Getting Ready for Rain "Heaven Help Me!"
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1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience,
7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.
8 But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,
10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,
11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.
12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Baptism is an outward expression of an inward change.
Baptism is an outward expression of an inward change.
It is also a cry for help.
It is also a cry for help.
Help from the Church!
Help from the Church!
help from all of Heaven!
help from all of Heaven!
Especially help from God!
Especially help from God!
We can’t live the Christian life alone.
That’s why baptism is so important. It is us saying “ I am a changed person” And it is a cry for help
16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
1. Jesus Modeled Baptism (outline from BibleGateway Blog)
1. Jesus Modeled Baptism (outline from BibleGateway Blog)
• Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. (Matthew 3:13)
• At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. (Mark 1:9)
• When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. (Luke 3:21)
2. Jesus Commanded Baptism
2. Jesus Commanded Baptism
• Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 28:19-20
3. Baptism Is a Public Confession
3. Baptism Is a Public Confession
• Repent and be baptized, every 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. Acts 2:38
4. Baptism Signifies a New Name
4. Baptism Signifies a New Name
• So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. Galatians 3:26-29
5. Baptism Represents a New Life
5. Baptism Represents a New Life
• Don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.Romans 6:1-11
• Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17
6. Baptism Establishes a New Identity
6. Baptism Establishes a New Identity
• I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20
• In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. Colossians 2:11-12
7. Baptism Unifies the Faith
7. Baptism Unifies the Faith
• There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Ephesians 4:4-6