Just Baptize
Water baptism may not be necessary to salvation, but it is essential to be a disciple of Jesus because it is an expression of repentance and allegiance to Jesus (Acts 2:37). Associating ourselves to the life, death, burial and resurrection of Jesus is also how we live in victory over sin (Rom 6:1-14). We see the trinity in Jesus’ own baptism where the Father declares his approval of the Son and the Holy Spirit descends upon Jesus.
Series Information
The Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) is not the Great Suggestion or worse yet the Great Omission. Every Christ follower has been called to make disciples. There is no Plan B—there is no other way people can be saved except through hearing the word of Christ (Rom 10:9) as people are sent. This series will focus on an outward, life-on-life relationship of making disciples as a lifestyle. The thrust of the Great Commission is making disciples (imperative verb) and the rest of the action words (adverbial participles of manner) answer how we are to make disciples i.e. by GOing out to where the lost are at, BAPTIZING people into the triune God and TEACHING people to obey.