1. SANCTIFICATIO
N:
The Bridge of
Baptism
Romans 6:1-11
message eleven

2. AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF
YOUR “GATEWAY BRIDGE”
1. We have been created in the
image of a bridge-building God

3. AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF
YOUR “GATEWAY BRIDGE”
1. We have been created in the
image of a bridge-building God
2. Jesus understood the depths of
the river of sin

4. AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF
YOUR “GATEWAY BRIDGE”
3. God gave us pictures of baptism
long before the practice was ever
implemented

5. YOUR
“GATEWAY
BRIDGE”
4. Baptism is a bridge
through water, not
just over water

6. Thesis
• There is a target all of us who are
believers can aim for: to identify with
Jesus and decide to be baptized.

7. WHY IS YOUR
BAPTISM SO
IMPORTANT?
1. Baptism is scriptural

8. WHY IS YOUR
BAPTISM SO
IMPORTANT?
1. Baptism is scriptural
2. Baptism is symbolic

9. Point 1
• Baptism is not always understood, so
it must therefore be explained.

10. Point 2
• The actions of baptism symbolize our
identification with the death, burial and
resurrection of Jesus Christ.

11. WHY IS YOUR
BAPTISM SO
IMPORTANT?
1. Baptism is scriptural
2. Baptism is symbolic
3. Baptism is significant

12. WHAT BAPTISM
IS NOT
A. Baptism is in
response to belief
and not physical
birth

13. WHAT BAPTISM
IS NOT
B. Baptism is not
rantism (sprinkling)
but immersion

14. WHAT BAPTISM
IS NOT
C. Baptism is not the
culmination of a
catechism but the
beginning of a
process of
consecration

15. WHY IS YOUR
BAPTISM SO
IMPORTANT?
1. Baptism is scriptural
2. Baptism is symbolic
3. Baptism is significant
4. Baptism is not a
sacrament, but it is
sacred

16. Point 3
• Either baptism is everything God says
it is or it’s not—and if it is you have to
recognize your new identity, and
acknowledge your new victory.

17. Point 4
• Baptism means
there are some
things you have to
recognize you have
died to, so you can
act like you have
died to, so you can
finally be dead to.

18. Definition
• Sanctification simply
means to be set apart to
God’s mission.

19. Why Baptism
Begins Your
Sanctification
1. Baptism is your
response of faith

20. Why Baptism
Begins Your
Sanctification
1. Baptism is your
response of faith
2. Baptism is your
receipt of relationship

21. Point 5
Just being baptized
does not make you a
Christian any more
than just wearing a
wedding ring makes
you a married person.

22. Why Baptism
Begins Your
Sanctification
3. Baptism is your
required obedience

23. Point 6
• Baptism is not a request, but a
requirement for growth for all those
who claim faith in Jesus Christ.

24. Why Baptism
Begins Your
Sanctification
3. Baptism is your
required obedience
4. Baptism is your
release to leadership

25. Leadership
A. You are a participant in
prayer and the promises
of God

26. Leadership
A. You are a participant in
prayer and the promises
of God
B. You are a recipient of
the resources and
goodness of God

27. Leadership
C. You are a witness to the
free salvation and free
grace of God

28. COME
FORWARD
FOR PRAYER