RESULTADOS DE CORROSIÓN ELECTROQUÍMICA Y ANÁLISIS TAFEL

• Make disciples of all nations.

• Baptize them in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

• Teach them to obey all the things that Jesus had commanded them.

• Impart in them the security that He is with us everyday, even till the end of the world.

The Apostle’s invitation was:

• Repent. They knew exactly what Peter was trying to say. They were to turn their hearts back to God, leave their evil ways behind, and purpose to walk down the right path.

• Be baptized. Being baptized was a personal covenantal decision. All believers should enter this burial covenant with the understanding that although we

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deserved to die, Jesus did not ask us to. Instead, baptism replaces our burial.

• Be willing to receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit.

We know that the most important person in the whole universe is the Holy Spirit. God has given Him to us as a gift so that we would guard our relationship with Him as the pearl of great price.

IV. BAPTISM MUST BE AN IMMEDIATE DECISION FOLLOWING CONVERSION

“But when they believed Philip as he preached the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized” (Acts 8:12).

Philip was the one who shared the Word with an Ethiopians. This man received the revelation that the Scriptures are the Word of God and that Jesus is the true Messiah. “As they were walking, they came to some water, and the eunuch said to Philip, ‘See here is water. What hinders me from being baptized?’ Philip said to him, ‘If you believe with all your heart, you may.’ An h answered saying, ‘I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.’ And he ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went down to the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him”

(Acts 8:36-38). After Philip makes the Scriptures clear to him, and he understands that Jesus Christ is Lord, the eunuch decided to partake of that blessing and ordered the chariot to stop so that he could be baptized. The only requirement that Philip demanded was that he had faith.

V. BAPTISM IS ALSO FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT JEWS

The apostle Peter preached the Gospel of Jesus in Cornelius’ house, and while he was speaking, the Spirit of God descended with power upon all those who heard the message and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.

Peter’s experience with that Gentile family was:

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them into His people and has made them equal to us, who can refute what God has approved?

- He acted quickly. Peter didn’t want to hear the opinions of the other Jews; he acted in faith. Through baptism, he broke the barrier of separation that existed between the Jews and the Gentiles.

- He consolidated them. Peter stayed with them for several days in order to instruct them in the Christian faith.

VI. BAPTISM IS ALSO FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

When the apostle Paul was put in prison for preaching in the city of Philippi and began praising God in his cell, the prison doors flew open. When the jail keeper saw this, he thought that all the prisoners had fled, and because of this, he almost killed himself. Paul said to him, ”Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.’ Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. And he brought them out and said, ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’ So they said, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.’ Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household” (Acts 16:28-34) Paul represents the following truths:

1. Salvation is extended to the whole house.

2. They preached the Word to the whole family.

3. They baptized the whole family.

4. They placed their entire house at Paul’s disposal.

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VII. WHOEVER IS BAPTIZED MUST SHOW FRUITS OF REPENTANCE

When the multitudes went to John the Baptist to be baptized, he exhorted them strongly: “Therefore, bear fruits worthy of repentance” (Luke 3:8). Our words and our actions are our fruit.

When the people asked him what they should do, he answered them saying:

A. Be generous.

“He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise” (Luke 3:11).

B. Be upright.

Then some tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, “What shall we do?” And he said to them,

“Collect no more than what is appointed for you” (Luke 3:13).

C. Do not complain about anything.

“Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, ‘falsely, and be content with your wages’” (Luke 3:14).

CONCLUSION

If Jesus Christ Himself, never having sinned, fulfilled the requirement of baptism, how much more do we, who need a new start in life, need to exchange our old nature for the blessings God has in store for those who obey His Word.

APPLICATION

Together with the group, set a date to baptize all the students.

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