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1 Corinthians 15:1-4 ~ Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures." It's the Gospel of Jesus Christ that saves us! Paul says in Romans 10:16, "But they have not all obeyed the gospel." What does Paul mean by "obeying the Gospel"? If the Gospel saves us, and not all have obeyed the Gospel, then must be OBEDIENCE to the Gospel that saves us. Paul says that by being "Baptized into Jesus Christ" that we "were baptized into His death." That "therefore we are buried with Him by baptism."
In baptism, we take on the death and burial of Jesus Christ. "Our old man is crucified with Him." We are obeying the Gospel of Jesus Christ by being baptized. Romans 6:1-6, "(1) What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? (2) God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? (3) Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? (4) Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. (5) For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection. (6) Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin." This is a LITERAL identification with the death and burial of Jesus Christ
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From Good News Cafe: I thought this was pretty good. Baptism has several analogies that it is tagged with.
A. BAPTISM IS FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS.
Luke 24:47, "(47) And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."
Acts 2:38, "(38) Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."
B. BAPTISM IS FOR THE WASHING AWAY OF OUR SINS.
Paul, being commanded by Ananias, was told in Acts 22:16, "(16)...arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord."
1 Corinthians 6:11, Paul says, "(11) And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
Titus 3:5, "(5)...According to his mercy, he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost."
C. BAPTISM IS A BIRTH OF THE WATER.
John 3:5, Jesus said, "(5)...Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."
D. BAPTISM IS A WASHING AND CLEANSING OF THE CONSCIENCE.
1 Peter 3:21, "(21) The like figure where unto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ."
Hebrews 9:14, "(14) How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?"
E. BAPTISM IS TAKING UPON OURSELVES THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
Galatians 3:27, "(27) For as many of you have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ."
Romans 13:14, "(14)But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ..."
All of the above are synonymous terms referring to the complete work wrought in our lives when we are baptized. And no where do we read where it is a PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION of our faith. But we did read how baptism is for the REMISSION OF SINS, WASHING AWAY OF OUR SINS, BORN AGAIN OF THE WATER, WASHING AND CLEANSING OF THE CONSCIENCE, TAKING ON THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
There was another common thread in all the Scripture we read on baptism. There was a phrase repeated in some form in many of these passages.
Romans 6:3, "(3)...baptized into Jesus Christ..."
Romans 6:5, "(5)...planted together in the likeness of his death..."
Acts 22:16, "(16)...be baptized...calling on the name of the Lord."
1 Corinthians 6:11, "(11)...but ye are washed...sanctified...justified in the name of the Lord Jesus..."
Galatians 3:27, "(27)...baptized in Christ..."
All these Scriptures (and more) say that we are baptized INTO JESUS CHRIST.
Jesus told His disciples in Luke 24:47 to preach repentance and remission of sins in HIS NAME beginning at Jerusalem.
In Matthew 28:19, He said, "(19) Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."
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