The document discusses the significance of water baptism as a foundational aspect of Christian faith, emphasizing its origins from John the Baptist and its necessity as commanded by Jesus. It outlines the transformative nature of baptism, which symbolizes repentance, cleansing, and entry into a new covenant with God through faith in Christ. Furthermore, it highlights the spiritual implications of baptism such as joining the body of Christ and the experiences of death, resurrection, and renewal.

1. Foundation
Stones
Stone #4:
Water Baptism
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2. Hebrews 6:1-3 (NIV)
Therefore let us leave the elementary
teachings about Christ and go on to
maturity, not laying again the
foundation of repentance from acts
that lead to death, and of faith in God,
instruction about baptisms, the laying
on of hands, the resurrection of the
dead, and eternal judgment.
And God permitting, we will do so.

3. 1. Repent
2. Faith power
3. Saving faith
4. Water baptism
5. Spirit baptism
6. Baptism of fire
7. Lay on hands to bless
8. Healing by laying on hands
9. Lay hands to give the Spirit
10. Spirits resurrected
11. Bodies resurrected
12. Eternal judgment
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4. Preview Foundation Stone #4: Water Baptism
1. Baptism means to overwhelm, in this case, under water.
2. Water baptism seems to have begun with John the Baptist.
3. Jesus and His apostles ordered believers to be baptized.
4. The Church, the Bride of Christ, is washed clean in baptism.
5. We ask God for a clear conscience during water baptism.
6. We wash our sinful hearts clean by Jesus’ blood in baptism.
7. We put on Christ, joining His Body of believers in baptism.
8. We symbolically crucify our flesh by going under water.
9. We symbolically are resurrected by coming out of water.
10. We circumcise our hearts for the New Covenant in baptism.
11. We are baptized into Jesus Christ, which is the name of the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
12. In Bible stories, believers were always baptized immediately.

5. Q1:
After repenting of sins
and putting faith in
Jesus Christ, what is the
next action God expects
you to do?

6. Q1: After repenting of sins and putting faith in Jesus Christ,
what is the next action God expects you to do?
A1: To get water baptized. Jesus
commanded that the disciples baptize
new believers. Baptism, a Greek word,
means to immerse. Mostly, baptism
means to dip something under water. It
also means to overwhelm, to put an
object completely under something. The
Bible teaches us that God has 3 baptisms
for His children: water, Spirit and fire.
R1: Matthew 28:19

7. Matthew 28:19 Therefore, as you go, disciple all
the nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

8. Q2:
When and where did
water baptism start?

9. Q2: When and where did water baptism
start?
A2: Only in the New Testament,
some time shortly before
Jesus began to minister, John
the Baptist started baptizing
people for repentance of sins
in the Jordan River. He also
baptized Jesus, his cousin.
R2: Matthew 3:1-17

10. Matthew 3:1-17 In those days John the Baptist appeared,
preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying,
"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near!" . . . Then
the people of Jerusalem and all Judea and all the
region along the Jordan began flocking to him, being
baptized by him in the Jordan River while they
confessed their sins. ... "I am baptizing you with water
as a token of repentance, but the one who is coming
after me is stronger than I am, and I am not worthy to
carry his sandals. It is he who will baptize you with the
Holy Spirit and fire." . . . Then Jesus came from Galilee
to the Jordan to be baptized by John. But John tried to
stop him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and are
you coming to me?" But Jesus answered him, "Let it be
this way for now, for this is the proper way for us to
fulfill all righteousness." Then John let him. When Jesus
had been baptized, he immediately came up out of the
water. Suddenly the heavens opened up for him, and he
saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and
coming to rest on him. Then a voice from heaven said,
"This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him!”

11. Q3:
Why is it so important to
put a new believer under
water?

12. Q3: Why is it so important to put a new
believer under water?
A3: 7 important things happen
during water baptism,
according to the Bible. That's
why the Apostles ordered
believers to be water
baptized, and to obey Jesus.
R3: Acts 2:38 and Acts 10:48

13. Act 2:38 Peter answered them, "Repent and be
baptized, every one of you, in the name of
Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.
Then you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift.
Act 10:48 So he ordered them to be baptized in
the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him
to stay for several days.

14. Q4:
Baptism is for the
cleansing of the Church.
(Purpose 1)
What does that mean?

15. Q4: Baptism is for the cleansing of the
Church. (Purpose 1) What does that mean?
A4: The Church is the Bride of
Christ. The Bride is washed
pure with water when
believers are water baptized.
R4: Ephesians 5:22-32, Acts 22:16 and
I Corinthians 6:11

16. Ephesians 5:25-27 Husbands, love your wives as
Christ loved the church and gave himself for it,
so that he might make it holy by cleansing it,
washing it with water and the word, and
might present the church to himself in all its
glory, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of
the kind, but holy and without fault.
Act 22:16 What are you waiting for now? Get up,
be baptized, and have your sins washed away
as you call on his name.
1 Cor. 6:11 That is what some of you were! But
you were washed, you were sanctified, you
were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ and in the Spirit of our God

17. Q5:
Baptism gives a person a
clear conscience towards
God. (Purpose 2)
What does that mean?

18. Q5: Baptism gives a person a clear
conscience towards God. (Purpose 2)
What does that mean?
A5: In water baptism we ask
God for a clear conscience
based on our faith in the
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
R5: I Peter 3:18-22

19. 1 Peter 3:18-22 For Christ also suffered for sins once
for all, an innocent person for the guilty, so that
he could bring you to God. He was put to death in
the sphere of the flesh but was made alive in the
sphere of the spirit, in which he went and made a
proclamation to those imprisoned spirits who
disobeyed long ago in the days of Noah, when
God waited patiently while the ark was being
built. In it a few, that is, eight persons, were saved
by water. Baptism, which is symbolized by that
water, now saves you also, not by removing dirt
from the body, but by asking God for a clear
conscience based on the resurrection of Jesus
Christ, who has gone to heaven and is at the right
hand of God, where angels, authorities, and
powers have been made subject to him.

20. Q6:
Baptism symbolizes the
blood of Christ which
cleanses our hearts of
evil. (Purpose 3)
What does that mean?

21. Q6: Baptism symbolizes the blood of Christ which
cleanses our hearts of evil. (Purpose 3) What
does that mean?
A6: Our hearts are evil, deep in sin
from birth. The only way to
wash our evil hearts clean is by
believing in the power of the
sacrificed blood of Jesus, which
we do as we are being baptized
in water.
R6: Hebrews 10:16-22 and 9:13-15

22. Hebrews 10:16-22 "This is the covenant that I will
make with them after those days, declares the
Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts and will write
them on their minds," and, "I will never again
remember their sins and their lawless deeds." Now
where there is forgiveness of these sins, there is no
longer any offering for sin. Therefore, my brothers,
since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by
the blood of Jesus, the new and living way that he
opened for us through the curtain (that is, through
his flesh), and since we have a great high priest
over the household of God, let us continue to come
near with sincere hearts in full assurance of faith,
because our hearts have been sprinkled clean from
an evil conscience and our bodies have been
washed with pure water.

23. Hebrews 9:13-15 For if the blood of goats and
bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on
those who are unclean purifies them with
physical cleansing, how much more will the
blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit
offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse
our consciences from dead works so that we
may serve the living God! This is why he is the
mediator of a new covenant; so that those who
are called may receive the eternal inheritance
promised them, since a death has occurred that
redeems them from the offenses committed
under the first covenant.

24. Q7:
Baptism joins us to the
Body of Christ.
(Purpose 4)
What does that mean?

25. Q7: Baptism joins us to the Body of Christ.
(Purpose 4) What does that mean?
A7: A person joins the group
of believers, Christians,
when they put on Christ,
which happens during
water baptism.
R7: Galatians 3:26-29

26. Galatians 3:26-29 For all of you are God's
children through faith in Christ Jesus. Indeed,
all of you who were baptized into Christ have
clothed yourselves with Christ. A person is no
longer a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free
person, a male or a female, because all of you
are one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to
Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants
and heirs according to the promise.

27. Q8:
Baptism lets us
experience the death
and burial of Jesus Christ.
(Purpose 5)
What does that mean?

28. Q8: Baptism lets us experience the death and burial of
Jesus Christ. (Purpose 5) What does that mean?
A8: Jesus was crucified, died and was
buried. We also need to crucify our
sin, to die and be buried, but not
physically. We need to be baptized,
showing our death to sin, and go
under the water, showing our being
buried.
R8: Romans 6:1-12

29. Romans 6:1-11 What should we say, then? Should
we go on sinning so that grace may increase? Of
course not! How can we who died as far as sin is
concerned go on living in it? Or don't you know
that all of us who were baptized into union with
Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
Therefore, through baptism we were buried with
him into his death so that, just as Christ was
raised from the dead by the Father's glory, we too
may live an entirely new life. For if we have
become united with him in a death like his, we
will certainly also be united with him in a
resurrection like his. We know that our old selves
were crucified with him so that our sinful bodies
might be rendered powerless and we might no
longer be slaves to sin. . . . you too must
continually consider yourselves dead as far as sin
is concerned, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

30. Q9:
Baptism lets us experience
resurrection, renewal and
rebirth, like Jesus Christ.
(Purpose 6)
What does that mean?

31. Q9: Baptism lets us experience resurrection, renewal
and rebirth, like Jesus Christ. (Purpose 6) What does
that mean?
A9: After 3 days of being dead in the
grave, Jesus rose to life. He
destroyed the power of death,
giving us the hope of eternal life.
We symbolize that resurrection,
that rebirth, by coming out of the
waters of baptism.
R9: Colossians 2:8-14 and Titus 3:4-6

32. Colossians 2:8-14 See to it that no one enslaves you through
philosophy and empty deceit according to human
tradition, according to the basic principles of the world,
and not according to Christ. For in him the whole fullness
of God lives in bodily form. And you have been brought to
fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and
authority. In him you were also circumcised with a
circumcision performed without human hands by
stripping off the corrupt nature in the circumcision
performed by Christ. When you were buried with him in
baptism, you were also raised with him through faith in
the power of God, who raised him from the dead. Even
when you were dead because of your offenses and the
uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with him
when he forgave us all of our offenses, having erased the
charges that were brought against us with their decrees
that were hostile to us. He took those charges away when
he nailed them to the cross.

33. Titus 3:4-6 and when the kindness and the love
to men of God our Savior did appear (not by
works that are in righteousness that we did
but according to His kindness,) He did save us,
through a bathing of regeneration, and a
renewing of the Holy Spirit, which He poured
upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior

34. Q10:
Baptism is how we enter
the New Covenant with
the true circumcision.
(Purpose 7)
What does that mean?

35. Q10: Baptism is how we enter the New Covenant with
the true circumcision. (Purpose 7) What does that
mean?
A10: The Old Covenant was finished
when Jesus died. The New
Covenant was started in His
resurrection. The Old Covenant
required a sign: circumcision. The
New Covenant requires
circumcision of the heart, which
happens during water baptism.
R10: Hebrews 8:6-12 and Colossians 2:11-13

36. Hebrews 8:6-13 However, Jesus has now obtained a ministry
that is as superior to theirs as the covenant he mediates is
founded on better promises. For if the first covenant had
been faultless, there would have been no need to look for a
second one. But God found something wrong with his
people when he said, "Look! The days are coming, declares
the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the
house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be
like the covenant that I made with their ancestors at the
time when I took them by the hand and brought them out
of the land of Egypt. Because they did not remain loyal to
my covenant, I ignored them, declares the Lord. For this is
the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after
those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws in their
minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God,
and they will be my people. Never again will everyone teach
his neighbor or his brother by saying, 'Know the Lord,'
because all of them will know me, from the least important
to the most important. For I will be merciful regarding their
wrong deeds, and I will never again remember their sins."
In speaking of a "new" covenant, he has made the first one
obsolete, and what is obsolete and aging will soon
disappear.

37. Colossians 2:11-13 In him you were also
circumcised with a circumcision performed
without human hands by stripping off the
corrupt nature in the circumcision performed
by Christ. When you were buried with him in
baptism, you were also raised with him
through faith in the power of God, who raised
him from the dead. Even when you were dead
because of your offenses and the
uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you
alive with him when he forgave us all of our
offenses

38. Q11:
What name should be
used when doing water
baptism?

39. Q11: What name should be used when doing water
baptism?
A11: Jesus Christ is the name of the
Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. He
said, "When you see me, you see the
Father." He said, "When I go, I will
come again as the Comforter"- the
Holy Spirit. The apostles and disciples
understood and always baptized
believers in the name of Jesus Christ, as
He commanded them.
R11: Matthew 28:19 and Acts 2:38, 8:16, 10:48, 19:5 and I
Corinthians 6:11 and Colossians 3:17

40. Matthew 28:19 Therefore, as you go, disciple all
the nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
Acts 2:38 Peter answered them, "Repent and be
baptized, every one of you, in the name of
Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.
Then you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift.
Acts 8:16 Before this he had not come on any of
them. They had only been baptized in the
name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 10:48 So he ordered them to be baptized in
the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him
to stay for several days.

41. Acts 19:5 On hearing this, they were baptized in
the name of the Lord Jesus.
1 Corinthians 6:11 That is what some of you
were! But you were washed, you were
sanctified, you were justified in the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our
God.
Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do, in word or
deed, do everything in the name of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through
him.

42. Q12:
When is the best time for
a person to experience
water baptism?

43. Q12: When is the best time for a person to
experience water baptism?
A12: We follow the directions
and examples given in the
Holy Bible. We have no other
authority. In the Bible,
believers were always
baptized as soon as possible
after repenting and believing.
R12: Acts 8:35, 16:29-32, 22:16

44. Acts 8:35,36 Then Philip opened his mouth and,
starting from this Scripture, told him the good
news about Jesus. As they were going along the
road, they came to some water. The eunuch said,
"Look, there's some water. What keeps me from
being baptized?"
Acts 16:29-33 The jailer asked for torches and
rushed inside. He was trembling as he knelt in
front of Paul and Silas. Then he took them outside
and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
They answered, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and
you and your family will be saved." Then they
spoke the word of the Lord to him and everyone
in his home. At that hour of the night he took
them and washed their wounds. Then he and his
entire family were baptized immediately.

45. Act 22:16 What are you waiting for now? Get up,
be baptized, and have your sins washed away
as you call on his name.’

46. Water Baptism Incantation Model
I’m going to baptize you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,
baptizing you into His death, burial and resurrection.
Just as Christ died, was buried, and rose again from the dead,
He will also quicken your spirit to rise to walk in a new life.
I’m going to baptize you into the New Covenant
for a circumcision of your heart, a cutting away of
the old nature of sin, that you might be dead to sin,
but alive to God, through Jesus Christ.
I now baptize you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

47. 1. Repent
2. Faith power
3. Saving faith
4. Water baptism
5. Spirit baptism
6. Baptism of fire
7. Lay on hands to bless
8. Healing by laying on hands
9. Lay hands to give the Spirit
10. Spirits resurrected
11. Bodies resurrected
12. Eternal judgment
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48. Hebrews 6:1-3 (NIV)
Therefore let us leave the elementary
teachings about Christ and go on to
maturity, not laying again the
foundation of repentance from acts
that lead to death, and of faith in God,
instruction about baptisms, the laying
on of hands, the resurrection of the
dead, and eternal judgment.
And God permitting, we will do so.