1. Water

2. Chemical Properties of Water
H2O
bond angle = 104.5
high heat capacity = J/gK
high delectric constant
polar
remarkable properties!
H-bonding
ice floats
good solvent

3. Importance of Water Earth’s surface is > 70% H2O
Our body is ~ 2/3 H2O
*Very important to life – scientists claim possibility of life on moon, moons of Saturn, galaxy because of it

4. Water in the Bible God, the Master Chemist created water 2 Peter 3:5-6
Gen. 1:6-10 2nd day of creation
2:6-7 mist from the earth

5. wô´tẽr (מים, mayim; ὕδωρ, húdōr):
The Greek philosophers believed water to be the original substance
Because of the scarcity of water in Palestine it is especially appreciated by the people there (I Chron. 11:17)
The rainfall is the only source of supply of water for Palestine
From ISBE

6. Water during the exodus
In Exodus 15:23 the people grumbled for water
15:27 12 wells of water
In Exodus 17:1-7 the people grumbled for water
In Numbers 20:1-13 the people were without water again. Moses sinned and lost the right to go into the promised land.

7. 3 Instances in the Old Testament
The flood Gen. 7:11,17
Noah’s family saved in the ark
Crossing the Red Sea
Exodus 14:21-22, 26-30
Hebrews were saved from the Egyptians
Jonah in the great fish’s belly
Jonah 1:17; 2:3, 10
Jonah was saved by a great fish
In all 3 instances, these people were saved by being brought through the water

8. Water in the New Testament
1 Peter 3:20-21 water baptism saves us
John 3:5 we must be born of the water & the Spirit
Romans 6 we are buried with Christ in baptism
1 John 5:6-12 and Matt 12:40
Christ makes this all possible
John 4:1-24 Jesus with the woman at the well Christ is the Living Water
Ephesians 5:26 we are cleansed by water
Rev. 22:17 water of life

9. “Baptism doth also now save us”
Conclusion: we are saved spiritually through the water.
It is not anything magic about the water.
It is not because we are doing some great thing.
This is how God designed for us to be saved.

10. The Plan of Salvation Hear the Word (Rm. 10:17)
Believe in Jesus (Jn. 1:12)
Repent of Sins (II Cor. 7:9-10)
Confess Faith in Christ (Mt. 10:32)
Be Baptized in Water (Rm. 6:3-4)
Continue in God’s Grace (Ac. 13:43)
If you err as a Christian:
Repent & Pray God for Forgiveness (Ac. 8:22)