Chapter 3

 

III. Who Should Get Baptized?

 

A. ONLY believers in Christ.

1. In Acts 8:36, the eunuch wondered “what doth ________________ me to be baptized?”

2. In the next verse, Philip told him that he could get baptized “If thou ________________ with all thine heart.”

3. What he believed is made clear in verse 37 when he said, “I believe that __________ _____________ is the Son of God.”

4. Acts 2:41 makes it clear that they “Gladly ________________ his word” before they were baptized.

 

It is very clear that people were never baptized until

they were old enough to realize that they were sinners,

and that they needed to repent and turn from their sins

to the Lord Jesus Christ to save them. There is no example

in scripture of a baby ever being baptized.

 

Note: Some churches claim that baptism is to be performed on babies as a sign of circumcision (or as a New Testament replacement for circumcision), but that cannot be supported from the Bible.

First, the Bible never teaches anywhere that baptism is supposed to take the place of circumcision.

Second, to teach that baptism is to be performed on babies as a sign of circumcision is a very inconsistent interpretation and application, because only baby boys were circumcised. But churches who baptize babies, baptize both boy and girl babies. If baptism is supposed to be a New Testament replacement for circumcision, then why are they baptizing baby girls?

Third, if baptism is to be performed on babies as a New Testament replacement of circumcision, then why do we see no examples of it in the New Testament? We never see in the New Testament any parents bringing their newborn babies to the church leaders to be baptized. Why? Because the Bible is very clear that a person cannot be baptized until that person is saved. A baby does not yet realize that he/she is a sinner in need of salvation.

 

— Who Should Get Baptized?

A. ONLY believers in Christ.

B. ALL believers in Christ.

 

1. In Matthew 28:18,19, we are commanded to not only teach all nations how to be saved, but we are also to ______________ them once they are saved.

2. Peter tells all the crowd to repent and be ________________ in Acts 2:38.

3. Acts 8:12 shows that Philip baptized “both men and __________” after they got saved.

4. Acts 16:14,15 reveals that a woman named Lydia “and her __________________”were baptized after they were saved.

 

Baptism is not just limited to men who get saved.

Baptism is for all who are old enough to repent of their

sins and receive the Lord Jesus Christ. The men,

the women, and the children who personally trust

Jesus Christ as their Savior should be baptized.

 

REVIEW:

1. What must a person do before he/she can get baptized?

 

2. List three reasons why baptism is not a New Testament replacement for circumcision.

    a.

    b.

    c.

3. Who should get baptized?

a. Saved men? q YES q NO

b. Saved women? q YES q NO

c. Saved children? q YES q NO

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