Volume 1 Lesson 3: A Story of Baptism

The Disciples Handbooks by New Song Nashville

Lesson 3
“Be Baptized”

Mark 1:4-8,
Acts 2:1-4
1 Corinthians 12:13
Colossians 2:11-12
Mark 1:8
Acts 1:8
Acts 2:38-39
Matthew 28:18-20
John 14:26
Acts 8:14-17
Matthew 3:11
Acts 2:4
1 Corinthians 14:2
Acts 4:31
Acts 6:3-8
Acts 9:17-22
Galatians 5:22-23
Galatians 5:22-26
Galatians 5:22-26
Acts 1:8
Galatians 5:22-25
1 Corinthians 12:7-11
Optional readings for you as you walk in the obedienceof baptism:

"The Holy Spirit is sent to regenerate men, to give them a new nature,
a new mind, a new outlook, a new everything. There is no hope apart
from that.”
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~ D. Martyn-Lloyd-Jones

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Life in the Spirit in Marriage, Home & Work: An Exposition of Ephesians 5:18 - to Ephesians 6:9; Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1973

“Wise leaders should know that the human heart cannot exist in a
vacuum. If Christians are forbidden to enjoy the wine of the Spirit they
will turn to the wine of the flesh…Christ died for our hearts and the
Holy Spirit wants to come and satisfy them.”
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~ A.W. Tozer

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The Works of A.W. Tozer, http://dailychristianquote.com  http://twitter.com/#!/TozerAW

So what do we do? Keep on sinning so God can keep on forgiving? I
should hope not! If we've left the country where sin is sovereign, how
can we still live in our old house there? Or didn't you realize we
packed up and left there for good? That is what happened in baptism.
When we went under the water, we left the old country of sin behind;
when we came up out of the water, we entered into the new country of
grace—a new life in a new land! That's what baptism into the life of
Jesus means. When we are lowered into the water, it is like the burial
of Jesus; when we are raised up out of the water, it is like the
resurrection  of Jesus. Our Father raises each of us into a light-filled
world so that we can see where we're going in our new gracesovereign country.
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  ~ Romans 6:1-5

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Romans 6:1-5, The Message Bible, found at http://biblegateway.com

"Just as the person being baptized is saying, 'Lord Jesus Who died for
me, I acknowledge You as my Savior,' so let each one say, 'Jesus Who
was buried for me, I want to leave behind, in this watery grave of
baptism's waters, my sinful practices, my selfishness, all clutching
ambitions-all to be left behind. They remain in the tomb, and I want to
rise to newness of Your life by the power of Your Spirit!' So baptism
is intended to be a moment of our saying, 'I'm dying to my old ways'
(doubts, fears, passivity, pride, argumentativeness, rebellion, etc.) and
one of declaring our entrance into the new life dimensions of 'burial
and resurrection' from power of our past."
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~ Jack Hayford

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Grounds for Living, Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 2001, page 131

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