LESSON
11
Obeying the Lord in Baptism!
WE ARE TO BE SAVED BEFORE WE ARE BAPTIZED!
Every time we read in the Word of God about someone who
was baptized, we see that FIRST he was saved from his
sins. We are to be sure FIRST Jesus is our Savior and
that we are trusting in His death on the cross as the
payment for our sins, and that ONLY.
The following verses from the book of Acts tells of people
who were baptized and how they trusted Christ first:
In Acts 8:12 we read: “But when they believed Philip
preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and
the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men
and women.”
You will notice from this verse that they heard about
how to be in the kingdom of God and about salvation in
the NAME of CHRIST, and believed. Then they were baptized.
They were preaching about being born again. We noticed
in John 3:1-7 and John 1:12,13 what this means.
Again in Acts 8:35-39 we read that Philip preached about
Jesus to the eunuch. “Then Philip opened his mouth,
and began at the same Scripture and preached unto him
Jesus.” (Notice he was preaching about Jesus and
that means to tell how He PAID FOR ALL OUR SINS. Look
at Acts 4:12) “And as they went on their way, they
came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, see here
is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip
said, if thou believest will all thine heart, thou mayest.
And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ
is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand
still: and they went both into the water, both Philip
and the eunuch; and he baptized him.”
These portions of Scripture tells us the we are to be
saved first, that is, trust in Christ first, and then
obey Him by being baptized. We are baptized because we
trust Christ, not to have our sins washed away, but because
they are forgiven through Christ’s death alone.
