuable to you? ______
yes
Are you valuable to God? _____
yes
Have you ever done
something you knew was
wrong, but did it anyways?
1 John 3:4 (erv)
The person who sins breaks God's
law. Yes, sin is living against God's
law.
Sin is___________________.
breaking God’s law
James 4:17
(ncv)
And when a person knows the
right thing to do, but does not do
it, then he is sinning.
right
Sin is knowing the ______thing
to do, but ______doing
it.
not
Romans 3:23
(ncv)
All people have sinned and are not
good enough for God's glory.
Who has sinned?
Everyone
What happens when I sin?
Romans 6:23
(erv)
When people sin, they earn what
sin pays -- death. But God gives
his people a free gift – eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
death
Wages of sin is_______.
Isaiah 59:2
(ncv)
It is your evil that has separated
you from your God. Your sins
cause him to turn away from you,
And then he does not hear you.
separates me from God
Sin ___________
Now I am separated
from God, but …
1 Timothy 2 : 4-6 (ncv)
God wants all people to be saved. And
he wants everyone to know the truth.
There is one God. And there is only
one way people can reach God. That
way is through Jesus Christ, who is
also a man . Jesus gave himself to pay
for the sins of all people. Jesus is
proof that God wants all people to be
saved.
God wants ____to
all
be saved.
In order to get back into
relationship with God, He
gives me a gift!
John 3:16 (ncv)
God loved the world so much that
he gave his only Son. God gave his
Son so that whoever believes in
him may not be lost, but have
eternal life.
God loves us so much that he
______
gave Jesus over to die so we
could be brought back into a
relationship with Him.
2 Corinthians 5:21 (ncv)
Christ had no sin. But God made
him become sin. God did this for
us so that in Christ we could
become right with God.
Only Jesus
______ can bring us back
into a relationship with God.
Romans 4:25 (ncv)
Jesus was given to die for our sins.
And he was raised from death to
make us right with God.
sins to
Jesus died for our______
make us ______
right with God.
Ephesians 2 : 8 (ncv)
I mean that you have been saved
by grace because you believe. You
did not save yourselves. It was a
gift from God.
Grace is a _____
gift from God.
Can you do anything to earn
the gift of Jesus dying for
your sins? ____
No
I now understand that :
- I was made to be with God
- My sin separated God & I
- Jesus died to bring me back
into relationship with God…
But how do accept God’s gift
of reconciliation?
Accepting God’s Gift!
1 John 3:23 (ncv)
This is what God commands: that
we believe in his Son, Jesus Christ,
and that we love each other, just
as he commanded.
I must _________in
believe
Jesus.
Hebrews 11:6 (ncv)
Without faith no one can please
God. Anyone who comes to God
must believe that he is real and
that he rewards those who truly
want to find him.
I must believe that _____is
God real.
James 2:17 (ncv)
It is the same with faith. If faith
does nothing, then that faith is
dead, because it is alone.
Faith is believing to the point
in which your ________show
actions
what you believe.
Acts 3 : 19
(ncv)
So you must change your hearts
and lives! Come back to God, and
he will forgive your sins.
Repent means to ________
change
your heart and life.
Matthew 7 :13-14
(ncv)
Enter through the narrow gate. The
road that leads to hell is a very easy
road. And the gate to hell is very
wide. Many people enter through
that gate. But the gate that opens
the way to true life is very small.
And the road to true life is very hard.
Only a few people find that road.
Choose one of the two roads :
The road that leads to ____
God or
the road that leads to _____.
Hell
What does Baptism do?
Mark 16 : 16
(ncv)
Anyone who believes and is
baptized will be saved, but anyone
who does not believe will be
judged guilty.
Anyone who believes and is
__________
baptized will be saved.
Acts 2 : 36-38 (ncv)
“So, all the people of Israel should
know this truly: God has made
Jesus both Lord and Christ. He is
the man you nailed to the cross.”
When the people heard this, they
were sick at heart. They asked
Peter and the other apostles,
"What shall we do.”
Acts 2 : 36-38
Peter said to them, "Change your
hearts and lives and be baptized,
each one of you, in the name of
Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of
your sins. And you will receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit.
Be baptized in the name of
______________for
the
Jesus Christ
forgiveness
_____________of
your sins.
1 Peter 3 : 21 (ncv)
And that water is like baptism that
now saves you - not the washing
of dirt from the body, but the
promise made to God from a good
heart. And this is because Jesus
Christ was raised from death.
In baptism you are making a
Commitment / promise to live
_______________________
for God.
John 3 : 5
(ncv)
But Jesus answered, “I tell you the
truth. Unless one is born from
water and the Spirit, he cannot
enter God's kingdom.”
Unless you are born from the
______
______.
water and the Spirit
Acts 22 : 16
(ncv)
Now, why wait any longer? Get up,
be baptized, and wash your sins
away. Do this, trusting in him to
save you.
What happens spiritually to
me when I get baptized?
_____are
Sins
washed away at
baptism.
Acts 2 : 38
(ncv)
Peter said to them, “Change your
hearts and lives and be baptized,
each one of you, in the name of
Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of
your sins. And you will receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit.”
__________________
(God’s) Holy Spirit lives in you.
Galatians 3:26-27 (ncv)
You were all baptized into Christ,
and so you were all clothed with
Christ. This shows that you are all
children of God through faith in
Christ Jesus.
At baptism, we are ________
clothed
with Christ and considered
Children
His __________.