having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she should be holy and blameless.” 6. Sanctification — Eph. 5:26 above good conscience — 1 Peter 3:21 “And corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good the resurrection of Jesus Christ.” 8. Puts off the body of sin — Col. 2:11, 12 “In Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; having been buried with Him in baptism in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.” 9. Raised with Christ — Col. 2:12 above 10. Born again — John 3:3-5 “Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.’ Nicodemus said to Him, ‘How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he?’ Jesus answered, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.’” 11. Baptized into the death of Christ - Romans 6:3-6 “Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, that our body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.” 12. Become a child of God — Gal. 3:26, 27 “For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.”
NOTE 2. This question are often asked: “Do I have to be baptized in order to be saved?” It might be easier to reply if we asked: “Do I have to be born of the water and the Spirit in order to be saved?” “Do I have to have my sins washed away in order to be saved?” “Do I have to be a child of God in order to be saved?” “Do I have to be ‘in Christ’ to be saved?” The answer to all these questions is the same – (“yes!”) - Since it is in Christ that all these blessings are bestowed and we are “baptized into Christ”; that is, we come into Christ in the act of being baptized. Baptism is obviously necessary for a sinner to be saved! It is good to remember that the act of baptism is not a work man does whereby he earns salvation. Instead it is, as we will see in the next section of this study, “an appeal to God for a good conscience – through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.” Questions Who are those that will be condemned? ____ No one as Jesus saves everybody ____ Those who disbelieve, do not obey, the Gospel Who will not see the Kingdom of God? ____ Jews ____ Blind ____ Those who are not born again The penitent believer who is baptized into Christ Jesus has been baptized into His death. True ____ False ____ All in Christ have been blessed with all spiritual blessings True ____ False ____ What does one have to do to be saved ____ be baptized ____ be born of the water and the Spirit ____ have their sins washed away ____ be a child of God ____ be in Christ ____ all the above ____ b, c, d and e