His burial

His resurrection

When we are baptized we die, we are buried and we are resurrected

Dead to sin, but alive to Christ (Col. 2:11–12)

Related facts

Baptized into Christ, not a church or a denomination (Gal. 3:27)
Effective only through faith (Col. 2:12)
New life empowered by the Holy Spirit (Rom. 1:4)
No one in New Testament was saved without being baptized (Mark 16:16)

Old Testament picture of baptism: Noah's Ark (1 Peter 3:20–21)

Ark = Jesus Christ
Flood = Baptism in water
Out of the flood = New life

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Well, most of you will not be surprised that we’re going to begin by a proclamation. And furthermore, we’re going to let you share in the proclamation, in due course. This one is taken from 1 Corinthians 6:11 which starts with “but such were some of you.” And “such were some of you” refers to a horrible list of all sorts of terrible sins that those people had been guilty of. But thank God there’s a but. I thank God for the “buts” in the Bible. And then it says:

“...but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.”

Well, Ruth and I believe in making it personal so we’re going to leave out “such were some of you” and we’re going to start with the “but” and we’re going to make it our personal testimony.

“But we are washed, but we are sanctified, but we are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.”

So now we’ll give you the privilege of sharing with us. That’s not a difficult one to remember, it starts “but we.”

“But we are washed, but we are sanctified, but we are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.”

Amen. God bless you.

Now we’re continuing with the study of the six foundation doctrines that are listed in Hebrews 6:1–2. We have dealt with the first two, repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. And now we’re going to move on to the third one which is the doctrine of baptisms. I’ll just read those words briefly to be sure that we’re founded on the actual Word of God. Hebrews 6:1–2:

“Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles [I prefer to say basic truths] of Christ, let us go on to perfection [completion, maturity], not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God.”

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Laying the Foundation

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