4.9 What is Baptism?
from Simply Disciples Podcast Hosted by Deer Creek Church
1. To the question, “What is baptism?“, discuss the biblical summary from Westminster Shorter Catechism 94 - “Baptism is a sacrament where the washing with water in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit signifies and seals our ingrafting into Christ, and partaking of the benefits of the covenant of grace, and our engagement to be the Lord’s.” a. How is it a ceremonial or spiritual washing? b. What is meant by “signifies and seals”? (Rom 4:11, Rom 6:1-4) c. What is meant by “covenant or grace”? 2. To the question, “Who should be baptized?“, discuss the biblical summary from Westminster Shorter Catechism 95 - “Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of the visible church, until they profess their faith in Christ, and obedience to him; but the infants of such as are members of the visible church are to be baptized.” a. The podcast discussed the three steps of understanding the biblical basis for infant baptism: Step 1 is Col 2:11 (baptism replaces circumcision as covenant sign) --> Step 2 is Gen 17:11-13 , Act 2:37-39, Acts 16:14-15 (covenant sign for whole household) --> Step 3 is understanding baptism as a sign of God’s faithfulness to his promises, not as a sign of our faith. 3. What else was helpful in this podcast?
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