3. Unpacking Baptism
•Linguistically

4. Unpacking Baptism
•Linguistically
•Historically

5. Unpacking Baptism
•Linguistically
•Historically
•Theologically

6. Linguistically
•Baptizo – immerse, dunk, dip

7. Linguistically
•Baptizo – immerse, dunk, dip
•Baptism – transliteration word from
Greek

8. Quote
The clearest example that shows the
meaning of baptizo is a text from the Greek
poet and physician Nicander, who lived
about 200 B.C. It is a recipe for making
pickles and is helpful because it uses both
words. Nicander says that in order to make a
pickle, the vegetable should first be `dipped’
(bapto) into boiling water and then `baptized’
(baptizo) in the vinegar solution.

9. Quote
Both verbs concern the immersing of
vegetables in a solution. But the first is
temporary. The second, the act of baptizing the
vegetable, produces a permanent change.
When used in the New Testament, this word
more often refers to our union and identification
with Christ than to our water baptism. For
example, Mark 16:16. “He that believes and is
baptized shall be saved.” Christ is saying that
mere intellectual assent is not enough. There
must be a union with him, a real change, like
the vegetable to the pickle!

10. Historically
•Cleansing ceremony

11. Historically
•Cleansing ceremony
•Jewish custom especially for a proselytes

12. Theologically
•Personal Significance
a. Personal Submission – LORDSHIP

13. Acts 2, 36
“Therefore let all the house of Israel know
assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you
crucified, both Lord and Christ.” 37
Now when they heard
this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the
rest of the apostles, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?”
38
Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of
you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the
remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy
Spirit. 39
For the promise is to you and to your children, and
to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will
call.”
Theologically
•Personal Significance
a. Personal Submission – LORDSHIP

14. Matt 28, 18
And Jesus came and spoke to them,
saying, “All authority has been given to Me in
heaven and on earth. 19
Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit, 20
teaching them to observe all things that I
have commanded you; and lo, I am with you
always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Theologically
•Personal Significance
a. Personal Submission – LORDSHIP

15. NT (everyone get water baptism)
Acts 2 – 3000 got saved and baptized …
Acts 8 – revival in Samaria, people were
baptized
Acts 8 – Eunuch from Africa,
Acts 9 – Paul
Acts 10 – House of Cornelia
Acts 16 – Jailer in Philippi
Acts 18 – Crispus, the chief synagogue
Acts 19 – Disciples from Ephesus
Theologically
•Personal Significance
a. Personal Submission – LORDSHIP

16. Acts 19, 3
And he said to them, “Into what then were you
baptized?” So they said, “Into John’s baptism.” 4
Then
Paul said, “John indeed baptized with a baptism of
repentance, saying to the people that they should
believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on
Christ Jesus.” 5
When they heard this, they were
baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6
And when
Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon
them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
7
Now the men were about twelve in all.
Theologically
•Personal Significance
a. Personal Submission – LORDSHIP

17. Baptism is not conditional forsalvation,
but it’s evidence forSalvation
Baptismdoesn’t confirm salvation
but it affirms salvation
Theologically
•Personal Significance
a. Personal Submission – LORDSHIP

18. Theologically
•Personal Significance
b. Personal Identification with Christ
death, burial and resurrection

19. Theologically
•Personal Significance
b. Personal Identification with Christ
death, burial and resurrection
Rom 6 , 3
Or do you not know that as many of us
as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized
into His death? 4
Therefore we were buried with
Him through baptism into death, that just as
Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of
the Father, even so we also should walk in
newness of life.

20. Theologically
•Personal Significance
b. Personal Identification with Christ
death, burial and resurrection
Rom 6 , 5
For if we have been united together in the
likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the
like ne ss of His resurrection, 6
knowing this, that our old
man was crucified with Him , that the body of sin might
be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves
of sin. 7
For he who has died has been freed from sin.

21. Theologically
•Personal Significance
b. Personal Identification with Christ
death, burial and resurrection
Rom 6 , 8
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we
shall also live with Him, 9
knowing that Christ, having
been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no
longer has dominion over Him. 10
For the de ath that He
died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He
lives, He lives to God. 11
Likewise you also, reckon
yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in
Christ Jesus our Lord.

22. Theologically
•Public Significance
a. Public Declaration
Matt 3, 13
Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the
Jordan to be baptized by him. 14
And John trie d to prevent
Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You
coming to me?”
15
But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so
now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.”
Then he allowed Him. 16
When He had been baptized,
Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold,
the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit
of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.
17
And suddenly a voice cam e from heaven, saying, “This
is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”