Quiet Time Notes

Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God

Baptism into Christ (part III)

December 31st, 2010
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Sinner’s Prayer? 1 Peter 3:21

Some claim that a person needs only to pray a “sinner’s prayer” or “ask Jesus into his/her heart” in order to be saved.
This is the predominant view in the evangelical Christian world. However, this is not the message that was preached in the Book of Acts.
Everyone was called to repentance, faith and baptism, and as Peter wrote here, “baptism now saves us” by the resurrection of Christ from the dead.

After encountering Jesus, repenting, praying, fasting (Acts 9:9-11), being healed, and being called by God,
Paul remains in sin.
What was left for him to do?
Why the urgency - what is so pressing about the need for baptism?
What remains for you to do or think about before you are ready to be united with Christ in baptism?

Finish picture - The benefits of salvation made available at the cross become real for us when we participate in his death, burial and
resurrection.
Key Phrase: Everyone is called to repentance, faith and baptism