Maybe you have always heard that baptism is just a symbol and doesn’t have anything to do with our salvation. But this idea was never taught in scripture and it was definitely not believed by the first church. Please watch the vide and fill in this question and answer sheet: In Mark 16:16, Jesus said
The early church fathers wrote extensively about baptism, and they viewed it as essential to salvation. These were people who were around in the day of the apostles and soon after, so they understood what the apostles taught. This is a quote from the early church father Barnabas in “The Epistle of Barnabas.” Many in
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Repentance is a foundational doctrine of following Jesus (Heb 6:1). The first sermon recorded in the New Testament was on repentance (Matt. 3:2). Jesus’ first recorded sermon was also on repentance (Matt. 4:17). Jesus told us that repentance must be preached to all nations (Luke 24:47). Both Peter and Paul fearlessly called people to repentance
It is important to note that every born-again believer has a measure of the Holy Spirit. In scripture, we see that receiving the Holy Spirit is not the same as the empowering baptism of the Holy Spirit. When someone is born again, new life is born in them and the Holy Spirit dwells in their
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