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And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every

creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not

shall be damned.(Mark 16:15-6)

The Three P's of Baptism

By: Robert A. Randolph

After this lesson, we will be able to answer these questions:

• What is baptism?

• What does the New Testament teach about baptism?

• Is water baptism required to be saved?

• Do those who teach baptism is for salvation affirm salvation by works?

We will discuss:

• The Pattern of baptism.

• The Purpose of baptism.

• The Power of baptism.

The Pattern of Baptism

“He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved”

It’s a burialBaptism comes from the Greek word

“baptidzo” (). Baptizw literally means “I immerse or

bury.” Therefore, Baptism is a burial not a sprinkling or pouring upon.


Burying doesn’t mean sprinkling or pouring“I am a stranger and a sojourner with you:

give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight”

(Gen. 23:4)


The Death Burial and Resurrection“Therefore we are buried with him by

baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the

Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” (Rom. 6:4)



• Baptism is a burial.• The NT does not teach

sprinkling or pouring is baptism.

• Baptism re-enacts the Death, Burial and Resurrection of Christ.

The Purpose of Baptism


To Save“The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the

filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection

of Jesus Christ:” (I Pet. 3:20)



To unites us with Christ“If we have been united with him like this

in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection.”

(Romans 6:5, NIV)

Obey the gospelBut God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that

form of doctrine which was delivered you. (Romans 6:17)


To put on ChristFor ye are all the children of God by faith in

Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized

into Christ have put on Christ. (Galatians 3:26-27)


To wash away sinsAnd now why tarriest thou? arise, and be

baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

(Acts 22:16)



• To save.

• To unite with Christ.

• To obey the gospel, which is the death, burial and resurrection of Christ.

• To be put into Christ and His church.

• To put on Christ.

• To wash away sins.

The Power of Baptism


The blood of Christ“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to

the riches of his grace”(Ephesians 1:7)


Contact the blood through baptism“Know ye not, that so many of us as were

baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?”

(Romans 6:1)


God is the one working“Buried with him in baptism, wherein also

ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from

the dead.” (Col. 2:12)



• The power is in the blood of Jesus Christ.

• Baptism brings an alien sinner in contact with the precious blood of Christ.

• Baptism is a work of God.

We have discussed:

• The Pattern of baptism.

• The Purpose of baptism.

• The Power of baptism.

Invitation to Christ

Obey Christ Today

• Hear the gospel.

• Believe the gospel.

• Repent of sins.

• Confess your faith in Christ.

• Be Baptized into Christ.

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