Resurrection And Baptism
What a great resurrection Sunday we had, 20 people were water baptized witnessing to their faith in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior! Water baptism is a great way to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, it preaches the Gospel every time a person is placed under the water and raised back up. In this blog I want to share with you what the word "baptized" means and how it relates to Christ's crucifixion, death, and resurrection. I believe you will be blessed by the Word of God.
Baptized (907 baptizo) – This word means to immerse, submerge or to make fully wet. It means to wash.
The principle of baptism is seen throughout all of Scripture even in the Old Testament. I want to reference two places where a type of water baptism is seen.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Copyright © 1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers.
The redemption of Christ and baptism were foretold in the Old Testament. The experience of those who were in the ark at the time of the Flood was a figure or type of the facts of spiritual death, burial, and resurrection, Christian "baptism" being a corresponding type or a like figure, we see this related to us in 1 Peter 3:18-22.
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19 by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20 who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. 21 There is also an antitype which now saves us — baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him. NKJV
Likewise, the nation of Israel was figuratively baptized when made to pass through the Red Sea under the cloud, 1 Cor 10:1,2.
1 Cor 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, 2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, NKJV
The "baptism" to be undergone by believers, is a witnessing to their identification with Him in death, burial and resurrection, e. g., Acts 19:5; Rom 6:3-4; 1 Cor 1:13-17; 12:13; Gal 3:27; Col 2:12.
The phrase in Matt 28:19, "baptizing them into the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" (RV; cf. Acts 8:16, RV), would indicate that the "baptized" person was closely bound to, or became the property of, the one into whose name he was "baptized."
We are confessing from a heart of faith:
Praise God!! We are redeemed!! You can see from the truths presented that water baptism is a wonderful expression of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
In Christ, Pastor Sean McFarlane
- What does the word baptized mean and what does water baptism represent?
Baptized (907 baptizo) – This word means to immerse, submerge or to make fully wet. It means to wash.
The principle of baptism is seen throughout all of Scripture even in the Old Testament. I want to reference two places where a type of water baptism is seen.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Copyright © 1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers.
The redemption of Christ and baptism were foretold in the Old Testament. The experience of those who were in the ark at the time of the Flood was a figure or type of the facts of spiritual death, burial, and resurrection, Christian "baptism" being a corresponding type or a like figure, we see this related to us in 1 Peter 3:18-22.
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19 by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20 who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. 21 There is also an antitype which now saves us — baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him. NKJV
Likewise, the nation of Israel was figuratively baptized when made to pass through the Red Sea under the cloud, 1 Cor 10:1,2.
1 Cor 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, 2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, NKJV
The "baptism" to be undergone by believers, is a witnessing to their identification with Him in death, burial and resurrection, e. g., Acts 19:5; Rom 6:3-4; 1 Cor 1:13-17; 12:13; Gal 3:27; Col 2:12.
The phrase in Matt 28:19, "baptizing them into the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" (RV; cf. Acts 8:16, RV), would indicate that the "baptized" person was closely bound to, or became the property of, the one into whose name he was "baptized."
- So, water baptism is a public declaration of complete surrender to Jesus Christ and the completed salvation that He accomplished in His death, burial, and resurrection 2000 years ago during this time.
- This entire week Christianity remembers the suffering and resurrecting Savior by “Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Resurrection (Easter) Sunday.” This is exactly why we water baptize; we are declaring as disciples of Christ our total identification with Him in substitutionary sacrifice and resurrection.
We are confessing from a heart of faith:
- Jesus sweat blood for me.
- Jesus was arrested in the garden for me.
- Jesus was punched in the face and spit on for me.
- Jesus was falsely accused for me.
- Jesus was crowned with thorns for me.
- Jesus was whipped for me.
- Jesus carried a cross for me.
- Jesus was nailed to the cross for me.
- Jesus was hung on the cross for me.
- Jesus was stabbed in the side for me.
- Jesus was forsaken by God for me.
- Jesus died for me.
- Jesus was placed in a tomb for me.
- Jesus suffered my penalty in hell for me.
- Jesus was raised from the dead for me.
Praise God!! We are redeemed!! You can see from the truths presented that water baptism is a wonderful expression of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
In Christ, Pastor Sean McFarlane
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