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10/10/2022

In 1 Peter 1:3, the Bible says, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (NAS).

Another version puts it this way: “God has given us the privilege of being born again so that we are now members of God’s own family.” The Bible says that when you become a baptized believer in Christ, you become a member of a new and very special family.

When you were born physically, you were born into a natural family initiated by a father and a mother. When you were reborn spiritually (or born again, which means getting a new start), you were born into God’s family. You became a part of His family. The Bible says that this new family of God is called the church. As Paul wrote in 1 Timothy 3:15, that family “is the church of the living God, the support and foundation of the truth.”

In the Bible, the church is not described as a business or a social club. The church, the Bible says, is a family. It says that family is “the support and foundation of the truth.” If you have ever built a house, you know the importance of a good foundation. If you’ve ever lived through a terrible storm and/or flood, you know that if you don’t have a good foundation and a good support system, your house is going to suffer for it.

In your life, you’re going to have some personal storms. You may experience some financial floods, some relational floods, some physical-health problem floods, or maybe some moral floods. There’s going to be some things that come into your life that can shake you to the core.

If you don’t have a good foundation, if you don’t have a good support system, you’re going to crumble. In this world in which we live, there is often a whole lot of shaking going on. You undoubtedly will have some tough times. You will need help to survive. The Bible says that God put the church on earth to be the support and the foundation of your life.

A lot of people say, "I want to be a Christian, but I don’t need a church.” That’s like saying, “I want to play football in the NFL but not be a part of any particular team. I want to be a soldier but not have a platoon. I want to be an explorer but not have a base camp. I want to be a sailor without a ship.”

A Christian without a church family is an orphan. You don’t have the support, and you don’t have the foundation that you’re going to need to make it through the tough times of your life.

There’s a big difference between attending a church service and belonging to a church family. You can attend a church week after week and never really belong to the family. You need to understand that the church is not the place you go to. It’s supposed to be the much-needed family you belong to.

09/29/2022

“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love.” - 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

“Tell them to stand up for Jesus.” Those were the final words of a twenty-nine-year-old minister, Dudley Tyng, as he spoke from his deathbed to a group of sorrowing friends and fellow ministers.

A great citywide revival swept across Philadelphia in 1858. Some called it “the work of God in Philadelphia.” Of the participating ministers, none was more powerful than the Dudley Tyng, known as a bold and uncompromising preacher.

In addition to preaching at his own congregation, Tyng began holding noonday services at the downtown YMCA. Great crowds came to hear this dynamic young preacher. On Tuesday, March 30, 1858, over five thousand men gathered for a mass meeting to hear Tyng preach from Exodus 10:11, which says, “Go now ye that are men, and serve the Lord” (KJV). Over one thousand of those men committed their lives to Christ. At one point in the sermon the young preacher shouted, “I must tell my Master's errand, and I would rather that this right arm were amputated at the trunk than that I should come short of my duty to you in delivering God’s message.”

A tragic irony occurred the following week. While visiting in the country and watching the operation of a corn threshing machine in a barn, the young preacher accidentally caught his loose sleeve between the cogs. His arm was lacerated severely, with the main artery severed, and the median nerve injured. As a result of shock and a great loss of blood, Tyng died four days later.

On the following Sunday, Tyng's close friend and fellow worker, George Duffield, who was also a preacher in Philadelphia, prepared his morning sermon as a tribute to his departed friend. He chose Ephesians 6:14 as his text: “Stand, therefore, having your loins girded about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness.”

Mr. Duffield closed his sermon by reading a poem that he had just finished writing. He told his congregation that it had been inspired by the dying words of his esteemed friend. Soon the challenging words found their way into the hearts and hymnals of God’s people around the world, the now very well known song entitled, “Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus.”

Stand up, stand up for Jesus! Ye soldiers of the cross; lift high His royal banner, it must not suffer loss;
From victory unto victory His army shall He lead, till every foe is vanquished, for Christ is Lord indeed.
Stand up, stand up for Jesus! The trumpet call obey; forth to the mighty conflict in this His glorious day;
Ye that are men now serve Him against unnumbered foes; let courage rise with danger and strength to strength oppose.
Stand up, stand up for Jesus! Stand in His strength alone; the arm of flesh will fail you, ye dare not trust your own;
Put on the gospel armor and watching unto prayer, where duty calls or danger, be never wanting there.

09/27/2022

The bad news is... we sin. But the good news is... by the blood of Jesus Christ and the wonderful grace of God, we can be continually cleansed and justified before our Father if indeed we keep walking in the light (1 John 1:7).

It really is good news, the best news ever! Jesus’ suffering and sacrificial death paid the price for our sins, and Jesus’ resurrection proved that God can give new life to us as well. Paul wrote about this glorious new life in Romans 6:4-6:

"Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so 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 become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin."

God wants to take that old person that is plagued by sin and worldliness and put it to death by burying it in the waters of baptism. Then, just as He did with Jesus, He wants to triumphantly raise us from the dead to walk in a whole new way of life!

But some of those folks in Rome had heard the message and had been baptized, but they kept on sinning willfully. They had heard about this new life, but, tragically, they were not living it! Instead of living that great new life of walking daily with the Lord, they continued to fill their lives with sin just as they had before they came to Christ.

Paul’s response to them in Romans 6:2 was this: “May it never be (God forbid)! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?” In other words, what they did made no sense, and they were missing out on the wonderful new resurrected life God had planned for them.

Is it possible that what Paul had to say to those folks back then might also apply to some/many of us today? Is it possible that some of us need to repent and make a change?

If so, there is more good news. Not only did God wash you clean by the blood of the Lamb, He also put His Holy Spirit within you to give you the help and strength you need to live the Christian life He intends for you to live. Or as Peter said, “His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence” (2 Peter 1:3).

09/24/2022

John Newton was a British sailor and Anglican clergyman. Starting his career at sea, at a young age, he became involved with the slave trade for a few years, and was himself enslaved for a period. After experiencing a religious conversion, he became a minister, hymn-writer, and later a prominent supporter of the abolition of slavery. He was the author of many hymns, including perhaps the best-known hymn ever written, “Amazing Grace.” He also wrote this poem about the cross of Christ:

In evil long I took delight,
Unawed by shame or fear,
Till a new object struck my sight,
And stopp'd my wild career:
I saw One hanging on a Tree
In agonies and blood,
Who fix'd His languid eyes on me
As near His Cross I stood.

Sure never till my latest breath,
Can I forget that look:
It seem'd to charge me with His death,
Though not a word He spoke:
My conscience felt and own'd the guilt,
And plunged me in despair:
I saw my sins His Blood had spilt,
And help'd to nail Him there.

Alas! I knew not what I did!
But now my tears are vain:
Where shall my trembling soul be hid?
For I the Lord have slain!
A second look He gave, which said,
“I freely all forgive;
This blood is for thy ransom paid;
I die that thou may'st live.”

Thus, while His death my sin displays
In all its blackest hue,
Such is the mystery of grace,
It seals my pardon too.
With pleasing grief, and mournful joy,
My spirit now if fill'd,
That I should such a life destroy,
Yet live by Him I kill'd!

If I set out to write a poem about Christ on the cross, I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t sound much like the way Newton conveyed his thoughts. But I think the sentiment might be somewhat the same. How dreadful it is that my sins were the cause of Jesus’ suffering and death on the cross. But how awesome it is that He loved me that much.

In 1 Peter 2:24, Peter wrote, “And He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.” The life He gave on the cross changes the life I have eternally. And being overwhelmed by that loving sacrifice on my behalf, that life He gave on the cross also changes the life I live now. How can I not, with humble gratitude, give my life back to Him?

09/23/2022

Former Boston Red Sox’s first baseman Wade Boggs used to hate to go to Yankee Stadium. Not because of the Yankees – they never gave him that much trouble – but because of a fan. The guy had a box seat close to the field, and when the Red Sox were in town, he would torment Boggs by shouting obscenities and insults.

One day before the game, as Boggs was warming up, the fan began his typical routine, yelling, “Boggs, you stink!” and variations on that theme. Boggs decided he had had enough. He walked directly over to the man who was sitting in the stands with his friends, and said, “Hey, fella, are you the guy who is always yelling at me?” The man said, “Yeah, it’s me. What are you gonna do about it?” Wade took a new baseball out of his pocket, autographed it, tossed it to the man, and went back to the field to continue his pre-game routine. The man never yelled at Boggs again; in fact, he became one of Wade’s biggest fans at Yankee Stadium.

Probably all of us have had to deal at one time or another with folks who have treated us in an unkind way. Maybe your boss or a coworker frequently criticizes the way you do things. Maybe a family member puts you down for not living up to his/her expectations. Maybe a friend sometimes acts toward you in a less than friendly way.

So how do you respond? I think most of us might be inclined to answer that kind of ill treatment with a similar unkind response. But is that the best way to handle it? The Bible says in Proverbs 15:1, “A soft (gentle) answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Yes, our hurt feelings may tempt us to lash out in return, but doing so will only make things worse. Your work or family environment would be negatively affected by your negative response, and your friend may cease to be your friend.

May I suggest we do as Jesus would do? “For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously” (1 Peter 2:21-23).

Ebert Hubbard, an American writer early in the 20th century, once wrote, “The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contentious treatment without resentment.”

We can be better than others. We can treat others better than they treat us. Even when others do the wrong thing, we can strive to do the right thing. When others put down, we can build up. When others criticize, we can encourage. When other speak ill, we can speak well. When others follow the way of the world, we can follow the way of Jesus.

09/21/2022

Matthew 25:31-34, 41, 46 says, “But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne, and all the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.’ Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels.’ And these shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Is this eternal life in heaven or on earth or elsewhere? Numerous passages speak of heaven as being the dwelling place of God. 1 Kings 8:30 says, “Hear Thou in heaven Thy dwelling place.” In Isaiah 66:1, the Lord says, “Heaven is My throne, and the earth is my footstool.” The book of Psalms has much to say about this. “The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven” (11:4). “The Lord looks from heaven” (33:13). All this is relevant when considering passages that speak of the faithful dwelling eternally with God. In Psalm 23:6, David says, “Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”

The book of Revelation, though symbolic in form, still speaks of the place of the faithful’s eternal reward, a place wherein is God’s throne (heaven). Jesus said in 3:21, “He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, and I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.” In 7:9, John sees a great multitude “standing before the throne and before the Lamb.” In v15, he says, “They are before the throne of God.” And regarding the place of the eternal reward, 22:3 says, “The throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it.”

In John 14:2-3, Jesus said, “In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” Notice that our future dwelling place is in the Father’s house; as noted above, this is heaven. Jesus said in Matthew 5:12, “Rejoice, and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great.” In 6:20, He said, “Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.”

Also notice that Jesus said we would be where He would be. Acts 1:9-11 states that Jesus ascended to heaven and will someday return from there (see also John 3:13). In Colossians 1:5, Paul spoke of “the hope laid up for you in heaven.” Peter spoke in 1 Peter 1:4 of “an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you.”

Hebrews 10:34 (KJV) says, “Knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.” The writer speaks in 11:10 about “the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.” 11:16 speaks of “a better country, that is a heavenly one.”

One day it’s really going to happen. Our Lord will return, and we will enter into eternal life. And as John says in 1 John 3:2, we might not know exactly how everything will be in eternity, but it is certain that we’ll have a new and glorious home, forever in the presence of our God and our Savior. May we joyfully anticipate and declare with John in Revelation 22:20, “Come, Lord Jesus.”

09/19/2022

The well-known song, “Let the Beauty of Jesus be Seen,” is found in several songbooks common among churches of Christ: the 1971 Songs of the Church, the 1990 Songs of the Church 21st C. Ed., the 1994 Songs of Faith and Praise, and it's #392 in the book we use, the 1992 Praise for the Lord.

When we think of the beauty of Jesus, perhaps what comes to mind might be something similar to the way He is often depicted by artists: a kind but masculine face, a nice engaging smile, a neatly-trimmed beard, and long flowing hair. But is that really the beauty of Jesus?

The prophet Isaiah said of Jesus, "He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him" (Isaiah 53:2 NIV). No, the beauty of Jesus was not any kind of outward physical beauty. Psalm 96 says this of the Lord: "Honor and majesty are before Him: strength and beauty are in His sanctuary" (v6). "O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before Him, all the earth" (v9). 1 Chronicles 16:29 says similarly: "Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name: bring an offering, and come before Him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness."

The beauty of Jesus is not a beauty seen with our physical eyes. Yes, that is the way man often sees, but God looks on the hidden man of the heart (1 Samuel 16:7). The beauty God notices is the beauty of a holy character; it is an inward righteousness. This was the beauty that King David sought for throughout his life: "One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple" (Psalm 27:4 NAS).

One other place this phrase occurs was during the reign of King Jehoshaphat. "And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army" (2 Chronicles 20:21-22).

Do you today seek the true beauty of Jesus in your own life? The true character of holiness that Jesus portrayed? Psalm 90:17 says, "And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us." And remember this admonition from Peter as he quotes the Lord: "Be ye Holy for I am Holy" (1 Peter 1:16).

09/19/2022

Someone once wrote the following about the town in which he lived…

We live in a nice part of the country. It’s a great place to bring up children. It’s a nice place to retire. People are friendly, and we have plenty of conveniences. The streets are safe. The economy is good. Still, upon reflection, I think we’d all agree that it’s not much like heaven. We have several things in our town that you’d never see in heaven.

Our town has a drug store, but heaven doesn’t. Here we have to deal with headaches, arthritis, and a million other pains. But there are no drug stores in heaven because nobody has any sickness! John wrote, “…neither shall there be any more pain” (Revelation 21:4).

Our town has a hospital, but heaven doesn’t. This time of year the hospitals are filled with the sick, but there will be no diseases or injuries in heaven. John said, “… the former things are passed away” (Revelation 21:4).

Our town has a nursing home, but heaven doesn’t. We daily see the aging process in our loved ones and ourselves. Our skin wrinkles, our vision dims, our strength fails, our hearing goes, our energy wanes (cf. Ecclesiastes 12:3-7). But in that land there are no retirement homes and no nursing facilities. In heaven we receive new, incorruptible bodies (2 Corinthians 5:1-6).

Our town has a funeral home, but heaven doesn’t. Hardly a week goes by without some sadness mixed with our blessings. We face heartaches and heartbreaks far more frequently than would be our choice. We find ourselves visiting funeral homes to bid farewell to our loved ones. But the Bible says, “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying” (Revelation 21:4).

Our town has a cemetery, but heaven doesn’t. There are no hillsides dotted with the markers of loved ones “across Jordan.” You won’t find silent cities of the dead in heaven, for no one ever dies there!

Our town has an adult video store, nightclubs, and places to gamble, but heaven does not. There are many places of temptation in our community. The devil and his workers have been busy (1 Peter 5:8), and their influence in seen all around. Oh, how we long for that time when no longer are we plagued by the pain and destruction of sin.

Our town has a jail, but heaven doesn’t. We live in a wicked society. Every night the news tells us about those who were robbed, r***d, assaulted, extorted, beaten, or killed the night before. We rush to fasten our windows, bolt our doors, and secure our homes. But there will be no bad news in heaven. The doors on those mansions have no dead bolts, the windows have no locks, and there are no burglar alarms. “And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but only they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life” (Revelation 21:27).

Our town has security lights, but heaven doesn’t. Most businesses and many homeowners pay additional fees for street lamps, but in heaven “the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof” (Revelation 21:23). “There shall be no night there” (Revelation 21:25b), so there will be no street lamps, no nightlights, no candles, and no light switches.

Heaven sounds like a great place to live, doesn’t it? How wonderful it will be when we finally see our Lord face to face, and we get to enjoy the beautiful eternal home He has prepared for us!

09/17/2022

Romans 12:15 “Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.”

1 Corinthians 12:26 “If one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.”

Surely you’ve noticed. You get up in the middle of the night and kick the corner of something. Maybe it’s the bed or the dresser. It really doesn’t matter; all you know at that moment is that there is severe and unwelcome pain. So let me ask you: how much of your body is concerned about what just happened to your toe? Do you think, it’s just a toe, it’ll be okay, and you go on without giving it any more thought?

You know what happens. Your entire being is completely caught up in what is happening to that one small part of your body. When it happens, that toe is not alone in suffering. Your mouth and tongue cry out. Your whole body bends over just to be closer. Your leg raises up your foot as your hand rushes down to hold that poor hurt toe. It’s not alone. Every member of your body is well aware of what that one member is going through, and every member is wanting and waiting for that one member to feel better.

One of the prices we pay for love is hurting when a loved one hurts. It happens to us frequently just as it happened to Jesus. One of the best known verses in the Bible is also the shortest verse in the Bible: “Jesus wept” (John 11:35). It was the death of Lazarus that brought this about, but was that really the reason Jesus wept?

I don’t think Jesus wept just because Lazarus had died. Yes, He dearly loved Lazarus, but He knew He could raise him from the dead. But Jesus also loved the many friends who had come to share in the grief over the death of Lazarus and to be of comfort to Mary and Martha. Jesus cared so much for those people who were hurting so deeply. He hurt because they hurt. He was grieved because they were grieved. He wept because they wept.

And in this simple story is a powerful lesson for us today as Christians. We too should and do care that much for one another. We too are deeply moved with compassion for our brothers and sisters who experience grief. We love and care so much that sometimes it hurts. That’s the price of being in a loving family, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s so great to be a part of the family of God.

09/17/2022

W.A. Criswell tells of an ambitious young man who told his preacher he’d promised God a tithe of all his income. They prayed for God to bless his career. At that time he was making $40.00 per week and tithing $4.00. But in a few years his income increased so much that he was tithing $500.00 per week! He called on the preacher to see if he could be released from his tithing promise; he said it was too costly now. The preacher replied, “I don’t see how you can be released from your promise, but we can ask God to reduce your income back down to $40.00 a week. Then I’m sure you’d have no problem tithing $4.00 once again.”

The amount you choose to give to God each week is very important. It’s important because what you give determines how much the church can do in blessing others. The more you give, the more good God can do through the church.

There’s another reason why what you give is important. How much you give is also a measure of your faith demonstrated to God. Paul once wrote to the believers in Corinth about how much they should be giving; he said, “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed. Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness; you will be enriched in everything for all liberality, which through us is producing thanksgiving to God” (2 Corinthians 9:8, 10-11).

In other words, God has promised that you will never run out of what you need if you choose to give generously to God and to others. Do you believe Him? Are you willing to show your faith in God by committing to being more generous in your giving?

Someone once said, “Give according to your income, lest God make your income according to your giving.” We've got to learn to trust God with our investment to Him and to others. Believe His promise; demonstrate your faith in Him by putting Him above all else.

“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for a you a blessing until it overflows” (Malachi 3:10).

How you choose to give to God will be a clear statement to Him about whether or not you believe His promise! I urge you to talk with your family about what (or who) will be most important in your finances. Pray about it, and choose to let God be first above all else.

09/16/2022

A few years ago I watched the first episode of a TV show called “The Last Ship.” It was about the crew of a naval destroyer trying to find the cure for a deadly global disease. I only watched the first few episodes, so I don’t know about the series as a whole. But from what I did see, it looked like it might be different than most of what’s shown on TV.

Things have changed so much through the years and decades. Words and issues that were once considered inappropriate are now commonplace. And mentioning God in a positive way is becoming more and more rare. But every once in a while, something good manages to get in.

In that first episode I watched, one of the crew members died and was being buried at sea. One of the officers stood before all the crew and prayed, and this is what he said at the end of that prayer: “...until that day when all those who believe in You will be raised to the glory of a new life promised in the waters of baptism.”

Yes, a character in a modern TV show said that new life is promised in the waters of baptism! Although that should not be such an unexpected event considering that is exactly what the Bible teaches.

The word baptize in the New Testament is from the Greek word baptizo, and the word baptism is from the Greek words batisma and baptismos. Together they are found 100 times in the New Testament. Following are the main passages that speak about baptism, including the purpose given in each one:

Mark 16:15-16 "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned." [coupled with believing: to be saved]

Acts 2:38 "Peter said unto them, Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." [coupled with repentance: to receive forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit]

Acts 2:41 "So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and there were added that day about three thousands souls." [to be added to the body of Christ]

Acts 22:16 Ananias told Saul, "Arise, and be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on the name of the Lord." [to wash away sins]

Romans 6:3-5 "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 become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection." [to be buried into Christ's death and be raised to a new life; to be resurrected with Christ]

1 Corinthians 12:13 "For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit." [to be added to the body of Christ]

Galatians 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 put on Christ." [to put on Christ]

Colossians 2:12-13 "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. And when you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions." [to be buried with Christ and raised up; to be made alive in Christ; in order to be forgiven of all transgressions]

1 Peter 3:20-21 "In the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water. And corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ." [to be saved; to appeal to God for a good conscience]

In the book of Acts, when the question was asked, "What must I do to be saved?" some were told they needed to believe because they had not yet done so. Others were told to repent because they had not yet done that. And still others were told to be baptized because that still needed to be done. Taken altogether, the Bible teaches we are saved by faith when we are baptized for the forgiveness of our sins according to God’s command.

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