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Section 01: Evangelism and Basic Discipling, Foundation Level, 1d

01 1d: Confirm repentance by baptizing without undue delay

All of us are to "do the work of an evangelist"--2 Tim. 4:5. This work is completed with a convert when he/she is baptized. The apostles did not count converts until they were added to a church by baptism (Acts 2:41).

*Find in Genesis chapters 5 - 9:

Why the Most Holy God gets angry with people,
What He did in Noah's time.

*Find in Genesis 6:9-14; 7:1-24; 8:15-22 how God saved some people, who and what were in the boat.

Find in 1 Peter 3:20-22 how being baptized (by the Holy Spirit) into the eternal risen Body of Christ is compared to the salvation of Noah's family in the ark.

Why does our repentance need to be ceremonially confirmed by baptism?

*Find in Acts 16:19-34 who was baptized, when, and why.

Find in Romans 5:12 through 6:14, how baptism in Jesus leaves us changed and confirms the beginning of our transformation and permanent repentance.

*Find in Exodus chapters 14 - 15 what God did to save His people from Pharaoh, the angry king, and their slavery.

What Jewish feast did God institute at that time, as a memorial of his liberating miracles?
What Christian celebration corresponds? (Matthew 26:26-28)
Why does our trust in Christ, as well as our communion with Him and each other, need to be regularly confirmed ceremonially?

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* Stories (better, for letting the Word flow from friend to friend)

2(Optional Documents, to view, download or translate, for additional help)

Confirming Repentance and Salvation with Baptism. Cited from Church Multiplication Guide, Patterson and Scoggins, William Carey Library, Pasadena, CA, USA, Chapter 04, Section 01. Jesus commands newborn believers to die with Him to sin and rise to new, holy, eternal life, by means of the ceremony of baptism. Click the explanation you want now, of why and how Jesus commands us to baptize, and why we must not add non-biblical requirements for it:

A. Baptize New Believers in Obedience to Jesus
B. Baptize for the Reason Christ Intended
C. Confirm Salvation with Baptism without Excessive Delay
D. Assure Newly Baptized Believers of Jesus’ Presence and the Indwelling Holy Spirit

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Baptizing New Believers, Book 1, Activity A4

For a comprehensive examination of what the Bible teaches about the purpose of baptism, see Church Multiplication Guide, Patterson and Scoggins, Chapter 4.

Begin a record-keeping system for each trainee's cells, believer groups or churches:

Each trainee keeps track of attendance by social class and age group.
Admit as real growth the number of baptisms. It is the best test of spiritual reality for your ministry. Except where baptism presents a danger to one's life, mere professions of faith have little relevance to accurate growth records.
Identify the classes of people or subcultures among which the Holy Spirit has given you or your trainees an open door.

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