2. Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

3. Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

4. “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

5. The Centrality of Baptism
Our mission…Make Disciples
Disciple = Learner (of Jesus)
Hearing about Christ
Coming to Faith in Christ
Growing in Christ

6. The Centrality of Baptism
Components of the Mission Go
Baptizing
Teaching
All are essential for true discipleship

7. The Context of Baptism In relation to John the Baptist Isaiah 40
Identifying with the coming Messiah
Outward expression of faith
Sign of repentance

8. The Context of Baptism In relation to Christ Identifying with Sinners
Points to the sacrificial Lamb of God
Points to the cross

9. The Context of Baptism In relation to Salvation
Saved by grace thru faith…PERIOD.
Saved to obey, called to follow
Public identification with Christ
Outward expression of faith
Saves our conscience

10. The Concerns of Baptism
What about children…how old?
Why not right now?
Do I HAVE to get all wet?

11. Baptism…soaking it all in
Baptism is the Lord’s call to publicly identify with Him
To claim Christ but refuse baptism is a disobedient life
Baptism is about obedience, not readiness