1. When am I ready to be baptized?
Acts 8:36

2. You are ready to be baptized when you…
Know the seriousness of sin
Personal and actual, Romans 3:23
Spiritually dead, Romans 6:23
Under God’s wrath, Ephesians 2:1-3

3. You are ready to be baptized when you…
Know the basis of salvation in the perfect work of Christ
Death of Christ, Romans 5:6-10
Sacrifice for sin, Heb. 9:11-15; 10:10-12
Death, burial, resurrection, ascension, exaltation, Acts 2:22-38

4. You are ready to be baptized when you…
Know the conditions of pardon
Hear the gospel, John 6:44-45
Believe in Christ and gospel, John 8:23-24; Romans10:8-10
Confess faith in Jesus Christ, Rom. 10:9-10
Repent of sins, Acts 17:31 (2 Cor. 7:9-10)
Be baptized into Christ for remission of sins, Galatians 3:26-27; Acts 2:38; 22:16

5. You are ready to be baptized when you…
Know the necessary commitment that must be made to Christ
Take His yoke, Matthew 11:28-30
Set the priority of your life, Matthew 6:33; Luke 9:23; 14:26-27
Count the cost and pay the price of discipleship, Luke 14:28-33

6. You are ready to be baptized when you…
Know the new life one must live in Christ
The image of Christ, Colossians 3:10-11
Do not love the world, 1 John 2:15-17
Transform your thinking…change your life, Romans 12:2; 1 Peter 4:1-3

7. To Be Baptized, You Must…
Know you are lost
Want to be saved
Be able to choose to put away sin and live for Jesus, Acts 2:37; 3:19
Those who receive the apostolic word are ready to be baptized, Acts 2:41; 8:37-38
Immediately, Acts 16:33
Without delay, Acts 22:16 7