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https://bcfchurch.churchcenter.com/people/forms/88895Baptism Sunday
August 24, 2025
August 24, 2025
John the Baptist . . . . was in the wilderness and preached that people should be baptized to show that they had repented of their sins and turned to God to be forgiven. All of Judea, including all the people of Jerusalem, went out to see and hear John. And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River. His clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey.
John announced: “Someone is coming soon who is greater than I am - so much greater that I'm not even worth to stoop down like a slave and untie the traps of his sandals. I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit!”
One day Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and John baptized him in the Jordan River. As Jesus came up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Holy Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice from heaven said, “You are my dearly loved Son, and you bring me great joy."
Mark 1:4-11, New Living Translation
John announced: “Someone is coming soon who is greater than I am - so much greater that I'm not even worth to stoop down like a slave and untie the traps of his sandals. I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit!”
One day Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and John baptized him in the Jordan River. As Jesus came up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Holy Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice from heaven said, “You are my dearly loved Son, and you bring me great joy."
Mark 1:4-11, New Living Translation
1. Baptism symbolizes repentance from your sins.
John the Baptist . . . . was in the wilderness and preached that people should be baptized to show that they had repented of their sins and turned to God to be forgiven.
Mark 1:4, NLT
Mark 1:4, NLT
John announced: “Someone is coming soon who is greater than I am . . . .
I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit!”
Mark 1:7-8, NLT
I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit!”
Mark 1:7-8, NLT
2. Baptism represents the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
One day Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and John baptized him in the Jordan River.
As Jesus came up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Holy Spirit descending on him like a dove.
Mark 1:9-10, NLT
As Jesus came up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Holy Spirit descending on him like a dove.
Mark 1:9-10, NLT
“Christ Jesus,
who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,
but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.”
Philippians 2:5–7, English Standard Version
who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,
but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.”
Philippians 2:5–7, English Standard Version
So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.”
John 5:19, NLT
John 5:19, NLT
“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.”
John 14:12, NLT
John 14:12, NLT
“I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you.
He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. . . . you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.”
John 14:16–17, NLT
He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. . . . you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.”
John 14:16–17, NLT
3. Baptism announces to the world that you are a child of God.
And a voice from heaven said, “You are my dearly loved Son, and you bring me great joy.”
Mark 1:11, NLT
Mark 1:11, NLT
“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
Romans 10:9, ESV
Romans 10:9, ESV
"Go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.”
Matthew 28:19, NLT
Matthew 28:19, NLT
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